Research Report: Safeguarding Policies & Care Workers' Perspectives

This research project critically analyzes safeguarding policies and procedures for service users, particularly children, in their own homes from the perspective of care workers in the UK. It aims to assess the types of abuse children face, determine the effectiveness of current safeguarding policies, explore care workers' perceptions, and recommend improvements. The study employs a descriptive research design with a deductive approach, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative data collected through questionnaires and secondary sources such as literature reviews and government publications. Key themes include care workers' satisfaction with existing policies, their views on safeguarding procedures at home, the types of harm children experience, and suggested new approaches to enhance safeguarding. The research concludes that while current policies are generally viewed positively, there is a need for continuous improvement through better education, adherence to relevant legislation, and the creation of safer home environments. The report recommends measures such as educating parents, sharing information among care organizations, and ensuring care workers are well-informed about signs of abuse. Desklib provides access to similar research papers and solved assignments for students.

Research Project

Introduction
Safeguarding term is generally used in health and social care in context
of protecting human beings from any kind of harm or damage by using
appropriate measures. In UK, it is used to protect the health, well
being and human rights on individual manner. This team is specially
used for children, adults or old age people to live freely from abuse or
harm (What is safeguarding?. 2015).
As per the safeguarding legislations and government guidance,
safeguarding means ensuring that children are born and brought up in
good environmental conditions with the provision of safe and effective
care.

Facts and figures
 One among the five children has faced serious physical
or sexual abuse or emotional or physical neglecting by
the family, friends and other people at any point in their
life.
 In 2011-12, 21,493 sexual abuse related cases with the
children has recorded by the UK police.
 In addition to this, 1 out of 14 children have been
physically abused.
 1 out of 5 children have been faced the domestic
violence in their life in UK (Some of the facts. 2015)

Aim and Objectives
Aim:
“To critically analyse the policies and procedures on safeguarding for the
service users in their own home from the perspective of care workers”
Objectives:
 To access the types of abuse and their harms faced by children at their
own home.
 To determine the policies and procedures on safeguarding for children.
 To explore the care worker’s perspective regarding policies and
procedures on safeguarding for children in their own home.
 To recommended new ways by which care workers can provide
safeguarding to children at their own home.

Factors that contribute in selection
of research topic
Personal interest:
Gain the experience:
Availability of literatures:

Research Methodology
 Research Philosphy: Interpretivism
 Research design: descriptive
 Research approach: deductive
 Type of the research:quantitative and Qualitative

Sampling
 Sampling method: purposive or judgemental
sampling technique
 Sample size: 30 samples
 Responders: Care workers of NHS

Data collection
 Data collection method: Primary and Secondary
sources
 Sources for secondary: literature reviews, old
research, online and offline libraries, internet,
case studied, published texts and statistics, etc.
 Sources of primary: Questionnaire

Data analysis and discussion
Theme 1: Satisfaction of care workers towards the policies and
procedures framed on safeguarding for service users especially
children in HSC.
Interpretation: On the basis of perception of respondents, it is
clear that most of the respondents have positive views
regarding to the policies and procedures framed on
safeguarding for children in UK.

Conti....
Theme 2: View of care worker regarding policies and procedures
on safeguarding for children in their own home in UK.
Interpretation: When researcher was asked question from care
workers to know their perception about policies and procedure
framed by government of UK related safeguarding then most of
them were replied that they have positive perception.

Conti....
Theme 3: Different kinds of harms and abuse faced by
children at their own home
Interpretation: There was no deviation was found in
researcher own thought and previous authors findings
regarding to different kinds of harms and abuse faced by
children at their own home.

Conti....
Theme 4: The new ways by which care workers can
provide safeguarding to children at their own
home.
Interpretation: Policies and procedures framed by
government and HSC authority highly influences
working and views of professionals and care
workers toward safeguarding for children in their
own home.