Safeguarding

Question 1

What is the definition of safeguarding for Children?

Answer 1

• Protecting children from maltreatment
• Preventing the impairment of children’s health or development
• Ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
• Taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes

Question 2

What is the definition of safeguarding for adults?

Answer 2

• Protecting the rights of adults to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect
• People and organizations working together to prevent and stop both the risks and experience of abuse or neglect
• People and organizations making sure that an adult’s well-being is promoted including, where appropriate, taking fully into account their views, wishes, feelings, and beliefs when deciding on any action
• Recognising that adults sometimes have complex interpersonal relationships and may be ambivalent, unclear, or unrealistic about their personal circumstances and also the potential risks to their safety or wellbeing.

Question 3

What is abuse? How does it come about?

Answer 3

it is intimidation or manipulation of another person or an intrusion into another’s psyche; the purpose is to control another person.

It is generally a long term pattern of behaviour although specific short term periods

Question 4

What are the types of abusive behaviours?

Answer 4

Social
Economic
Intellectual
Spiritual.

Question 5

What are the types of abusive behaviors?

Answer 5

Social
Economic
Intellectual
Spiritual.

Question 6

What are the types of abuse?

Answer 6

physical,
sexual,
emotional
verbal
Financial

Question 7

What is an inter-generational cycle of abuse?

Answer 7

When abuse is learned at an early age and passed from generation to generation like a family disease

Question 8

What is physical abuse?

Answer 8

Refers to an individual’s body being injured or hurt. (i.e. kicking, suffocating etc.)

Physical abuse can also involve the inappropriate use of restrictive practices. (i.e. locking someone in a room)

Question 9

What is domestic abuse?

Answer 9

Is any incident of threatening behavior, violence, or abuse between adults who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality.

Question 10

What are the types/examples of domestic abuse?

Answer 10

domestic abuse includes:

• Psychological, physical, sexual, financial and emotional abuse
• So-called honor-based violence
• Female genital mutilation (FGM)
• Forced marriage
• Coercion and control, including isolating the person from friends and family and regulating their everyday behavior

Question 11

What is modern slavery? How can one get into modern slavery?

Answer 11

Encompasses slavery, human trafficking, forced labor, domestic servitude, and sexual exploitation, such as escort work, prostitution, and pornography.

Traffickers and slave masters use whatever means they have at their disposal to coerce, deceive and force individuals into a life of abuse, servitude and inhumane treatment.

Question 12

What is sexual abuse?

Answer 12

Occurs when a person becomes involved in sexual relationships or sexual activities that they do not want to be involved in or are unable to give consent to.

Question 13

What are examples of sexual abuse?

Answer 13

• Sexual harassment
• Rape
• Inappropriate touching or teasing
• Sexual photography
• Indecent exposure

Question 14

What is neglect?

Answer 14

‘omission to act. It refers to a consistent failure to meet the basic needs of the individual such as the need for food, fluids, warmth, medication, and hygiene

Question 15

What is self-neglect?

Answer 15

Is the term used to refer to those who fail or refuse to take care of their own basic needs.

If someone neglects to care for their personal hygiene, health or surroundings, it can be evidenced through a wide range of behaviours

Question 16

What is financial abuse?

Answer 16

Is the use of a person’s funds and belongings without their permission

Question 17

Examples of financial abuse?

Answer 17

Borrowing money and not giving it back

Stealing money or belongings

Taking pension payments or other benefit away from someone

Taking money as payment for coming to visit or spending time together

Question 18

What is emotional abuse?

Answer 18

Making a person feeling worthless, unloved or uncared for.

Question 19

Examples of emotional abuse?

Answer 19

Threats from the the abuser of self-harm or abandonment

Deprivation of contact

Humiliation

Cyber bullying

Intimidation

Question 20

What is organisational abuse?

Answer 20

Occurs when strict regimes are imposed without flexibility

Question 21

What are examples of organisational abuse?

