Unit 204 Principals of Safeguarding

IT 204 PRINCIPALS OF SAFEGUARDING

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1) Physical abuse can be described as any physical contact, or the deliberate use of physical force, on oneself or another with the intention to or that results in bodily injury or pain or discomfort. Also the withdrawal of medications.
2) Sexual abuse can be described as any action that can be considered of a sexual nature that is instigated by one onto another without consent, by way of coercion, trickery or force. It can be non-contact or contact. I.e. looking at pornography or being touched/made to touch.
3) Emotional/psychological abuse can be described as the use of behaviours and actions that have a harmful effect on the emotional, health and/or development of another, i.e.; diminishing another person’s sense of identity, dignity, and self-worth which results in mental or physical distress. Discriminatory abuse can be classed as emotional abuse
4) Financial abuse can be described as the misuse of money valuables or property, through theft, fraud, use of intimidation, coercion and refusal/deprivation.
5) Institutional abuse is where the place i.e. care home, is the main abuser. It is when a person’s rights and individuality are ignored in favour of neglect, regimented rules and routines.
6) Self-neglect is when a person cannot or will not attend to their own basic personal needs.
7) Neglect by others can be described as a refusal/failure to identify or provide an expected level of care by one for another.

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Physical abuse can be recognised through signs and effects such as cuts and bruising, fractures, and sprains, burns and scalds, flinching, cowering, hair loss. They can also be recognised through injury that does not match the account given, locations of injury being questionable and the care giver being overly defensive with their explanations. The person can become depressed and withdrawn;