Safeguarding allows children, young people, and adults to live free from abuse, harm, and neglect.
It is important that people understand how to spot the signs of abuse and neglect and how to report any concerns.
A child or young person means anyone up to the age of 18. It means protecting individual children identified as suffering or likely to suffer significant harm. An adult at risk is anyone 18 years old and over, who may have care and support needs (this means that extra support may be needed for an adult to manage on a daily basis), and is at risk of abuse or neglect, and as a result of those needs, is unable to protect himself or herself against the abuse or neglect or the risk of it.
Children and adults may be abused anywhere, and they may be abused by another adult/adults or another child or children. Abuse, harassment, and harm can happen to anyone. It’s not always visible and often not spoken about.
Anyone can report their concerns relating to a child or an adult, if it doesn’t feel right always act and don’t be worried to report any concerns you have. If you believe a person to be at immediate risk of harm or in need of emergency medical attention, call the emergency services on 999.
If you are worried about a child or young person, call Children’s Services on 0161 603 4500 and if you are worried about an adult, call Adult Services on 0161 206 0604, Monday to Friday between 8.30am to 4.30pm, at any other time, call the Salford City Council Emergency Out of Hours number on 0161 794 8888.
If you're worried about domestic abuse, help is available 24/7 from the National Domestic Violence website or Helpline 0808 2000 247.
Neglect
This is the most common type of abuse and means someone is not looking after someone as they should.
Physical abuse
Intentionally causing physical harm to a person. It also includes making up the symptoms of an illness or causing a child to become unwell.
Sexual abuse (including sexual exploitation)
This is when a person is forced, coerced, or tricked into sexual activities
They might not understand that what’s happening is abuse or that it’s wrong and they might be afraid to tell someone
Sexual abuse can happen anywhere: it can happen in person or online
Psychological and emotional abuse
Emotional abuse is any type of abuse that involves deliberately trying to scare, humiliate, isolate, or ignore a person
Domestic abuse (including FGM and forced marriage)
This is controlling or threatening behaviour between partners or family members.
Men and women can be victims of domestic abuse and it can be very harmful for children to witness it.
A forced marriage is where one or both people do not or cannot consent to the marriage and coercion is used to enforce the marriage.
FGM also known as female genital cutting or female circumcision is a procedure which involves the partial or complete removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for no medical reason.
Financial or material abuse
This includes theft, fraud, or tricking people / scamming. This can include from family, friends, paid and unpaid carers.
Self-neglect (Adults)
Not looking after yourself
Discriminatory abuse
Unequal treatment based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex, or sexual orientation
Exploitation:
Modern Slavery (including Domestic Servitude) and Human Trafficking
Adults and children are forced to work through coercion, control, or physical threat. They are often trapped and controlled by an ’employer’, through mental or physical abuse or the threat of abuse.
Domestic servitude is a form of exploitation which is difficult to detect because the work is performed in private homes and viewed as seemingly normal practice of live -in-help for example, nannies, cleaners, or other domestic support. However, if the person is unable to leave on their own free will, it becomes a case of enslavement.
This scheme provides move-on accommodation by matching survivors of modern slavery with volunteer host households. This is an independent, voluntary, adult to adult living arrangement facilitated by Hope at Home.
Every host has been assessed, trained, and undertaken a DBS check.
They support the hosts to provide, a safe and secure home, offer life-skills to their guests and give an opportunity to begin to rebuild their lives.
The role of the host is one of practical support but not professional services for example assistance, with finances and budgeting, life skills, signposting to other services or accompanying to various appointments.
We are able to provide accommodation to those who have no recourse to public funds and therefore are at risk of being destitute.
Visit the Hope at Home website for information or contact us on:
If you or someone you know are looking for support as a person travelling because of the conflict in Ukraine, visit the resource campaign TRAVEL SAFE, STAY SAFE to find practical advice on how to seek sanctuary safely.
Visit Stop the Traffik or contact us on:
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