Answer 21

A closed culture where employees views are not encouraged or listened to

Lack of support and supervision mechanism for employees

Little or no promotion opportunities

Poor professional practice as a result of the structure, processes, policies and practices of the organisation

Question 22

What discriminatory abuse?

Answer 22

Refers to an individual or group being treated unequally because of characteristics that are identified in the Equality Act

Discriminatory abuse involves ignoring a persons values, beliefs and culture and includes forms of harassment, slurs or similar treatment because of race, gender and gender identity, age , disability, sexual orientation or religion

Question 23

Examples of discriminatory abuse includes?

Answer 23

Using inappropriate communication or terminology

Being excluded by colleagues because of protected characteristics, for example, after-work activities or social events

Using inappropriate communication or terminology

Question 24

What is the government’s strategy for counter terrorism?

Answer 24

FOUR P’s

Protect - to strengthen our protection to terrorist attacks

Prepare - to mitigate the impact of terrorist attacks

Pursue - to stop terrorist attacks

Prevent - to stop people becoming terrorists

Question 25

What is bullying?

Answer 25

Is repeated verbally, physically, socially or psychologically aggressive behaviour by a person or group directed towards a less powerful person that is intended to cause harm, fear, or distress.

Question 26

What effects of bullying?

Answer 26

Low self-esteem

Poor academics

Injuries to the body

Damage to personal property

Question 27

What is harassment?

Answer 27

Is defined the unwanted behaviour which can be found offensive

Question 28

What are the examples of harassment?

Answer 28

Verbal or written language

Emails, texts or posts

practical jokes and banter

Physical gestures or facial expressions

Images

Question 29

What are the nine protected characteristics in the equality act?

Answer 29

• Age
• Disability
• Gender reassignment
• Marriage and civil partnership
• Pregnancy and maternity
• Race
• Religion or belief
• Sex
• Sexual orientation

Question 30

What is criminal exploitation/county lines?

Answer 30

Criminal exploitation is also known as ‘county lines’ and is when gangs and organised crime networks groom and exploit children to sell drugs.

Often these children are made to travel across counties, and they use dedicated mobile phone ‘lines’ to supply drugs.

Question 31

How can county lines exploit
vulnerable and young people?

Answer 31

The dealers will frequently target children and adults – often with mental health or addiction problems - to act as drug runners so they can stay under the radar of law enforcement.

In some cases, the dealers will take over a local property, normally belonging to a vulnerable person, and use it to operate their criminal activity from it.

People exploited are exposed to physical, mental and sexual abuse, and in some instances will be trafficked to areas

Question 32

What is cyberstalking?

Answer 32

involves befriending someone online and pretending to be someone else with the intention of causing you harm

Question 33

What is grooming?

Answer 33

Is when a person builds a relation with someone online with the intention of tricking and pressuring them to do something sexual

Question 34

What is cuckooing?

Answer 34

When drug dealers take over the home of a vulnerable individual and uses it to manufacter /sells drugs

Question 35

What are the most important British values?

Answer 35

Democracy

The rule of law

Mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs, and for those without faith.

Individual liberty

Question 36

How can British values be promoted?

Answer 36

Respecting of own culture

Developing your knowledge and understanding of British values

Knowing right from wrong and respecting the law

Tolerance of, and respect for, different cultural traditions

Accepting responsibility for your own behaviour

Question 37

How can we prevent ion safeguarding the radicalisation and extremism?

Answer 37

Supporting people who are at risk of radicalisation (through the Channel process)

Supporting local schools, employers and community groups through support services, advice and training

Working with faith institutions and groups, providing support and guidance to vulnerable people

Question 38

What is radicalisation?

Answer 38

Occurs when a child or young person’s thinking and behaviour become significantly different from how most of the members of their society and community view social issues and participate politically

A child or young person is taught extreme, often violent, ideas based on political, social or religious beliefs

Question 39

What are the signs of radicalisation?

Answer 39

Behaviour changes

A new circle of friends

Use of extremist terminology, reading material or promoting extremist messages