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Course profile: Abuse in Residential Settings (1 Day)
Our understanding of what is acceptable in terms of our treatment of vulnerable people changes over time. Legislative demands and professional evolution have more recently ensured that those providing social care and support have a base line of acceptable practice so that some of the gross abuses that occurred within the large institutions is less common in community settings today. Nevertheless, changing definitions of abuse now lead to us identifying more subtle and hidden abuse. This course aims to help support staff understand the history of abuse and how this might replay in practice today. It likewise aims to help staff alert others regarding issues of abuse
The Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course learners should:
• Have a clear understanding of what constitutes Good Practice
• Understand different manifestations of abuse and how these might manifest in
social care settings
• Understand what is expected of them when faced with abuse
• Promote confidence so as to expose/challenge abuse
Course content includes:
• Definitions:
Good Practice
Ethics and values
Abuse
Oppression
Marginalisation
Discrimination
Harassment
• Sources and guidelines for good practice
• Exploration of:
Physical abuse
Sexual abuse
Psychological abuse
Neglect & Acts of Omission
Financial & Material abuse
Discriminatory abuse
• The history of abuse in institutions
• How abuse takes place in residential settings
• How families might abuse and what we can and cannot do
• The difficulty in discovering abuse committed by peers
• The difficulty confronting abuse committed by more senior staff
• What can we do?
• How others might abuse (e.g. Doctors, solicitors, drivers)
• What can we do?
• Statistics demonstrating the incidence of abuse
• Avoiding abuse:
Creating respectful cultures in the workplace
Application of care/support plans
Monitoring of key work
Team meetings
Supervision
Advocacy
Standard setting
Monitoring of practice
• Identifying the signs of abuse
• Responding to suspected abuse
• Responding to actual abuse
• The legal framework
• Organisational Policy
Training methods:
• Warm up exercises • Lecture • Discussion in couples, small and larger groups
• Video • Word shower method
• Handouts
2nd floor, 42 Station Rd., Portslade, East Sussex, BN41
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Tel: 01273 414000 Fax: 01273 422777