Explain the current legislative framework that underpins the safeguarding of vulnerable adults within our UK home nation: Understand Safeguarding and Protection Assignment, LMU, UK

Task Questions

• Explain the current legislative framework that underpins the safeguarding of vulnerable adults within our UK home nation
• Explain how current national guidelines, local policies, and procedures for safeguarding affect your day-to-day work.
• Explain your own responsibilities relating to the current legislative framework with regard to safeguarding adults and children.
• Explain the responsibility of others to safeguard children and young people who are present in an adult social care work setting.
• Describe signs and symptoms associated with the following types of abuse:

1. Physical abuse
2. Sexual abuse
3. Emotional/psychological abuse
4. Financial abuse
5. Institutional abuse
6. Self-neglect
7. Neglect by others
8. Discriminatory abuse

• Explain actions to take if there are suspicions that an individual is being abused.
• Explain actions to take if an individual alleges that they are being abused.
• Explain how to raise concerns when suspected abuse has been reported but the procedure does not appear to have been followed.
• Discuss at length, conflicts, and dilemmas that can occur in relation to safeguarding children and young people present in an adult social care setting.
• Identify actions to take when conflicts and dilemmas about safeguarding arise.
• Explain agreed-on protocols for working in partnership with other organizations.
• Explain your own role in Partnership Working.
• Explain how to support others to raise concerns.
• Explain how to support others during the safeguarding process.