Unit 205 Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Outcome 1 1&2) Physical abuse is typically described as the use of physical force against another person that may in turn cause injury, pain or impairment. This type of abuse could be perform with or without an object. possible signs of physical abuse may include the following; bruising other marks on the skin nervous behaviour depression unexplainable weight loss Sexual abuse is the forced and undesired sexual behaviour from one person onto another and/or sexual activity that can be deemed as inappropriate and/or harmful possible signs of sexual abuse may include the following; bruising withdrawing from friends or family an unexplainable change in behaviour …show more content…
These are as follows; you must assume, without discrimination, that the individual is telling the truth. you must speak to them in a calm and sensitive way (one would do so at all other times, but this is currently even more important) you must reassure the individual that they were right to tell of the abuse records must be taken of what has been said by the individual; these records must also include the date, time and place you must do your upmost best to reassure the individual as well as you can, and tell them that you have to pass the delicate information on you MUST ALWAYS follow your policies and procedures you must call for medical attention if it is needed (e.g. the doctor or emergency services if warranted) you must inform your supervisor immediately (e.g. the nurse in charge, the home manager, or any other person in a more senior position to yourself) if the alleged abuse is of a criminal matter (e.g. assault, rape), then the police will need to be called. If there is any doubt, then you should refer to the policies and procedures or (again) speak to your supervisor or any other senior member of staff there are some simple ways to ensure that any suspected evidence is preserved. plastic bags can be used to store potential evidence and will allow the evidence to go uncontaminated if there is a risk of it becoming so. avoiding entering the area where the abuse is suspected to have happened to avoid contamination of any other
Only touch what you need to, leave things as they are. Advise the abused person not to wash or remove clothing, try to touch the clothing as little as possible. Do not touch items/weapons wait for the police. The room should be made secure and no one should be able to enter unless necessary. If the alleged perpetrator is also a service user, a separate member of staff needs to be assigned to them.
All employees have a duty of care to report any concerns of abuse they have. These might include evidence or suspicions of bad practice by colleagues and managers (whistleblowing), or abuse by another service user, staff or their family and friends.
Attend to any injuries and seek medical help, if the abuse is of a sexual nature then to seek medical help before attending the injuries.
Sexual Abuse is direct or indirect involvement in sexual activities without consent. As well as being physically forced into sexual activity without consent.
After I have found out information, I will talk to my supervisor about the abuse. My supervisor will help me follow the correct procedure of reporting abuse. I will report and record abuse and the report will state exactly what I saw, heard and been to told by the individual and any action I took, but i will not give any form of opinion or try to judge who is right or wrong and I will fill in a consent form if necessary including date, time and place.
‘If I suspect abuse through noticing a sign of physical abuse or change in the behaviour of an individual, I will make sure that I ask the individual what has happened telling the individual the changes that I have noticed. If it is in my place of work and the name of the person that abused the individual is known, whether staff or another service user, I must also record and report this. I will listen to the individual carefully; it is up to them to tell me, I would not ask them any questions about this as this is not part of my job role and would stay calm.I will make sure that I record what the individual tells me using the individual’s own words. I will make sure that I reassure the individual and explain that their safety is the most important and that it is my duty of care to tell the manager. I will make sure that I let my manager know what has happened immediately and pass
1. Explain the actions to take if there are suspicions that an individual is being abused
2.1 Explain the actions to take if there are suspicions that an individual is being abused? If someone makes an allegation of abuse to you. You must always believe them. It’s one of the biggest fears of those who have abused is when no one believes them. Don’t make this fear a reality. Reassure them, don’t pressure answers out of them. Tell senior staff. Never put words in their words or twist the truth. Just listen and record everything they say word by word.
Physical Abuse: Physical abuse is an act of another party involving contact intended to cause feelings of physical pain, injury, other physical suffering or bodily harm. In addition, symptoms of depression, emotional distress, and suicidal ideation are also common features of people who have been physically abused. (5.1.1)
Sexual abuse – knowingly causing someone to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
Once you have done this you must then tell your senior/manager exactly what has been said as this will be their responsibility to report and continue to find out what has happened and if it has happened. When there is a safeguarding allegation there are four priorities in responding to this. 1 is to protect, this is the most important. It is to ensure the abused person is safe and protected. To ensure any medical treatment is provided, and give reassurance and comfort. This will ensure that the person knows that they are now safe. Second priority is to report. This is your responabily to report this allegation to your line manager or the person within you company that deals with safeguarding issues. You must make a full written report of the event as soon as possible. Third priority is to preserve. This is to ensure you preserve any evidence. if it is a recent abuse like physical or sexual there maybe forensic evidence. It is a crime scene and you are not to touch or disturbed anything and you are to let the police take over. So you should not clear up, do not wash or clean any part of the room/area, do not remove bedding, do not remove any clothing, do not allow the person to wash/shower/bathe/brush hair/brush teeth, you should also keep other people out of the room/area. If it is financial abuse you aren’t to touch/ throw away any papers or documents, as this could be evidence. you must try to preserve as much as
Physical abuse: Is where a deliberate use of physical forces that results in bodily injury pain or impairment, this included the inappropriate application of techniques or treatments.
Abuse is a violation of a person’s civil and human rights. There are different types of abuse and they all set out to intentionally or unintentionally put a person at risk and cause harm. An individual may not disclose that the abuse is taking place due to fear, being aware of
Physical abuse is the use of physical force that may result in bodily injury,physical pain or impairment.physical abuse may include but is not limited to such acts of violence as striking ( with or without an object) hitting,beating,pushing,shoving,shaking,slapping,kicking,pinching and burning.
The relevant t\role players should be contacted these include The local welfare organisation; psychologist; Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit SAPS, Labor Relations, when employees are the alleged offenders; The complainant’s parents, The Department of Health and the Department of Social Services;