Awareness of Protection and Safeguarding in Health and Social Care Adults and Children and Young People, Early Years and Childcare

Understand protection and safeguarding in health and social care (adults and children and young people), early years and childcare.

Additional details

This learning outcome helps the learner understand their role in helping to protect and safeguard vulnerable adults and children. To do this they need a basic understanding of key terminology i.e. vulnerable adult; safeguarding; harm; abuse; neglect. They then need to know what to do if they have concerns about the safety of an individual, for example who to speak to, what information they can pass on and when they should do this. It is essential that learners understand the lines of reporting and the potential consequences of not following this route e.g. false accusations.

If they have access to the policy documents or guidelines from a particular setting, they could refer to these in the evidence they provide.

Assessment Criteria

• 1.1

  Define ‘protection of vulnerable adults’.

• 1.2

  Define ‘safeguarding children’.

• 1.3

  Explain the term ‘harm, abuse and neglect’ in the context of:
  • Protecting vulnerable adults
  • Safeguarding children

• 1.4

  Give examples of the indicators of harm, abuse and neglect.

• 1.5

  Identify what actions should be taken if there are concerns about harm, abuse and neglect.

• 1.6

  Describe the boundaries of confidentiality and when to share information.

• 1.7

  Explain who is responsible for protecting vulnerable adults and safeguarding children.

• 1.8

  Identify what organisations should do to protect vulnerable adults and safeguard children.

• 1.9

  Identify sources of support and information in relation to protection and safeguarding.