Support Individuals to Stay Safe from Harm or Abuse

Unit ID:
CDA178
Unit Code:
PT13CY073
Level:
Three
Credit Value:
4
Sector:
1.3
LDCS:
PT1
GLH:
27
Last registration date:
31/08/2020
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Purpose and Aim

The purpose of this unit is to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills of the learner to support individuals to stay safe from harm or abuse.

Learning Outcomes

The learner will

Assessment Criteria

The learner can
1. Understand how legislative frameworks support the safeguarding of individuals.
1.1Outline legislation and national policies that relate to the safeguarding of individuals.
1.2 Explain the relationship between local procedures and guidelines for safeguarding and legislative frameworks.
2. Be able to support individuals to gain understanding of behaviours and situations that may make them vulnerable to harm or abuse.
2.1Identify the factors that make an individual vulnerable to harm or abuse .
2.2 Work with an individual and key people to identify actions, behaviours and situations that may lead to harm or abuse to the individual.
2.3 Describe the common features of perpetrator behaviour.
2.4 Support an individual to gain understanding of when the behaviour of others may be unacceptable.
2.5 Support an individual to gain understanding of the risks associated with the use of electronic communications.
3. Be able to support individuals to gain understanding about how to stay safe.
3.1Support an individual  to gain understanding about their right to stay safe.
3.2 Support an individual to gain understanding about their responsibility to contribute to keeping themselves safe.
3.3 Work with an individual to balance their rights, responsibilities and risks.
3.4 Explain how to challenge behaviours or actions that may lead to harm or abuse.
4. Be able to work in ways that support individuals to stay safe.
4.1Engage with an individual in a way that supports trust and rapport.
4.2 Support an individual to express fears, anxieties or concerns they may have about their safety.
4.3 Explain what actions to take where there are concerns that an individual might have been harmed or abused.
4.4 Take action to deal with risks that may lead to harm or abuse.
4.5 Support an individual to understand workers’ responsibility to share  information about potential or actual harm or abuse.
4.6 Explain how to avoid actions or statements that could adversely affect the use of evidence in future investigations or in court.
4.7 Keep records about any changes, events or occurrences that cause concern that are detailed, accurate, timed, dated and signed.
4.8 Explain the actions that should be taken if reported concerns are not acted upon.
4.9 Access support in situations that are outside your expertise, experience, role and responsibility.
4.10 Use supervision and support to consider the impact on self and others of suspected or disclosed harm or abuse.

Assessment Methods:

There are no prescribed assessment methods for this unit. Assessments used should be fit for purpose for the unit and learners, and generate evidence of achievement for all the assessment criteria.

Assessment Information:

Safeguarding is working with individuals and their families to take all reasonable measures to ensure that the risks of harm are minimised, and where there are concerns about the welfare of individuals, appropriate action is taken to address those concerns, working to national policies and guidance and to agreed local policies and procedures in full partnership with local agencies.

Individuals refers to an adult, child or young person who is accessing a social care service.

Key people are those who are important to an individual and who can make a difference to his or her well-being. Key people include family, friends, carers and others with whom the individual has an important relationship.

Harm or abuse may include neglect; physical; emotional; sexual; financial abuse; bullying; self harm.

Factors would include factors that make someone more vulnerable, these may relate to the individual, to their personal circumstances, to the work setting or to their environment.

Electronic communications may include the use of mobile phones and the internet, including social networking sites.

If not specifically stated in the assessment information, a plural statement in any assessment criterion means a minimum of two.

ESDGC:

The following key themes can be integrated into this unit


Health

Choices & Decisions

Identity & Culture

Other Mappings:

SCDHSC0024 – Support the safeguarding of individuals.
SCDHSC0034 – Promote the safeguarding of children and young people.
SCDHSC0035 – Promote the safeguarding of individuals.
SCDHSC00325 – Contribute to the support of children and young people who have experienced harm or abuse.
SCDHSC0335 – Contribute to the support of individuals who have experienced harm or abuse.
SCDHSC0044 – Lead practice that promotes the safeguarding of children and young people.
SCDHSC0045 – Lead practice that promotes the safeguarding of individuals.

Assessor Requirements:

Units need to be assessed in line with Skills for Care and Development QCF Assessment Principles.