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Safeguarding laws and policy's● Protection of freedom act 2012 made dbs Disclosure and Barring Service) which
processes criminal records checks and manages the Barred Children’s and Barred
Adults’ Lists of unsuitable people who should not work in regulated activities with
these groups. This is due to prison because of harm child or adult, dismissed from
work or if had past prison sentence involving these groups.
● Mental health act subpart is the Care Act 2014 promote the wellbeing of individuals,
safeguarding on individual personal dignity including treating individuals with respec.
Taking a holistic approach and looking after there physical and mental health and
emotional well being. protection from abuse and neglect
● Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) was passed to help avoid harm, or risk of
harm, by preventing people who are deemed unsuitable to work with children and
vulnerable adults from gaining access to them through their work.
● The MCA 2005 criminal offences of ill treatment or wilful neglect of a person who
lacks capacity to make relevant decisions. This applies to all people who lack mental
capacity such as people with learning disabilities, brain injury or dementia.
● Safeguarding law offers some protection from victimisation to people who blow the
whistle under the Public Interest Disclosure Act.
● Anti-discriminatory practice critical to the protection of people's dignity. The Equality
Act protects those receiving care and the workers that provide it from being treated
unfairly because of any characteristics that are protected under the legislation. These
are: age, disability, gender, pregnancy, race, sex, religious
● General data protection regulation. This safeguards people's sensertive data agasnt
breach of exposed. This can cause abuse such as financial.
● No Secrets (2000) if a child or adult has said somthing worrying such as self harm,
or abuse it's vital you report it immediately.
Responsibility for safeguarding
● Responbilty as cares
Empowerment: people being supported and encouraged to make their own decisions and
give informed consent
Prevention: it is better to take action before harm occurs
Proportionality: the least intrusive response appropriate to the risk presented
Protection: support and representation for those in greatest need
Partnership: local solutions through services working with their communities – communities
have a part to play in preventing, detecting and reporting neglect and abuse
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