Safeguarding referrals are simply the act of reporting safeguarding concerns to the right people at the right time. This might sound straightforward but not everyone is allowed to make an official referral.
What happens in a safeguarding referral?
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 does it mean to be referred to safeguarding?
Safeguarding means protecting a citizen’s health, wellbeing and human rights; enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. It is an integral part of providing high-quality health care. Safeguarding children, young people and adults is a collective responsibility.
What criteria need to be met before you make a safeguarding referral?
Make a Safeguarding Adult referral where this is necessary. Does the patient have capacity for the decision required? Are they able to give informed consent or is action needed in their best interests? Are there others at risk e.g. children or other vulnerable adults?
What is adult safeguarding referral process?
The safeguarding enquiry
Every local authority now has a statutory obligation to ensure that an enquiry is made if they have reasonable cause to suspect that an adult in their area requiring care and support, is experiencing, or is at risk of, abuse or neglect.
Aside from food, water, and shelter, kids also need to have fun. The social worker will look for some toys, or other items that belong to your kids. Don’t panic if your children’s room is a little messy, the social worker is only making sure they have a livable space in your home.
What is considered a safeguarding issue?
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.
A social worker from the referral and assessment service will assess your children and families’ needs. Sometimes we’ll ask other specialists to help us, such as our health specialist for children under five. We may also visit you with other professionals known to you.
What do you do during safeguarding concern?
Reporting Safeguarding Concerns: The First Steps
Listen carefully to their story and respect their rights. Notify the child or young person that only the people who need to know will be informed. Don’t try to solve the situation yourself or confront anyone. Remember to take all claims seriously.
What are the key stages of the referral process?
What are the stages of the pre-referral process and what do they involve?
- Stage 1: Initial concern regarding a student’s progress.
- Stage 2: Information gathering.
- Stage 3: Information sharing and team discussion.
- Stage 4: Discussion of possible strategies.
- Stage 5: Implementation and monitoring of strategies.
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.
When should safeguarding be raised?
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.
When Should adult safeguarding be raised?
If an adult at risk of being abused or neglected cannot keep themselves safe from abuse or neglect because of their care and support needs, then the local authority’s safeguarding duty applies.
What is considered unsafe living conditions for a child?
A child’s basic needs, such as food, clothing or shelter, are not met or they aren’t properly supervised or kept safe. A parent doesn’t ensure their child is given an education. A child doesn’t get the nurture and stimulation they need. This could be through ignoring, humiliating, intimidating or isolating them.
Can social services take my child away without evidence? No, there must be evidence in support of the application from social services when they are asking the court to remove your child/ren from your home.
What warrants a safeguarding referral?
The statutory guidance makes clear that self-neglect comes within the legal definition of abuse or neglect. It may therefore warrant a safeguarding response if the individual concerned has care and support needs.
Who should respond to a safeguarding concern?
Any individual or agency can respond to an adult safeguarding concern raised about an adult. This can include reporting the concern and seeking support to protect individuals from any immediate risk of harm (e.g. by contacting the police or emergency services).
Work with Social Services.
Some have asked ” can I tell social services to go away ” – If you tell them to go away, they won’t and you will end up in Court and there is then the risk that your children really will be removed.
What Social Services Cannot Do. Social services cannot remove your child from your home without an order by the court, your consent, or a Police Protection Order. Additionally, social services cannot decide what will happen to your child or place your child in permanent foster care without a court’s decision.
What are the 4 main types of vulnerability?
The different types of vulnerability
In the table below four different types of vulnerability have been identified, Human-social, Physical, Economic and Environmental and their associated direct and indirect losses.
What are the 5 R’s in safeguarding?
What are the 5 Rs of safeguarding?
- Recognise.
- Respond.
- Report.
- Record.
- Refer.
Within one working day of a referral being received, a local authority social worker should acknowledge receipt to the referrer and make a decision about next steps and the type of response required.
What happens when you are referred to mash?
