Date: 24/07/2013 M3.23 Health and Safety at Work 1.1-The two pieces of legislation that apply to my workplace are Health and Safety at Work‚ etc Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations. The HASAW Act provides a guideline of rules to ensure the health and safety of all employees or anyone that may be affected by any work activity. The main requirement of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations is that employers must carry out risk assessments to eliminate
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Outcome 1 – Understand own responsibilities‚ and the responsibilities of others‚ relating to health and safety in the work setting 1. Identify legislation relating to general health and safety in a health or social care work setting. Legislations/codes of practice relating to general health and safety in a health or social care work setting are: The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974; Riddor 1995‚ COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health); Manual Handling operations regulations 1992;
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Assignment 201 Principles of communication in adult social care settings Assignment composition Assignment overview In this assignment‚ you will complete tasks to demonstrate your understanding of the importance of communication in adult social care settings‚ and ways to overcome barriers to meet individual needs and preferences in communication. You will also address the issue of confidentiality. Tasks There are two tasks to this assignment. A Short answer questions B Poster
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P2: Outline the main factors of current health and safety legislation as applied in health and social care. This leaflet will contain information for a booklet covering the main features of at least 3 current health and safety legislations as applied in a health and social care setting. Legislation is another word for written law‚ which may also be known as act of parliament or regulations. As stated by Stretch B and Whitehouse M (2007) pg. 17 legislation is also the law that parliament makes which
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Safety & Health at Work SN1794 Assignment 10/3/2013 Joy Mc Inerney Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Explore the role of communications and training in promotion and provision of health and safety in the workplace. 3. Outline the principles and procedures of good housekeeping in the work place 4. Noise‚ dust and fumes are hazards whish commonly found in the work place for one of these hazards outline the risk associated with the exposure to this hazard
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– Outline how legislation‚ policies and procedures relating to health‚ safety and security influence health and social care settings 1. Outline key points of at least 3 policies and procedures by summarising the main points and recording them on the chart The Food Safety 1990 Policy Procedure The first policy is that all employees and volunteers who handle food must maintain a high standard of personal hygiene at all times. This is important so that people’s health is never at risk
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under the framework of the “Work Health and Safety Act” (2011). This Act outlines how to protect and balance the health‚ safety and welfare of all workers at the resort or workplace. The WHS Act also provides protection for the community so that their health and safety is not placed at any risk by work undertakings. At this resort as an employer‚ our responsibility is to make a risk assessment and to put in place the measures that are necessary for the health and safety for all employees and others
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January 19‚ 2010 Mental Health: Deficiencies in Treatment of Depression Depression is defined as a feeling of sadness‚ feeling blue‚ unhappy‚ and miserable or down in the dumps. True clinical depression is defined as a mood in which feelings of sadness and anger interfere with your everyday life for an extended period of time. The news article dated January 12‚ 2010 in the New York Times‚ Titled; Mental Health: Deficiencies in Treatment of Depression reports that antidepressant drugs used for the
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love to work along with the less fortunate people. The second job I have chosen to look into is key stage one primary school teaching‚ I chose this because I don’t particularly think that I would like to do it‚ but I would enjoy to know more about it before ruling this profession out. Sector There are three sectors: Statutory- the statutory sector includes organisations that are set up by acts of parliament and/or statutes and that are administered by the government (Department of Health & Department
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the rewards they reap. Usually when we think of a ‘Carer’ people often assume it is somebody that works in a retirement home‚ somebody that looks after somebody who needs care in a profession. What it really means is somebody that looks after a relative‚ friend or neighbour who needs the support because of a disability‚ on-going illness or simply because of their age. In the United Kingdom most care for people with long term conditions‚ such as arthritis‚ diabetes‚ heart disease or who are too old
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