Unit 2: Identify
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2.3 What is power?
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We now explore the first part of the safeguarding cycle in greater detail – how to identify safeguarding concerns.
To help us do this, we need to understand what is power, how it can be misused and how that can result in harm in the form of abuse, exploitation and harassment. Relations of power and privilege lie at the heart of abuse.
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Before you get started on learning more about power, spend a minute thinking about how you would define power. |
