Sexual abuse can also take a verbal form for example talking to an individual in a sexual mano against their will. Emotional/psychological Abuse - To cause a person emotional pain, stress, anguish, angst or strain. Financial Abuse - To exploit anindividual ofwhat mony or valubles are rightfully theirs, steel from them or devieve them were mony and valubles are concernd. Institutional Abuse - taking individualty away from a person in an institution by denying them the right to make choices about their own life for example. In a nursing home there is such a fixed routine that service users are unable to choose what they eat, when they eat, when they drink, what times of the day they are assisted to the toilet.
1. Blaming the child constantly for things that may not even be their fault, and threatening the child with physical pain. 1. Child is consistently dirty and has severe body odor 2.Continuous bite marks of adults tooth on a child arms, legs or shoulder is a sign of physical abuse. 2.Extreme Punishment children do need to be punished sometimes but not in an extreme way that would scare the child such as tying them up for example.
1. Know how to recognise signs of abuse. 1.1 The following are definitions of the types of abuse: * Physical abuse can be defined as a person being hit, punched, kicked, slapped, pushed, thrown, pinched, shaken, strangled, suffocated, hit or beaten with an object, stabbed, burnt or scalded. * Sexual abuse can be defined as any forced or coerced involvement in sexual activity. * Emotional/Psychological abuse can be defined as intimidation and threats, humiliation, racial, sexual or homophobic abuse, harassment and excluded/isolated from people or activities.
Restraining persons without out justifiable reason and misuse of medication are also forms of physical abuse. Inappropriate sanctions including deprivation of food, clothing, warmth and health care needs Some of the symptoms include a history of unexplained falls or minor injuries especially at different levels of healing. Unexplained bruising especially in well protected areas of the3 body,e.g. on the inside of thighs or upper arms. Burn marks of unusual type.
DPA says that service user information must be confidential and can only be accessed with their consent. Service users must know what records are being kept and why the data is kept. Freedom of Information Act 2000: The Freedom of Information Act gives individuals the right to ask organisations all the information they have about them… There are some that might be withheld to protect various interest which if that is the case, the individual must be aware of it. Information about individuals will be handled under the Data Protection Act. General Social Care Council (GSCC) Codes of Practice: These set out the standards of practice that everyone who works in social care should meet.
The definitions • Legislation is a law or group of laws • Policies is a document explaining the expected standards • Procedures are instructions about how to carry out a particular task Policies legislation and procedures are put in place in order to protect not only the service users but also the staff and employers there are many ways that they do ensure the wellbeing and safety of the staff and people who use the services. They all provide a strict set of rules in which everyone should follow at all times, in order to make sure that one persons mistake does not influence or effect someone else or the service user . If it found that someone isn’t adhering to the rules and regulations set there should be a set discipline in place. Health and safety at work act ~ (hasaw) This is a legislation put into place to safeguard all individuals in the health care setting. This act is enforced by the Health and Safety executive.
Booklet about safeguarding: Physical Abuse, is a form of abuse which causes physical harm to an individual. This can be biting, burning, force feeding, hitting, scalding, suffocating, shaking and throwing. Sexual Abuse, is when consent is not given to sexual activity, this can be sexual penetration to any part of the body, inappropriate touching, making sexual related comments which provide sexual gratification for the abuser and being exposed to pornographic material. Emotional Abuse, is when a person is the subject of emotional distress, this can be bullying, threats of fear, shouting, swearing, devaluing a persons self- esteem or withdrawing of affection. Financial Abuse, is the abuse of a person's money matters, this can be from stealing money, tricking a person into spending money, with holding money from a person, or making decisions in the abusers interest.
The Faces of Abuse. Abuse can be harmful in many ways. The psychological effects can be devastating at all stages of development. Survivors of abuse may show an array of emotions, behavioral, and physical symptoms at the time of abuse and throughout their life span. Name-calling, shaming, bullying, embarrassing, or threatening an individual, their pets, or a friend or a family member is consider psychological abuse.
Read the polices and procedures and comply with them, make sure you tell a senior member of staff, then they can take the next step and get to the route of the situation. 2. Explain the actions to take if an individual alleges that they are being abused. You should believe what the person is telling you and reassure them try not to get to involved in the situation, but remember key points of the information given, then go straight to a senior member of staff and hand over all responsibility to them, and keep all information confidential. 3.
Emotional Emotional abuse involves a child being continually put down and criticised, or not getting love, approval or acceptance especially at the times when they most need it. The ways in which a child can be emotionally abused are through bullying, discrimination or racism, this can be through humiliating or teasing, swearing and shouting at a child, causing a child to feel worthless and useless and telling them that other people are better than they are. Domestic violence can also be part of emotional abuse as the child seeing someone they care for being abused can cause severe emotional upset. Emotional abuse can also take place through the internet and mobile phones. The signs of emotional abuse are that the child is withdrawn or