Assignment 204 Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Task A Physical abuse is where someone deliberately hurts or injures another person. Some examples of physical abuse are scratching, slapping, hitting, biting, restraint or inappropriate sanctions. Signs and Symptoms: unexplained bruises, burns or scalds, bite marks, broken bones, their behaviour may suddexnly change, become withdrawn, anxious, clingy, depressed, aggressive problems sleeping and flinching when approached. Sexual abuse is any non-consensual sexual contact, this can happen to men and women of any ages. This can include, rape, indecent exposure, inappropriate looking or touching, sexual photography, sexual harassment, sexual teaching or innuendos, or being subject to pornography or witnessing sexual acts.
Physical abuse “Physical abuse is when someone deliberately hurts or injures you. It can include hitting, kicking, and hair pulling, beating with objects, throwing and shaking. No one has the right to hurt you in this way.” (childline.org.uk). Physical abuse is an act of another person using physical contact to cause feelings of physical pain or injury. Physically abused children are at risk for later interpersonal problems involving aggressive behaviour and adolescents are more at risk of abusing substances.
Safeguarding Safeguarding Safeguarding means protecting vulnerable adults from abuse or neglect and putting systems in place to prevent abuse or neglect from happening in the future. In this leaflet I will explain the different types of abuse and how to prevent them using safeguarding. Physical abuse Physical abusing is an act of another party involving contact intended to cause feelings physical pain, injury or other physical suffering or bodily harm. In addition, symptoms of depression, emotional distress, and suicidal ideation are also common features of people who have been physically abused. There are many different types of physical abuse.
Having no consent or abusing a person who is unable to give consent due to illness or mental state is sexual abuse. Pressuring someone into any kind of sexual activity or showing inappropriate sexual material such as pornography is abuse. Asking inappropriate questions or revealing sexually inappropriate things about yours to a vulnerable person is also classed as abuse. Signs/symptoms: There are physical and psychological signs and symptoms of sexual abuse. Physical
1.1 Define the following types of abuse: • Physical: Hitting, slapping, kicking • Sexual: Unwanted advances, indecent exposure, harassment • Emotional: Intimidation, blaming • Financial: Misappropriation of monies, not giving correct change • Institutional: Where a person is not treated as an individual • Neglect: Inadequate care, denial of basic rights 1.2 Identify the signs and/or symptoms associated with each type of abuse Physical Abuse • Injuries that are the shape of objects • injuries in a variety of stages or injuries that have not received medical attention • A person being taken to many different places to receive medical attention • Skin infections • Dehydration or unexplained weight changes or medication being lost • Behaviour that indicates that the person is afraid or avoiding the perpetrator • Change of behaviour Sexual Abuse • Sexually transmitted diseases or pregnancy • Tears or bruises in genital/anal areas • Soreness when sitting • Signs that someone is trying to take control of their body image, for example, anorexia, bulimia or self-harm • Sexualised behaviour • Inappropriately dressed Emotional Abuse • Difficulty gaining access to the adult on their own • The adult not getting access to medical care or appointments with other agencies • Low self-esteem or lack of confidence and anxiety • Increased levels of confusion • Increased urinary or faecal incontinence • Sleep disturbance • The person feeling/acting as if they are being watched all of the time • Decreased ability to communicate • Language being used that is not usual for the service user • Deference/submission to the perpetrator Financial • Sudden loss of assets • Unusual or inappropriate financial transactions • Visitors whose visits always coincide with the day a person's benefits are cashed • Insufficient food in the house
Unit 4222-205 Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care (HSC 024) Physical abuse – the definition of physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation, injury, or physical suffering or bodily harm. The signs and symptoms can include, series of unexplained falls or major injuries. Injuries/bruises at different stages of healing. Bruising in unusual sights e.g inner arms, thighs. Clients are also very passive.
Cowering, flinching and weight loss are also common, Physical abuse is related to Emotional/psychological abuse there are further signs and symptoms there. b. sexual abuse With sexual abuse there is normally one party who is in a position of power this could be anyone to the victim, a family member, care worker, friend, they use their position of power to their advantage to assert their influence over the victim, it is common for there to be an age difference and the person in the position of power to be older than the victim. Sometime the victim is not even aware of what is going on and it may not be until after that they fully understand the implications of what has happened. A few examples of sexual abuser are; penetration of any body part with an object, finger or a penis, sexual
Assignment 204 Principles of Safeguarding and protection in health & social care. Task A Booklet Ai: · Physical abuse - By hitting, slapping, pushing or kicking a person is a form of physical abuse. By forcing someone to something they do not wish to do i.e. to eat or take medication. · Sexual abuse- By touching someone in an inappropriate way i.e.
UNIT 4222-205 Principles of safeguarding and protection in Health and Social care (HSC024) How to recognise signs of abuse There are various ways to recognise abuse. The various types of abuse are physical, sexual, emotional/psychological, financial, institutional, self neglect and neglect by others. Physical This is an act of another person which is non accidental to cause them an injury or pain. Physical abuse can also occur when people are not provided with adequate care and support which will cause them unjustifiable physical discomfort. For example leaving someone in bed and them resulting in them having pressure sores.
2. What are the types of child abuse? There are five main categories of child abuse. They are Sexual Abuse, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Neglect and Domestic Violence. All of these types of abuse can happen to all children and young people.