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Adult abuse: recognising adult abuse and what to do about it!: guidance for staff
- Authors:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, GREAT BRITAIN. Northern Ireland Office
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This guidance is aimed at anyone who is employed or works in a voluntary capacity, permanently or occasionally, with vulnerable adults in any setting or context. It covers all different forms of abuse (physical abuse, psychological abuse, financial or material abuse, sexual abuse, neglect or acts of omission, and discriminatory abuse), defining and listing possible warning signs for each. The guidance gives advice on how to be alert to signs of abuse. It describes what to do and not to do if abuse is suspected, emphasising that the role should be primarily supportive rather than investigative. Contact details for sources of further information are provided.
Supporting vulnerable people before and during a heatwave: advice for health and social care professionals
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 110
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This factsheet informs health and social care staff about the risks and dangers of a severe heatwave and helps them to plan what to do in advance. It offers advice both on caring for people most at risk during a heatwave, and on organising others who provide care. It outlines who is at risk, the effects of heat on health, reducing the risk before a heatwave and action to take during a heatwave. (Edited publisher abstract)
Choosing to protect: a guide to the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (NI) Order 2003 (POCVA)
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
This is interim guidance for agencies and organisations in the statutory, voluntary, community and private sectors that have responsibilities for recruiting staff or volunteers to work with children and/or vulnerable adults in Northern Ireland. This interim guidance for the period between 13 March 2009 and the full commencement of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups legislation. Contents include: recruiting suitable people; protection of Children and vulnerable Adults (NI) Order 2003 (POCVA); POCVA requirements; making referrals to the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA); requesting checks on prospective employees; contact details for enquiries.
Carers' assessment and information guidance
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
It is clear that carers reduce the amount of input that social services and other agencies need to make. It is estimated that there are 185,000 carers in Northern Ireland and that 11 per cent of households here contain a carer. The Act places a requirement on Trusts to inform carers of their right to carer’s assessment and gives Trusts the power to supply services directly to carers to help the carer in their caring role. This change includes a statutory right to a carer’s assessment which allows for an assessment to be carried out even where the person cared for has refused an assessment or the provision of personal social services. The Act also allows Trusts to make Direct Payments.
Adult safeguarding in Northern Ireland: regional and local partnership arrangements
- Authors:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, GREAT BRITAIN. Northern Ireland Office
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This guidance is being issued in the context of a developing government policy framework which aims to improve safeguarding and protection outcomes for vulnerable adults in Northern Ireland. It describes the roles and responsibilities of the two new types of Safeguarding Partnerships: the regional body - the Northern Ireland Adult Safeguarding Partnership (NIASP); and the local bodies - the five Local Adult Safeguarding Partnerships (LASPs). The NIASP will determine the strategy for safeguarding vulnerable adults, develop and disseminate guidance and operational policies and procedures, monitor trends and outcomes and monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of partnership arrangements. The LASPs will facilitate practice, including engagement with service users, families and carers and the wider public, at a local level.