Both nationally and locally the protection of vulnerable individual forms part of the safeguarding adults agenda. Local boards are responsible for delivering a multi-based agency to respond to the safeguarding of adults. They are also responsible for conducting Serious Case Reviews when someone has died as a result of abuse. Nationally there are legislations that provide the basis for dealing with vulnerable adults that are being…
A case study that I found in this article is on is on Aurora Espinal-Cruz. She is a six-month-old baby that was found by her sister with bruises on her arm. Then, they called the Oklahoma Department of Human Services because they suspected it to be child abuse. The children were then taken from their biological mom and placed with Deanza Jones, a foster parent. After seventeen days in Jones’ care, on January 27, 2002, Aurora was found dead in her crib and suffered a great deal.…
Case Summary Liam-Jay Stevenson is subject to a Full Care Order (9 th of October 2015). He was originally placed with his father, Jayson Stevenson, but since the 15th of September Liam-Jay has been placed with Melanie and Richard Valentine due to concerns around Jayson’s lake of compliance around his care order. Care Proceedings The Local Authority initiated care proceedings in respect of Liam-Jay Stevenson on the 26.08.2011. Concerns included substance misuse, neglect and verbal aggression directed at Liam-Jay from his mother Samantha in an attempt to manage his behaviour and concerns surrounding domestic disputes between Samantha and Jayson and the impact of these on Liam's physical safety and emotional wellbeing. Liam-…
The general knowledge was that any form of child abuse or neglect should be reported. The DHHS failed to report the abuse that Logan was received from Sally. The argument could have been made that Logan stated those abuse, because she wanted Sally seen as a bad foster parent. It was understandable that, when children acted out, they wanted to receive attention or to have things done their own. The case worker assigned to Logan and Bailey’s case should have been held responsible, because the child stated that she was abused and no action was taken.…
In several of these fatal cases child protection agencies had contact with the child or someone in their lives before their death. Consequently, these disturbing statistics lead to the questions what…
It also gives the updated procedures and policies in which the setting should follow in order to promote the best possible working practices within the organisation. For example, the ‘Whistle blowing policiy’ this policy may be updated and then have more duties may be addd to the list and so thereforefore CPD allows workers and organisations to update their knowlwdege and make sure that they are uswing the updated practices. Continuing Professional Development can help a professional keep your skills up to date and prepare you for greater responsibilities. It can boost your confidence, strengthen your professional credibility and help you become more creative in tackling new…
As a concerned citizen of Milford, NY, the proposition of allowing our local religious group, the Good News Club, to host their meetings at our public elementary school has been the talk of the town recently, and has drawn many opinions from both sides of the argument. However, it is of my opinion that the Supreme Court is wrong in their decision to allow the Good News Club to meet in its local elementary school. Rather than basing their final jurisdiction on the Establishment Clause, they opted to argue for the Free Speech Clause, less relevant to this particular issue. The evidence that the Good News Club is unlawfully promoting and advancing religion on public school property, combined with the fact that the time the club meets at…
Any person who has knowledge of a suspicion that a child is being abused or is as risk of abuse should refer their own concerns to one or more of the agencies and follow their in house policy…
Unit 201 Understanding employment responsibilities and rights in health, social care or children and young people’s workforce. Outcome 1 1.1 The aspects of employment covered by law are: The disability discrimination act.…
However following the inquire to Baby P’s death which led to a government reform of what used to be Protecting children and vulnerable adult’s legislations to Safeguarding with the an emphasis on multi agencies working more closely together and sharing information to safeguard children and vulnerable adults. The public’s view has been eased and altered by putting in place better legislations and policy and procedures and placing a great legal responsibility on all agencies who are involved or may become in contact with children to safeguard them and give them a good, professional standard of care and…
3801NRS Advanced Clinical Decision Making Student Name: Rebekah Stanley Student Number: S2929435 Essay/Report Title: Case Study Essay Assessment Item 1 WORD COUNT: TBA Clinical decision making and reasoning can be seen as one of the most important roles taken on board by the registered nurse within the healthcare setting (Pinnock & Welch, 2014).…
Legislation and procedures covering confidentiality, data protection and the disclosure of information Adults who work with children in any setting need to have some idea about current legislation, as this will affect their practice. Legislation is an area that is constantly under review and you will need to keep up to date through reading relevant publications. There is an increased awareness of how important it is to recognise the uniqueness of each child and have respect for their human rights. Every child matters (England 2003)/Help children achieve more The Every child matters initiative came in to ensure more integrated services and information sharing between professionals.…
Child protection is used when there has been a suspected incident of abuse or harm to a child. There must be suitable policies in place to ensure that children are protected from any abuse or harm, they cover the safe working practices, safe recruitment, lines of communication, recording procedures and professional working. Safeguarding is about preventing all children from being at risk from any form of neglect, harm or abuse. It requires all agencies working with children and their families to take reasonable measures to ensure that the risks of any harm to the childrens welfare are reduced, if there are any concerns raised about a child then the agencies are required to put into action reasonable actions to address the concerns. Focusing…
It was on February 25, 2000 that Victoria Climbié was declared dead after suffering from months of abuse and neglect. The autopsy of the child revealed that she suffered starvation, cigarette burns, repeated beatings with bike chains and belt buckles, and hammer blows to her toes (Marsden, McMahon, & Youde, 2013). The case of Victoria Climbié was the kind that rocked the entire United Kingdom in regards to the child protection. There were 12 chances in which Climbié could be saved; however, due to negligence of all the authorities that were involved, Climbié died of 128 injuries that led to child protection services to create a multi-agency reform in order to create severe guidelines to follow in order to protect children (McMaster, & Baber,…
Professionals need to be able to identify abuse and take the correct steps to ensure the safety of a child or…