Safeguarding and protection in adult care
In this lesson, you will learn:
- About legislation, local and national policies relating to safeguarding vulnerable individuals
- About national and local regulatory bodies and committees with responsibility for safeguarding adults
- About the importance of person-centred approaches in all safeguarding practice
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Manager induction standards’ by Skills for Care
- ‘Safeguarding adults: The role of health services’ on the Gov UK website
- ‘Care and support statutory guidance: issued under the Care Act 2014’ from the Department of Health
- ‘Regulation 13: Safeguarding service users from abuse and improper treatment’ by the CQC
- ‘Safeguarding adults’ on the SCIE website
- ‘Safeguarding adults' by NHS England
- ‘Safeguarding Adults’ by Skills for Care
- ‘Adult safeguarding: Types and indicators of abuse’ on the Social Care Institute for Excellence website
- ‘Safeguarding adults: sharing information’ webpage on the National Institute for Care Excellence website
- ‘Safeguarding people with learning disabilities in residential care and supported living services’ by the University of Nottingham
- ‘Safeguarding people with dementia’ webpage on the Social Care Institute for Excellence website
- ‘What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused - Summary’ from HM Government
- ‘Restraints and restrictive practices’ on the i-Croner website
- ‘Mental capacity & safeguarding’ on the Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board website
- ‘What is meant by capacity for safeguarding?’ by Northamptonshire County Council
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation on ‘The principles of safeguarding adults’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation ‘Reducing restrictive practice’ by Cygnet Health Care.
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- NCFE CACHE 2022 (610/0673/7)
- NCFE CACHE
- Pearson
- Highfield
- TQUK
- IAO
- CITY & GUILDS
- CITY & GUILDS 2022 (610/0977/5)
- Extended Learning
- ‘Statement on CQC’s roles and responsibilities for safeguarding children and adults' by the Care Quality Commission
- ‘Principles of safeguarding' by the Royal College of Nursing
- Click to read ‘A positive and proactive workforce: A guide to workforce development for commissioners and employers seeking to minimise the use of restrictive practices in social care and health' from Skills for Health and Skills for Care.
- Click to read ‘Do you provide health services to adults who are at risk of harm?’ by Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board.
- ‘Check someone's criminal record as an employer’ on the Gov UK website
- Click to explore the ‘Resources for healthcare professionals’ webpage on the Mencap website
- Click to explore the website of 'The Hourglass' whose mission is to end the harm, abuse and exploitation of older people in the UK.
- Click to read the 'Alzheimer's Society's view on mistreatment and abuse of people with dementia'.
- Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competence for health care staff’ from the Royal College of Nursing 2019
- The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) provides a wide range of information about prevention of abuse, protection and safeguarding of children.
- The charity Barnardo's offers a number of services to families
- ‘The Mental Capacity Act: Unwise choices’ by the Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board
- Think And Challenge
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