As an indicative timescale, an assessment of immediate risks and action needed should be undertaken within 48 hours of receiving the adult safeguarding concern.
What is the safeguarding assessment strategy?
The safeguarding assessment strategy is planned by a multi-agency meeting/discussion. Within 5 working days of the decision. Stage 5 Safeguarding Assessment. Co-ordinating the collection of information about abuse or neglect that has occurred or might occur.
When should a safeguarding referral be made?
Referrals must be made as soon as possible – immediately if urgent action (threat to life or serious significant harm) is required; for all others within 24 hours.
What are the stages of safeguarding?
6. Process
- 6.1 Acting to protect the adult and deal with immediate needs.
- 6.2 Responding to an adult who is making a disclosure.
- 6.3 Reporting to line manager.
- 6.4 Taking immediate management action to identify and address the risk.
- 6.5 Supporting immediate needs.
- 6.6 Speaking to the adult.
- 6.7 Recording.
What is the recommended timeframe for taking action in safeguarding assessment strategy?
As an indicative timescale, an assessment of immediate risks and action needed should be undertaken within 48 hours of receiving the adult safeguarding concern.
What are the 6 principles of safeguarding?
What are the six principles of safeguarding?
- Empowerment. People being supported and encouraged to make their own decisions and informed consent.
- Prevention. It is better to take action before harm occurs.
- Proportionality. The least intrusive response appropriate to the risk presented.
- Protection.
- Partnership.
- Accountability.
At which level of the safeguarding structure will a strategy discussion be held?
Records of Strategy Discussions will be held in the relevant record on the Mosaic systems for the child. Where appropriate, taking into account the confidentiality of the child/ren and any adult, agreed sections of the records should be placed on the relevant records for the adult by the Police.
Who is responsible for raising a safeguarding referral?
This could be a friend, a teacher, a family member, a social worker, a doctor or healthcare professional, a police officer or someone else that you trust. Ask them to help you report it. Supporting people when concerns are raised about abuse or neglect can be very difficult and distressing for everyone involved.
Within one working day of a referral being received a Local Authority Social Worker should make a decision about the type of response that is required.
What is a Section 42 safeguarding?
What is a Safeguarding Enquiry? Section 42 of the Care Act 2014 requires that each local authority must make enquiries (or cause others to do so) if it believes an adult is experiencing, or is at risk of, abuse or neglect.
What are the 3 parts of safeguarding?
What is safeguarding?
- protecting children from abuse and maltreatment.
- preventing harm to children’s health or development.
- ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care.
- taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes.
What are safeguarding interventions?
In safeguarding, early intervention seeks to address the issues raised in a concern, to deal with the situation an individual is faced with by looking at the root causes.
What is the order in which a safeguarding concern is handled?
Remain calm and reassure the person that they have done the right thing by speaking up. Listen carefully and give the person time to speak. Explain that only the professionals who need to know will be informed, but never promise confidentiality. Act immediately, and do not try to address the issue yourself.
What are the 3 R’s of safeguarding UK?
The Three Rs of Safety – Early, Open, Often.
When Should a strategy discussion be held?
What is the issue? Children’s social care or the police do not convene a strategy discussion when one is needed. Strategy discussions should be convened when there is reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm.
Who attends a safeguarding strategy meeting?
The police, health professionals, teachers and other relevant professionals should attend the strategy meeting and support the local authority in undertaking its enquiries. The Children’s Social Care Manager has responsibility for chairing the strategy meeting and authorising a Section 47 Enquiry.
How do you raise a safeguarding concern?
1. Need help reporting a safeguarding concern about someone in your organisation? In an emergency, call the Police. If someone is at immediate risk of harm call 999 and request the Police.
The assessment needs to be carried out within 45 days from the point of referral. This was previously known as an initial assessment or core assessment.
What does a Section 17 assessment determine?
A ‘child in need’ assessment under section 17 will identify the needs of the child and ensure that the family are given the appropriate support in enabling them to safeguard and promote the child’s welfare.
What is a Section 9 assessment?
Section 9 – Assessment of an adult’s needs for care and support. 90. This section requires a local authority to carry out an assessment, which is referred to as a “needs assessment”, where it appears that an adult may have needs for care and support.
What does MSP stand for in safeguarding?
Developing a safeguarding culture that focuses on the personalised outcomes desired by people with care and support needs who may have been abused is a key operational and strategic goal.
What does Patch stand for in safeguarding?
