If there is no immediate danger, you should report your concerns about abuse to the local authority in which the person is living, immediately. Each local authority has an adult safeguarding team sometimes called an adult protection team — the details should be on your local authority website or you can call them and ask. You should contact the adult safeguarding team if you have any suspicion that someone is at risk of abuse. If you do not receive a swift response from the safeguarding team letting you know whether or not they plan to investigate or you are not happy with the outcome, then you may wish to make a formal complaint to the local authority in which the person lives as soon as possible.
You can also report your suspicions to the police. You can also consider reporting your concerns to the Care Quality Commission CQC who inspects health and social care services. The CQC tends to focus on the services as a whole, rather than individual complaints.
You may want to register concerns with them so they take these into account when inspecting a service. You can contact them by letter, phone or on the CQC website. Further information If you want further information and advice regarding abuse, please contact the Learning Disability Helpline on or helpline mencap.
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Neglect may be apparent when very young children are outside or left alone and unsupervised, often appear physically ill, or appear malnourished or starved. This form of abuse can occur when someone inflicts injury on a child. This can occur in several ways such as punching, slapping, hitting, kicking, pinching, burning, weapons or many other possible ways.
You may not always be able to see all the physical signs due to someone inflicting injuries on parts of the body that are commonly covered. In addition, a person who physically abuses a child may injure parts of the body that would look similar to natural injuries or they may coerce the child into hiding the injuries or lying about how he or she received the injuries. Signs of physical abuse can be different for different children. Some children may have more obvious bodily injuries and may not be able to explain all of their injuries or their explanations do not match with the type of injury seen.
Other children may have more behavioral changes such as increased aggression, depression, expressing or showing fear around certain people, difficulty concentrating or social withdrawal. Some children may attempt to hide their injuries by wearing clothing that would conceal injuries even when the clothing is much too warm for the season. It is important to understand that sexual abuse can occur in all populations, in both rural and urban areas, in all socioeconomic and educational levels, and across all racial and cultural groups.
There is no universal definition of child sexual abuse. Click to expand menu. Click to expand search. About Expand. What We Do. Current Initiatives. Focus Areas Expand. Child Welfare Services. Foster Care. Title IV-E Prevention. Grants Expand. Formula Grants.
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