All incidents of a sexual Sexualised touch or Attempted penetration Sex in a relationship characterised by nature must be reported to masturbation without by any means authority, inequality or exploitation, the Local Authority valid consent (whether or not it e.g. staff and service user Safeguarding Team for occurs within a Being subject to Any sexualized behavior by a member Sexual (including assessment. relationship) without indecent exposure of staff/volunteer/person in a position sexual exploitation) valid consent of trust Contact or verbal Being made to look at sexualized behaviour Sex without valid consent (rape) pornographic material which causes distress against will/where to the person at risk valid consent cannot Voyeurism be given Isolated incident where Occasional taunts or Treatment that Humiliation Denial of basic human rights/civil adult is spoken to in a rude verbal outbursts undermines dignity and liberties, over-riding advance directive, Emotional or inappropriate way through an informal damages esteem forced marriage blackmail e.g. – Psychological respect is undermined but relationship Denying or failing to threats of Prolonged intimidation no or little distress caused The withholding of recognise an abandonment/ Vicious/personalized verbal attacks adult’s information to choice or opinion harm disempower Frequent verbal abuse, Frequent and taunting, belittling frightening verbal outbursts Radicalisation One missed home care Failure to arrange access to lifesaving Recent missed Ongoing lack of care to Adult does not visit where no harm home care visits the extent that services or medical care receive prescribed occurs where risk of harm and wellbeing medication Failure to intervene in dangerous escalates, or one deteriorate significantly situations where the adult lacks the Adult is not assisted with (missed/wrong Neglect miss where harm e.g. pressure wounds, a meal/drink on one dose) on one capacity to assess risk occurs dehydration, occasion and no harm occasion no harm – malnutrition, loss of occurs Hospital occurs independence / discharge Adult not bathed as confidence without often as would like – adequate More than one missed possible complaint planning and medication or errors harm occurs affecting one or more individual(s) Recurring missed medication or errors affecting one or more individual(s)
Sexual (including sexual exploitation) All incidents of a sexual nature must be reported to the Local Authority Safeguarding Team for assessment. Sexualised touch or masturbation without valid consent Being subject to indecent exposure Contact or verbal sexualized behaviour which causes distress to the person at risk Voyeurism Attempted penetration by any means (whether or not it occurs within a relationship) without valid consent Being made to look at pornographic material against will/where valid consent cannot be given Sex in a relationship characterised by authority, inequality or exploitation, e.g. staff and service user Any sexualized behavior by a member of staff/volunteer/person in a position of trust Sex without valid consent (rape) Psychological Isolated incident where adult is spoken to in a rude or inappropriate way – respect is undermined but no or little distress caused Occasional taunts or verbal outbursts through an informal relationship The withholding of information to disempower Treatment that undermines dignity and damages esteem Denying or failing to recognise an adult’s choice or opinion Frequent verbal abuse, taunting, belittling Radicalisation Humiliation Emotional blackmail e.g. threats of abandonment/ harm Frequent and frightening verbal outbursts Denial of basic human rights/civil liberties, over-riding advance directive, forced marriage Prolonged intimidation Vicious/personalized verbal attacks Neglect One missed home care visit where no harm occurs Adult is not assisted with a meal/drink on one occasion and no harm occurs Adult not bathed as often as would like – possible complaint Adult does not receive prescribed medication (missed/wrong dose) on one occasion – no harm occurs Recent missed home care visits where risk of harm escalates, or one miss where harm occurs Hospital discharge without adequate planning and harm occurs Ongoing lack of care to the extent that and wellbeing deteriorate significantly e.g. pressure wounds, dehydration, malnutrition, loss of independence / confidence More than one missed medication or errors affecting one or more individual(s) Recurring missed medication or errors affecting one or more individual(s) Failure to arrange access to lifesaving services or medical care Failure to intervene in dangerous situations where the adult lacks the capacity to assess risk
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