As a student you should:
- speak to an appropriate member of staff at your education provider or practice placement provider promptly, if you are worried about the safety or wellbeing of service users, carers or others.
- inform an appropriate member of staff at your education provider or practice placement provider if you witness bullying, harassment or intimidation of a service user, carer, a learner or a member of staff at your education provider or practice placement provider.
- put the safety and wellbeing of service users before any personal concerns, for example about assessments, marks, other work related to your programme, employment prospects or other personal gain.
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What the standard says:
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Report concerns7.1 You must report any concerns about the safety or wellbeing of service users promptly and appropriately.
7.2 You must support and encourage others to report concerns and not prevent anyone from raising concerns.
7.3 You must take appropriate action if you have concerns about the safety or wellbeing of children or vulnerable adults.
7.4 You must make sure that the safety and wellbeing of service users always comes before any professional or other loyalties.
7.5 You must raise concerns regarding colleagues if you witness bullying, harassment or intimidation of a service user, carer or another colleague. This should be done following the relevant procedures within your practice or organisation and maintaining the safety of all involved.
Follow up concerns
7.6 You must follow up concerns you have reported and, if necessary, escalate them.
7.7 You must acknowledge and act on concerns raised to you, investigating, escalating or dealing with those concerns where it is appropriate for you to do so.