Safeguarding

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What does "safeguarding against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment (SEAH)" mean? 

In the broadest sense, safeguarding refers to avoiding harm to people and the environment when providing development and humanitarian aid. It also assuring that children grow up in circumstances that are consistent with the provision of safe and effective care, preventing impairment of children's health or development, protecting children from maltreatment, and taking steps to ensure that all children achieve the best results. 

It is common knowledge that aid initiatives can have unforeseen detrimental effects on the local community.
Particularly SEAH is well known and well-documented.
Although the vast majority of employees and associates of aid organizations are devoted and morally upright, there is always a chance that some may act improperly and endanger local populations, particularly vulnerable groups.
Similarly, employees and partners may suffer harm at the hands of their coworkers while at work. 

To keep young people safe, safeguarding has traditionally concentrated on their homes, schools, and sports teams.
However, young people don't necessarily spend all of their time there. 

Adult Safeguarding

Any staff member who through their role may come into contact with adults who need care and support, including their families, is responsible for protecting adults. As a result, they must be aware of what abuse and neglect are and what to do if they are concerned about an adult who may be at risk of abuse or neglect. 

Protecting an adult's right to live in safety, free from abuse or neglect, is one of the definitions of safeguarding.
It also covers the cooperation between individuals and groups that aims to reduce abuse and neglect dangers and experiences.
While doing so, we must collaborate with the adult to ensure that their wellness is encouraged and that they are given the freedom to make their own choices. 

An adult may be at risk if they struggle to access mainstream services, have communication issues, feel there is no one to tell them, or are physically unable to raise the alarm. They may also be at risk if they do not recognize their own care needs or that what is happening is indeed abuse. 

Remember that even if you believe an adult's decision to be foolish, they still have the freedom to make it.
To achieve results that are based on the desired outcomes of the adult at risk, social care and multi-agency partners will collaborate with the adult and their family/caregivers after an alert.

This is one of the reasons it is necessary to be transparent when raising an alert by alerting the adult that you are doing so. 

If necessary, the local authority will make arrangements for an advocate to act on behalf of adults who lack capacity as part of the safeguarding procedures.

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