“Child Care Organisations” - defined as those concerned with the provision of accommodation, social services or health care services to children or the supervision of children under 18 years - have a mandatory duty to check and report to the Bureau. Care Council for Wales - The Care Council for Wales is the social care workforce regulator in Wales responsible for promoting and securing high standards across the social services and social care workforce. All social care workers in wales must register with the care council for wales to comply with the Care standards act 2000. Every Child
The Children Act 2004 introduced further changes to the way the child protection system is structured and organised in England and Wales. 1. Children Act 1989 (England and Wales)/Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995: These acts were brought in to simplify the laws to protect children and young people. These laws made it clear to all people who work with children what their duties were and how they all should work together in the event of allegations of child abuse. England and Wales produced separate documents – Working together to Safeguard Children (1999) – which highlights the duties of professionals towards children who are at risk of abuse.
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This means we have an agreement where organisations work together with the person who we think may be abused, to safeguard that person and take what actions we can. Adult and Community Services co-ordinate the policy, with the Police and the NHS sharing responsibility for ensuring the correct process is used. Definition of a vulnerable adult A vulnerable adult is someone aged 18 or over: * Who is, or may be, in need of community services due to age, illness or a mental or physical disability * Who is, or may be, unable to take care of himself/herself, or unable to protect himself/herself against significant harm or exploitation (Definition from the Department of Health 2002) Who is a vulnerable adult? Abuse can affect any vulnerable adult, but particularly someone who is, or may be, unable to protect themselves against significant harm or exploitation, for example: * Older people * People with mental health problems * Disabled people * People with learning difficulties * People with acquired brain
P4a: In this part of the assignment i have been asked to outline and give the main points of all the key points of all legislation and regulations which govern safeguarding adults work. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 The main points of this act, is that it: * Requires people who work with children and vulnerable adults to be registered * The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) are to be responsible for deciding who should be barred from working with the vulnerable * The Vetting and Barring Scheme will check on individuals suitability to work with vulnerable people This applies to those who are employed and volunteers alike. There are separate but linked Barred lists for those who work with children and adults and checks must take place before an individual can work with the vulnerable. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 * Enables some convictions to be ‘spent’ or ignored after a period of rehabilitation or non-offending All health and care employment is usually exempt from this act and requires full disclosure of any previous offences. The Police Act 1997 * Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) checks, under this act, are the norm in health and care organisations The CRB will work closely with ISA to ensure that a more detailed check is carried out.
Be able to manage inter-agency, joint or integrated working in order to protect vulnerable adults Candidate Name: Michelle Wingrove Date: 13/05/2015 Unit: 514 Hours of Completion: Understand the legislation, regulations and polices that underpins the protection of vulnerable adults The Human Rights Act 1998 which gives legal force to ensure respect for human rights and high standards of practice by public bodies. The Care Standards Act 2014 and subsequent regulations placed a requirement on care providers to create procedures to protect people in their care from abuse or harm. The Mental Capacity Act 2005 makes it an offence to mistreat or willfully neglect people thought to lack mental capacity, and the Mental Health Act 2007 contains a similar offence. Since the introduction of the new Care Act 2014 in April of this year (2015) there have been new measures in relation to the protection and the safeguarding of vulnerable adults. In relation to safeguarding, the Care Bill will do the following: • Make safeguarding adults boards statutory; • Make safeguarding enquiries a corporate duty for councils; • Make serious case reviews mandatory when certain triggering situations have occurred and the parties believe that safeguarding failures have had a part to play; • Place duties to co-operate over the supply of information on relevant agencies; • Place a duty on councils to fund advocacy for assessment and safeguarding for people who do not have anyone else to speak up for them; • Abolish, on human rights grounds, councils’ power to remove people from unsanitary conditions under section 47 of the National Assistance Act; • Re-enact existing duties to protect people’s property when in residential care or hospital; • Place a duty on providers surrounding failings in hospital and care settings.
Scope 3. Objectives of the Plan 4. Procedure c. Convening of Team d. Representatives i. Important phone numbers e. Locations 5. Response f. Implementation g. Response(s) h. Secondary Response i.