Safeguarding Adults: A Workbook for Social Care Workers (Knowledge and Skills for Social Care Workers Nvq Level 3)

Working in residential or domiciliary settings involves a responsibility to safeguard adults from harm and abuse. This workbook will provide staff and relatives with the ability to make sensible choices concerning prevention and protection, as well as responding to and reporting concerns. Safeguarding Adults examines the different forms of abuse, where abuse can take place and how and where to report the suspected abuse. The workbook meets the requirements of care standards and promotes best practice by enabling staff to feel confident contributing to keeping the people they support safe from harm and abuse. Designed to meet the requirements of Health and Social Care (Adults) NVQ Level 3, Unit 35, this workbook is also a valuable source of guidance for any social care worker wanting or needing to improve their practice in relation to safeguarding adults from harm and abuse. Safeguarding Adults: A Workbook for Social Care Workers......Page 5 Contents......Page 9 Introduction......Page 11 Prevention and Protection......Page 14 Needs and Preferences......Page 19 The Principles of Care......Page 21 Who is a Vulnerable Adult?......Page 27 What is Abuse?......Page 28 Notifiable Incidents......Page 29 Factors that May Make Abuse More Likely to Occur......Page 31 Different Types of Abuse......Page 32 Power......Page 45 Circumstances Where Abuse Can Occur......Page 47 Providing Opportunities to Share Concerns......Page 49 Reporting and Responding to Concerns......Page 50 Barriers to Reporting Concerns......Page 54 Self-harm......Page 56 Questions to Test your Knowledge......Page 60 True and False Exercises......Page 67 Self-Assessment Tool......Page 68 Certificate......Page 69 Knowledge Specification Chart......Page 71 Legislation and Useful Websites......Page 74 References......Page 78 Working in residential or domiciliary settings involves a continuing process of learning. Every day, social care workers face challenges that force them to think about what they do and how they do it. This is an interactive workbook providing social care workers with guidance on how to improve your knowledge through training and development