{"id":13,"date":"2016-02-23T14:48:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T14:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunderlandsab.org.uk\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2019-11-26T14:48:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T14:48:29","slug":"what-is-safeguarding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunderlandsab.org.uk\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"Safeguarding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-184\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunderlandsab.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clasped-hands-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"clasped-hands\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunderlandsab.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clasped-hands-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunderlandsab.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clasped-hands-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sunderlandsab.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clasped-hands-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sunderlandsab.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clasped-hands.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>What is safeguarding?<\/h4>\n<p>Safeguarding is everyone&#8217;s responsibility, it&#8217;s about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Protecting children, young people and adults who are\u00a0at risk of abuse<\/li>\n<li>Preventing neglect, abuse and exploitation<\/li>\n<li>Helping you to keep yourself safe or put plans in place to help protect those who cannot protect themselves<\/li>\n<li>Everybody feeling safe no matter who they are or what their circumstances are<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>What is abuse?<\/h4>\n<p>Abuse of an adult includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not caring for an adult properly (neglect)<\/li>\n<li>Controlling or pressuring an adult to give away money or property (financial)<\/li>\n<li>Threatening, humiliating or harassing an adult (psychological)<\/li>\n<li>Hurting an adult and causing injury (physical)<\/li>\n<li>Touching or doing things to an adult without consent (sexual)<\/li>\n<li>Treating an adult badly because of disability, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or gender (discrimination)<\/li>\n<li>An adult who neglects their own health or who self-harms<\/li>\n<li>Sexually exploiting an adult for money, power or status (sexual exploitation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Abuse of a child includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not caring for a child properly (neglect)<\/li>\n<li>Ongoing emotional maltreatment or emotional neglect of a child (psychological)<\/li>\n<li>Hurting a child and causing injury (physical)<\/li>\n<li>Forcing or persuading a child into sexual activities (sexual)<\/li>\n<li>Cyber bullying, grooming, sexually abusing or exploiting a child online (online)<\/li>\n<li>Sexually exploiting a child for money, power or status (sexual exploitation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Who could be an abuser?<\/h4>\n<p>Abuse can be carried out by anyone, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Someone in the family<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0partner or friend<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0neighbour<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0member of staff<\/li>\n<li>Another adult at risk of harm<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0stranger<\/li>\n<li>More than one person<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Where can abuse happen?<\/h4>\n<p>Abuse can happen anywhere at any time, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At home<\/li>\n<li>At a day centre, residential home or college<\/li>\n<li>At a friend&#8217;s house<\/li>\n<li>In a hospital<\/li>\n<li>Somewhere a person spends their free time<\/li>\n<li>In the street or another public place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"page\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1456238919\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Safeguarding\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/www.sunderlandsab.org.uk\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is safeguarding? Safeguarding is everyone&#8217;s responsibility, it&#8217;s about: Protecting children, young people and adults who are\u00a0at risk of abuse Preventing neglect, abuse and exploitation Helping you to keep yourself safe or put plans in place to help protect those who cannot protect themselves Everybody feeling safe no matter who they are or what their circumstances are What is abuse? 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