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  2. Safeguarding - Wikipedia

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    Safeguarding is a term used in the United Kingdom, Ireland [1] and Australia [2] to denote measures to protect the health, well-being and human rights of individuals, which allow people—especially children, young people and vulnerable adults—to live free from abuse, harm and neglect.

  3. No Secrets (adult protection) - Wikipedia

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    There is no current national guidance or minimal standards relating to the training of social workers in the UK who investigate Adult Protection / Adult Safeguarding matters. However, in 2011, Keele University developed a master's degree in Adult Safeguarding. The MA in Safeguarding Adults: Law, Policy and Practice [4] is offered by the School ...

  4. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 - Wikipedia

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    The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created following the UK Government accepting recommendation 19 of the inquiry headed by Sir Michael Bichard , which was set up in the wake of the Soham Murders .

  5. Vulnerable adult - Wikipedia

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    Vulnerable adults sometimes have guardians - these are individuals with a legal right to make decisions on their behalf, such as those related to medical care and housing. [13] Guardians may be family or friends, [ 13 ] or they may be professionals who make decisions on behalf of many vulnerable people in exchange for their money.

  6. Category:Vulnerable adults - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Vulnerable adults" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Safeguarding; Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;

  7. Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs - Wikipedia

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    The aim of the MASH is to bring together all the agencies involved in safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children. This can be when they are victims of domestic abuse, neglect, criminal exploitation of labour, sexual exploitation, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, or any other (normally illegal) act that places them at ongoing risk of harm.

  8. Mandatory reporting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Training programs often use educational materials that use pat phrases and ambiguous indicators: e.g. defining emotional abuse to include the failure to provide a child with "adequate love" or reporting children who are withdrawn or shy as well as children who are friendly to strangers, despite the fact that only a small minority of children ...

  9. Social care in England - Wikipedia

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    The need for social care for older and disabled adults is rising due to an aging population and increased numbers of disabled adults. Caroline Abrahams of Age UK said, "The problems facing social care are national, but for too long successive governments have left local councils to carry the can. That's been grossly unfair to local communities ...