Lord Ken MacDonald, former Director of Public Prosecutions, has argued that attacks on disabled people must be taken more seriously. According to official statistics, there were 1,841 recorded incidents of disability hate crime in 2012/13, although only 349 cases resulted in convictions. Of this, only seven offenders were given an increased ...
Over the last two years, the number of reports of abuse has risen by almost two percent, according to statistics from the Health and Social Care Information Centre. Research suggests that adults aged 65 or over are the group most likely to be abused, with women being more likely to ...
It's lunchtime. As you lift your fork, a piece of chicken falls and drops on the floor. Do you throw it in the bin, or pick it up and eat it? Many of us will probably do the latter, justifying it with the ‘five-second rule’ – if it's picked up within five ...
Our new Child Protection – Level 3 online training course provides a thorough understanding of child protection by covering a breadth of topics relevant to anybody with a responsibility for safeguarding children and young people. The nine-module course delivers 9 CPD hours and covers: child development and negative influences on it parenting capacity the forms of ...
Our new Safeguarding Adults training course provides provides the key information needed to help safeguard vulnerable adults. The four concise learning modules cover the basics of abuse, how to recognise situations where abuse might occur, the signs of abuse, the importance of taking action, and good practice guidelines. It is available to train ...
