Vulnerable adults are at particular risk of abuse. A vulnerable adult depends on other people for at least some of their care and support.
Abuse refers to various forms of force, threats and fraud.
The main forms of abuse are:
physical abuse - violence which causes pain or injury
sexual abuse - unwanted sexual or touching behaviour without consent
psychological abuse - anything said or written which causes emotional distress
neglect and acts of omission - the failure to provide care or attention to the point where a person’s health or safety is affected
discriminatory abuse - unfair treatment due to a person’s race, gender, sexual choice, religion or disability
financial or material abuse - the theft or misuse of a person’s property, money, possessions or benefits.
The abuser could be anybody.
If you feel that you or someone you know is being abused telephone Kirklees Adult Services on:
Gateway to Care: 01484 223000
If you telephone we will begin an enquiry immediately and ensure we respond to you quickly.
Child abuse
Children with certain disabilities, such as learning difficulties, are at particular risk from abuse. All children and young people have a fundamental right to be protected from harm. Safeguarding them is everybody’s responsibility, including parents, relatives, neighbours and professionals. Child abuse occurs when a person causes harm, or fails to prevent harm, to a child.
Children may be abused in a family, an institutional or community setting, by those known and trusted by them, or, more rarely, by a stranger. They may be abused by adults or by other children. The main forms of child abuse are physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse or neglect. A child can be abused in more than one of these ways. If you suspect child abuse you should report it.
Contact Information
To report child abuse contact one of the following helplines:
Gateway to Care:
Gateway to Care 01484 223000
Also of interest
Police Child and Public Protection Units; North Kirklees 01924 293811 ;
South Kirklees 01422 337042
