2.2 Safeguarding
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- 2.2 Safeguarding
- The need for safeguarding
- in April 2015, the Care Act established a new framework for care and support
- adult safeguarding
- safeguarding adults
- rights to live free from abuse and neglect is protected
- working in partnership to prevent the risk of abuse or neglect takes place
- safeguarding children
- defined in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015
- protect children from maltreatment
- prevent impairment of health and development
- enable all children to have the best outcomes
- provide safe and effective care
- in April 2015, the Care Act established a new framework for care and support
- Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
- works closely with police
- safeguards both adults and children from harm and abuse
- prevents unsuitable people from working with vulnerable adults and children
- searching police records and barred list information
- whether to put a person on or removed from a barred list
- placing people on DBS children's or adult's barred list
- England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Disclosure and Barring Service checks
- an employer can request a DBS check
- foster or adopt
- working/volunteering in health, social care and child care settings
- applicants must be 16+
- no expiry date
- updated/checked when required
- standard
- spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings
- enhanced
- any additional information from police
- enhanced with list checks
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- an employer can request a DBS check
- The need for safeguarding
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