1. Restrictive interventions in the health, social care or early years setting
P4 Explain why safeguards must be in place if restrictive physical interventions are used.

2. What are ‘restrictive’ interventions?
Children Adults

3. P4 Explain why safeguards must be in place if restrictive physical interventions are used.
What does the law say about safeguarding of children and adults?
The Children Act 1989, 2004
The Care Act 2014
What do organisations need to do to ensure those using services are safe?
What do organisations need to do to ensure those working in health and social care are safe?
What does recent practice tell us about the link between physical interventions and safeguarding?

4. The Children Act 1989

5. The Children Act 2004
Places a duty on local authorities and their partners (including the police, health service providers and the youth justice system) to co-operate in promoting the wellbeing of children and young people and to make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children
Updates the legislation on physical punishment (section 58) by limiting the use of the defence of reasonable punishment so that it can no longer be used when people are charged with the offences against a child of wounding, actual or grievous bodily harm or cruelty.
Therefore any injury sustained by a child which is serious enough to warrant a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm cannot be considered to be as the result of reasonable punishment.

7. Think back…
How did the staff in the Nurture Room SAFEGUARD the children?
Did the staff in the young offenders centre in Medway SAFEGUARD the young people?

8. The Care Act 2014
The Care Act 2014 defines safeguarding as: ‘protecting an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect’.

9. Watch the clips…

10. How is the adult in the film being restricted?
Is the individual at risk of harm? Is he safe?

12. What can professionals do to keep Joe safe and well in the residential home?
What they need to do to ensure Joe is safeguarded?

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