Lesson objective

1. Lesson objective To understand forms of ill-treatment Sexual abuse

2. Make a list of the signs people might show if they are being sexually abused • To understand forms of ill-treatment - Sexual abuse

3. Signs might include • Bleeding from the vagina or rectum • Depression • Bruising on the inner thighs • Nightmares • Sexually transmitted disease • Terror • Vaginal infection often talking about sex • To understand forms of ill-treatment - Sexual abuse

4. How could this happen in a care setting? • From one client to another • From a care setting client As many as 75 percent of all children in foster care, upon leaving the system, will have experienced sexual abuse. One study by Johns Hopkins University found that the rate of sexual abuse within the foster-care system is more than four times as high as in the general population; in group homes, the rate of sexual abuse is more than 28 times that of the general population. • To understand forms of ill-treatment - Sexual abuse

5. Task • What does informed consent mean? • News papers often report on sexual abuse cases. This is know as detection. The Austrian man who imprisoned his daughter and fathered a hidden incestuous family with her had previously been convicted of sexual assault, The Times has learnt. Josef F has at least one other conviction, for arson, and he allegedly spent time in prison in the late 1960s. Austrian prosecutors said that they were aware of the allegations and trying to trace the records in court archives. The revelation came as Austria struggled to come to terms with how the appalling abused of his children could have remained undiscovered for almost a quarter of a century. • To understand forms of ill-treatment - Sexual abuse

6. The children Act • What does this do? • Under the Act children have the right to be protected this is known as the Paramountcy Principle • Parents, Local Authorities and the courts have a duty to safeguard the welfare of children and in legal proceedings it is the best interests of the child that are the primary consideration when determining what action should be taken.

7. The service provider under the Children's Act should provide what for children in their care? • What will be the consequences of ill-treatment in the wider community?

8. AfL • Help with finding a home • Help with finance • Help with getting a job • Help with understanding how to pay bills • Help with moving • Help with making a new family or settling in a new community

9. Financial abuse in the care setting • Individuals using services should, if they have the ability, be allowed to control their own financial affairs. • Just because they are being looked after by informal carers or professional carers, does not mean that they give up their right to manage their own financial affairs. • Task - Name ways that this could happen

10. AfL • When carrying out financial tasks for the client, always: • Get a receipt • Give accounts • Make sure you have a witness when you spend the money on their behalf • To not do so is classed as infringing on the person’s rights.