Identify policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding. Knowledge of policies relating to safeguarding must be shown. Policies and procedures identified must be shown as a relevant in the context of safeguarding and not generic to health and social care. Evidences of references must be included.

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Safeguarding means protecting your right to live in safety, free from abuse or neglect. Local authorities have duties under the law towards people who are experiencing abuse or neglect (or are at risk of either).

Local authorities have safeguarding duties towards you if you are an adult and if you have needs for care and support (even if the local authority is not meeting your needs, if you are experiencing, or are at risk of, abuse or neglect and as a result of your needs, you are unable to protect yourself against abuse or neglect, or the risk of it.

Abuse can mean physical abuse, domestic abuse (including psychological and emotional abuse), psychological abuse (including humiliating you, isolating you, bullying you - either in person or online), financial abuse (having your money or possessions stolen or misused or coercing you into a financial arrangement), sexual abuse and discriminatory abuse. And neglect can mean ignoring medical, physical, or emotional care need, failing to provide you with access to health, care, and support or educational service, withholding necessities of life, such as food, medication, and heating, self-neglect (this can cover a wide range of behavior such as neglecting your personal hygiene, health or surroundings, and can include behaviors such as hoarding).

If the local authority has good reason to believe you're a person at risk (meaning safeguarding duties apply), and you are in its area, then it must make an enquiry so it can decide what action should be taken. An enquiry might just be a conversation with you, or it may be a more formal multi-agency investigation. It depends on the circumstances. The aim of an enquiry is to find out the facts, see what your views are, assess whether you need protection, support, and redress (such as compensation if you have lost money), protect you from the abuse and neglect, taking into account your wishes, make decisions about follow-up action, and help you come to terms with what has happened and move towards recovery. You should be fully involved in the enquiry. If you have difficulty in being involved, then the local authority should appoint an advocate for you.

Once the enquiry has happened, and the local authority knows what your wishes are, there are a number of things that could happen, there could be no further action. The staff could be disciplined (for example if you had been abused or neglected by a care worker). If the enquiry reveals that a criminal offense has been committed against you, then the local authority will pass over the enquiry to the police.. The local authority could prepare a safeguarding plan which might set out for what future steps should be taken, for what further support, treatment, or information you may need, and for what further risk prevention strategies should be undertaken.

All local authorities must have a safeguarding adults board. Its purpose is to help and protect adults at risk in their areas and to conduct safeguarding adult reviews when there are concerns about how the authorities have responded, or it is suspected that an adult has suffered severe abuse or neglect or has died as a result of abuse or neglect. The board is made up of the local authority itself, the local clinical commissioning group (CCG), and a senior police officer from the local constabulary. Other people, such as GPs or members of user, advocacy or carers groups can also be invited to attend some meetings