PATCH) Alleged perpetrator. Safeguarding Plan – record of the. arrangements to safeguard an adult. at risk within a Formal Enquiry.
What does SAR stand for in safeguarding?
ADULT REVIEW (SAR)
Which three areas are within the assessment framework?
The assessment covers three domains: development of the child or young person; parents and carers; and family and environment.
What should a safeguarding plan include?
The adult safeguarding plan should include, relevant to the individual situation: Positive actions to promote the safety and wellbeing of an adult, and for resolution & recovery from the experience of abuse or neglect; and, Positive actions to prevent further abuse or neglect by a person or an organisation.
What is safeguarding and who does it apply to?
Safeguarding means protecting a person’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. It is about making people aware of their rights, protecting them, preventing and stopping abuse. We need to encourage people to report any suspected adult abuse, whether it happened recently, or not.
How many key principles of safeguarding are there?
Six Safeguarding Principles
Together, the principles are an aid to understanding actions that need to be taken to protect people and are agreed upon within the Care Act 2014. The six safeguarding principles were originally produced for the safeguarding of adults but can also be applied to the safeguarding of children.
What is the recommended time frame for taking action in the safeguarding assessment strategy?
As an indicative timescale, an assessment of immediate risks and action needed should be undertaken within 48 hours of receiving the adult safeguarding concern.
What are the 5 R’s in safeguarding?
What are the 5 Rs of safeguarding?
- Recognise.
- Respond.
- Report.
- Record.
- Refer.
Are there 5 key principles of safeguarding?
Responding to risks in an appropriate, ideally unintrusive manner. Ensuring everyone has the knowledge and training required to protect people from abuse. Partnering with other organisations and communities to support vulnerable people. Making sure everyone understands their responsibilities around safeguarding.
What is Cuckooing safeguarding?
What is Cuckooing? Cuckooing, also known as ‘home invasion’, is where a criminal befriends an individual who lives on their own. The criminal then moves in and uses the property to operate unlawful activity. Victims are often lonely, isolated and vulnerable.
What’s the purpose of a strategy meeting?
A strategy meeting is a group conversation about how to most effectively use a company’s resources to meet specific goals and objectives. You can use strategy in a variety of ways, depending on what you want to accomplish. For businesses, common strategic approaches include: Increasing sales.
Who should be invited to a strategy meeting?
The strategy discussion should involve, at a minimum, the children’s social worker and their manager, the police (if considered necessary), and may include the referring agency. Other agencies involved with the family should be included as appropriate. For example health professionals and /or education.
What is a Strategy Meeting? A Strategy Meeting is for Social Workers and other professionals to plan what they are going to do next about a case. Parents and advocates are not invited.
What happens at a strategy meeting child protection?
‘ The purpose of the strategy meeting is ‘to determine the child’s welfare and plan rapid action if there is reasonable cause to suspect the child is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm. ‘ Increasing the use of conference calling will support agencies shared understanding of safeguarding concerns.
Section 47 investigations
A Section 47 enquiry means that CSC must carry out an investigation when they have ‘reasonable cause to suspect that a child who lives, or is found, in their area is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm’1.
At which level of the safeguarding structure will a strategy discussion be held?
Records of Strategy Discussions will be held in the relevant record on the Mosaic systems for the child. Where appropriate, taking into account the confidentiality of the child/ren and any adult, agreed sections of the records should be placed on the relevant records for the adult by the Police.
What are the two important statutory documents in safeguarding?
The key documents which you need to be aware of are: Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018. Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022.
What is the CQC role in safeguarding?
Our role is to monitor, inspect and regulate services to make sure they meet the fundamental standards of quality and safety. For safeguarding, we will do this by: Checking that care providers have effective systems and processes to help keep children and adults safe from abuse and neglect.
What are safeguarding responsibilities?
Safeguarding means protecting a citizen’s health, wellbeing and human rights; enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. It is an integral part of providing high-quality health care. Safeguarding children, young people and adults is a collective responsibility.
What is a Section 17 safeguarding?
Section 17 of the Act places a general duty on all local authorities to ‘safeguard and promote the welfare of children within their area who are in need. ‘ Basically, a ‘child in need’ is a child who needs additional support from the local authority to meet their potential.
What is an early help assessment?
Early Help Assessments (EHA) are used to identify a child and family’s needs and strengths, and to plan the right support and services to address those needs at an early stage. The process allows different agencies and services to share information and work together in a coordinated way.