Further categories of abuse and vulnerability factors

This week’s topics

Further categories of abuse and vulnerability factors

1. Financial and material abuse
2. Modern slavery and trafficking
3. Discriminatory abuse
4. Neglect and self-neglect
5. Physical, cognitive, and social vulnerability factors
6. Alan's Story Safeguarding from financial abuse.
7. See Something, Say Something: Neglect - Jenny's Story

What you will be able to do

• 3.1 Define the following types of abuse: ● Physical abuse ● Domestic violence or abuse ● Sexual abuse ● Psychological or emotional abuse ● Financial or material abuse ● Modern slavery ● Discriminatory abuse ● Organisational or institutional abuse ● Neglect or acts of omission ● Self-neglect
• 3.3 Describe factors that may contribute to an individual being more vulnerable to abuse.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: define the following types of abuse: ● Physical abuse ● Domestic violence or abuse ● Sexual abuse ● Psychological or emotional abuse ● Financial or material abuse ● Modern slavery ● Discriminatory abuse ● Organisational or institutional abuse ● Neglect or acts of omission ● Self-neglect

Study materials

Videos

• Alan's Story Safeguarding from financial abuse. · YouTube · Birmingham Safeguarding Adults Board · 4 min · for registered students
• See Something, Say Something: Neglect - Jenny's Story · YouTube · LLR Safeguarding Adults Boards · 3 min · for registered students
• See Something, Say Something: Exploitation - Franks' Story · YouTube · LLR Safeguarding Adults Boards · 3 min · for registered students
• Types of Adult Abuse · YouTube · Safeguarding Ireland · 5 min · for registered students
• What To Do About Self-Neglect (Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin). · YouTube · Partners in Care · 2 min · for registered students
• Learning from the Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) in respect of Tom · YouTube · wsccvideo · 24 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Care and support statutory guidance (Care Act 2014, DHSC) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
• Safeguarding adults in care homes (NICE guideline NG189, 2021) · Reading · Nice, guidance · for registered students
• Transforming care: a national response to Winterbourne View Hospital (DH, 2012) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students