LO5: Understand working strategies and procedures for the safeguarding and protection
of adults, young people and children
Policies and procedures that HSC settings should have in place to
safeguard vulnerable adults from abuse
Health and Social Care settings have several policies and procedures to keep vulnerable adults
safe from danger, harm and abuse.
Staff training, recruitment procedures:
Effective recruitment procedures minimise the risk of unsuitable people with vulnerable adults.
This includes having job descriptions, qualifications, certain behaviours and qualities needed to
work or volunteer in the setting.
Health and social care settings have a duty to ensure that they recruit people with good
personalities. Information relating to past job roles and any previous convictions is essential and
must be requested and reviewed through an application form or during an interview process.
Any new staff need to be checked to see if they are registered with a health and social care
regulatory body.
Staff must undertake safeguarding training courses that provide up-to-date information to
ensure skills and knowledge remain up to date.
An induction process for all new staff and volunteers prepares them for the work they will be
carrying out.
A probationary period is a trial period part of all work and voluntary roles. It is where a manager
decides whether they are suitable for the job.
Disclosure and Barring service:
The DBS works with the police and helps to safeguard children and vulnerable adults from harm
and abuse by preventing unsuitable people from working with them. They do this by:
● Processing requests for criminal records checks by searching police records and barred
list information
● Deciding whether it is appropriate for a person to be placed or removed from a barred
list
● Putting people on the DBS adults’ or childrens’ barred list
● Requiring people on the barred list not to obtain paid or volunteering work with
vulnerable adults
● Requiring employers not to offer paid or volunteering work to people on either of the
barred lists
● Requiring employers and agencies to refer people to the DBS who have harmed or put a
vulnerable person at risk.
Multi-agency approach
of adults, young people and children
Policies and procedures that HSC settings should have in place to
safeguard vulnerable adults from abuse
Health and Social Care settings have several policies and procedures to keep vulnerable adults
safe from danger, harm and abuse.
Staff training, recruitment procedures:
Effective recruitment procedures minimise the risk of unsuitable people with vulnerable adults.
This includes having job descriptions, qualifications, certain behaviours and qualities needed to
work or volunteer in the setting.
Health and social care settings have a duty to ensure that they recruit people with good
personalities. Information relating to past job roles and any previous convictions is essential and
must be requested and reviewed through an application form or during an interview process.
Any new staff need to be checked to see if they are registered with a health and social care
regulatory body.
Staff must undertake safeguarding training courses that provide up-to-date information to
ensure skills and knowledge remain up to date.
An induction process for all new staff and volunteers prepares them for the work they will be
carrying out.
A probationary period is a trial period part of all work and voluntary roles. It is where a manager
decides whether they are suitable for the job.
Disclosure and Barring service:
The DBS works with the police and helps to safeguard children and vulnerable adults from harm
and abuse by preventing unsuitable people from working with them. They do this by:
● Processing requests for criminal records checks by searching police records and barred
list information
● Deciding whether it is appropriate for a person to be placed or removed from a barred
list
● Putting people on the DBS adults’ or childrens’ barred list
● Requiring people on the barred list not to obtain paid or volunteering work with
vulnerable adults
● Requiring employers not to offer paid or volunteering work to people on either of the
barred lists
● Requiring employers and agencies to refer people to the DBS who have harmed or put a
vulnerable person at risk.
Multi-agency approach