What happens when my child is referred? The MASH team will gather relevant information about your child and family. A senior social worker will then decide if your child needs support from the MASH or whether other support can be given.
What are the 3 parts of safeguarding?
What is safeguarding?
- protecting children from abuse and maltreatment.
- preventing harm to children’s health or development.
- ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care.
- taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes.
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.
What is a priority 3?
PRIORITY 3: Crimes in progress that require an immediate response but present no significant threat of serious physical injury or major property damage or any active incident or activity that could be classified as a possible crime or potential threat to life or property.
What is a priority 3 patient?
Priority 3 (Green) “Walking-wounded” Victims who are not seriously injured, are quickly triaged and tagged as “walking wounded”, and a priority 3 or “green” classification (meaning delayed treatment/transportation).
What is meant by a safeguarding assessment?
Making a ‘safeguarding analysis’ to assess the risks of re-abuse/likelihood of future harm and to determine the prospects for successful intervention. Developing a plan of intervention to include therapeutic work in a context of safety and protection from harm.
It is an ethical duty. These social workers are required to intervene with the family. They teach them how to keep a child safe, bring positivity in to their lives and yet not make them feel that an intervention was caused.
What is considered an unsafe environment for a child UK?
Understanding What Is A Truly Unsafe Environment
An unsafe environment that poses threats for your children and are instances where a court will step-in include: Physical abuse to intentionally harm the child’s body or mind. Neglecting the child by failing to give them what he/she needs.
What is the most common reason for a child protection plan?
Emotional abuse and neglect remain top reasons children are within the child protection system.
If they suspect a child might be at risk of harm, they have to look into the child’s situation and take steps to keep them safe. They might decide to put the child on a protection plan. They may interview or medically examine your child without you present.
Usually within 30 days, the social worker will use information collected during the investigation to decide what happened. CFSA will send you a letter explaining what we found. If we find your child was not abused or neglected, CFSA will usually not stay involved with your family unless you ask for our help.
In principle, both parents have an equal right to see any assessment regarding their child. However, social workers must be mindful of confidentiality regarding personal information about the adults and must clarify with them whether they consent to personal information being disclosed to the other parent.
When should safeguarding be raised?
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 key stages of the referral process?
What are the stages of the pre-referral process and what do they involve?
- Stage 1: Initial concern regarding a student’s progress.
- Stage 2: Information gathering.
- Stage 3: Information sharing and team discussion.
- Stage 4: Discussion of possible strategies.
- Stage 5: Implementation and monitoring of strategies.
What are the main safeguarding issues?
We’ve already mentioned that there are three primary issues that safeguarding aims to prevent, which are neglect, abuse and harm.
How do you identify safeguarding issues?
Monitoring a person’s emotional and physical wellbeing
Through monitoring these signs and reviewing them regularly you may identify a safeguarding issue. Indicators to record include changes in physical wellbeing, signs of distress or illness, and noticeable changes such as weight gain or weight loss.
What is the process for reporting a safeguard concern?
Process for reporting safeguarding concerns
- 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.
Unannounced visits offer the Social Worker the opportunity to see the child and the carers without the pre- planning processes that may have occurred prior to a planned or expected visit.
What are the common reasons social services would want to remove a child from a family? There are many reasons why a child could be removed from their home and placed outside of family and friends, but common reasons include abuse, neglect, illness, or abandonment.
Yes. The social worker will want to speak to your child alone, but they should ask you before they do so (unless there are exceptional circumstances, for example they are concerned that you might threaten your child or try to make your child stay silent, or your child doesn’t want you involved).
You have every right to refuse any social service people admission to your home. They would have to go away and get police assistance + court order (they would have to provide enough evidence to a judge it was an emergency, that your kids were at risk).
What does a safeguarding order mean?
Safeguarding duties seek to protect all adults who: ● have needs for care and support (whether or not the local authority. meets any of those needs), and. ● are experiencing, or at risk of, abuse or neglect, and. ● as a result of those care and support needs are unable to protect.