How can NHS raise safeguarding concerns?
If you think you or someone you know is being abused, or neglected you should tell someone you trust. This could be a friend, a teacher, a family member, a social worker, a doctor or healthcare professional, a police officer or someone else that you trust. Ask them to help you report it.
What is the NHS role in safeguarding?
NHS England is dedicated in ensuring that the principles and duties of safeguarding children, young people, and adults at risk are holistically, consistently and conscientiously applied with the wellbeing of all, at the heart of what we do.
How can we raise the safeguarding concern?
1. Need help reporting a safeguarding concern about someone in your organisation? In an emergency, call the Police. If someone is at immediate risk of harm call 999 and request the Police.
What are the three basic principles for safeguarding information NHS?
Improve understanding of the different roles and responsibilities of safeguarding partners to reduce negative attitudes. Ensure all staff understand the basic principles of confidentiality, data protection, human rights and mental capacity in relation to information-sharing.
What are the 5 main safeguarding issues?
What are Safeguarding Issues? Examples of safeguarding issues include bullying, radicalisation, sexual exploitation, grooming, allegations against staff, incidents of self-harm, forced marriage, and FGM. These are the main incidents you are likely to come across, however, there may be others.
What happens when a safeguarding concern is raised?
A person will be identified lead the enquiry and they will always talk to the adult at risk wherever they can. They can arrange for the adult at risk to be supported by an advocate.
How do healthcare professionals safeguard individuals?
A health and social care practitioner can safeguard individuals by making sure that they are in a safe environment away from any abuse or harm. They can also safeguard individuals by making sure that they have a DBS check from the police to see if there is any background history.
Who is responsible for safeguarding in a hospital?
As a nurse, midwife, health visitor or HCA you are responsible for safeguarding those in your care and you must respond to any safeguarding concerns.
When should you raise a safeguarding issue?
If you still have concerns about abuse or neglect and it is not possible or within the scope of your role to have a conversation with the adult, then, if in doubt, continue with the process and raise a safeguarding concern.
What are the 6 principles of safeguarding?
What are the six principles of safeguarding?
- Empowerment. People being supported and encouraged to make their own decisions and informed consent.
- Prevention. It is better to take action before harm occurs.
- Proportionality. The least intrusive response appropriate to the risk presented.
- Protection.
- Partnership.
- Accountability.
What do you do in a safeguarding situation?
Remain calm and reassure the person that they have done the right thing by speaking up. Listen carefully and give the person time to speak. Explain that only the professionals who need to know will be informed, but never promise confidentiality. Act immediately, and do not try to address the issue yourself.
What are the roles and responsibilities of safeguarding?
Work in a way that prevents and protects those you support. To be aware of the signs of abuse or neglect. Recognise the signs of abuse and neglect. Record and report any concerns or incidents.
How do you answer safeguarding questions?
Tips for Answering Safeguarding Interview Questions
- Read the School’s Safeguarding Policy. Each school will have its own safeguarding policy, and it is likely to be available online.
- Provide Example Situations.
- Be Honest.
- Be Mindful of Confidentiality.
- Use the STAR Method.
What do the 3 Cs stand for in safeguarding?
Three C’s. Jonathan reinforces 3 basic. principles of remaining safe. online: Conduct – Contact – Content.
What is the role of medical staff in safeguarding?
Their role is to advise on strategic planning, commissioning and hold health organisations in their area to account for the quality of the safeguarding services, ensuring that they are meeting the safeguarding responsibilities. They also provide advice for monitoring contracts and commissioned services.
What is the CQC role in safeguarding?
Our role is to monitor, inspect and regulate services to make sure they meet the fundamental standards of quality and safety. For safeguarding, we will do this by: Checking that care providers have effective systems and processes to help keep children and adults safe from abuse and neglect.
What is considered a safeguarding concern?
A child or young person safeguarding concern is when they are living in circumstances where there is a significant risk of abuse (physical, sexual, emotional or neglect).
What are the different types of safeguarding?
Here is a list of those ten categories and how safeguarding training can help professionals deal with their effects.
- Safeguarding against Physical Abuse.
- Safeguarding against Psychological Abuse.
- Safeguarding against Sexual Abuse.
- Safeguarding against Neglect.
- Safeguarding against Self-Neglect.
What does safeguarding mean to you interview answer?
It shows self-awareness of impact on others and your awareness on appropriate boundaries and behaviour in general. In a school environment, safeguarding and child protection can spring up many challenges that you need to deal with.
What does ACE stand for in safeguarding?
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are stressful or traumatic events that happen in childhood and can affect people as adults. They include events that affect a child or young person directly, such as abuse or neglect.
What does Mash mean in safeguarding?
What is a MASH? The Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) brings key professionals together to facilitate early, better quality information sharing, analysis and decision-making, to safeguard vulnerable children and young people more effectively.
Social services have a statutory obligation to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and can provide a wide range of services to children and their parents, usually within the own home environment and co-ordinated by a social worker.
Who is accountable for ensuring safeguarding policies are in place?
Governing bodies and proprietors should ensure there are procedures in place (as described in paragraph 74) to manage safeguarding concerns, or allegations against staff (including supply staff and volunteers and contractors).
What happens if safeguarding is not followed?
If an organisation has poor safeguarding policies or no safeguarding in place could lead to: Abuse and neglect being missed. An increase in abuse cases. Vulnerable people not being treated with compassion or empathy.
How do you escalate safeguarding concerns?
Make a report of what you’ve seen and any evidence that would support your claim, including time and date. Do this in line with your educational organisation’s child protection policy. Report what you have seen to a superior or a designated safeguarding lead (DSL) who will then take the issue further if they see fit.
How do you put safeguarding into practice?
The eight safeguards are:
- Developing your policy.
- Procedures for responding to safeguarding concerns.
- Advice and support.
- Minimising risks to children.
- Guidelines for behaviour.
- Recruiting, training and communicating.
- Working with partners.
- Monitoring and evaluating.
What happens when a safeguarding issue is raised?
A person will be identified lead the enquiry and they will always talk to the adult at risk wherever they can. They can arrange for the adult at risk to be supported by an advocate.
What are the signs of safeguarding?
Signs and indicators
- Low self-esteem.
- Feeling that the abuse is their fault when it is not.
- Physical evidence of violence such as bruising, cuts, broken bones.
- Verbal abuse and humiliation in front of others.
- Fear of outside intervention.
- Damage to home or property.
- Isolation – not seeing friends and family.
How do you safeguard vulnerable adults?
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
- Ensure they can live in safety, free from abuse and neglect.
- Empower them by encouraging them to make their own decisions and provide informed consent.
- Prevent the risk of abuse or neglect, and stop it from occurring.
What is the difference between protection and safeguarding?
In short terms, safeguarding is what we do to prevent harm, while child protection is the way in which we respond to harm.