one // Session 2 All about…health and safety Read all about it! The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 is the main piece of legislation concerning health and safety for employers‚ employees and contractors in the UK. Employers have a legal duty under this Act to ensure‚ so far as is reasonably practicable‚ the health‚ safety and welfare at work of the people for whom they are responsible and the people who may be affected by the work they do. The legislation states that risks should be
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Learning Outcome 1. 1.1 List the aspects of employment covered by law. Aspects that are covered by law are as followed‚ anti-discrimination provisions to protect against gender‚ race‚ disability‚ age‚ working hours and holiday entitlements. Sickness absence and sick pay. Data protection for personal information. Health and safety. Criminal records Bureau (CRB) checks when starting work within a healthcare setting. 1.2 List the main features of current employment legislation. The main features
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1A SUMMARISE ENTITLEMENT AND PROVISION FOR EARLY YEARS EDUCATION. Since 2004 all children in the UK aged 3-4 years old are entitled to 570 hours of free early years education or childcare places at nursery or a pre-school setting a year. This is often taken as 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year as part of the ‘Every Child Matters’ agenda and ‘Childcare Act 2006’. Early years provision in schools is about supporting very young children and is based on the concept of learning through play
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Accounting Practice Legislations‚ Procedures and policy Report Introduction This report contains detail compliance analysis of the Accounting Practice‚ which undertakes Accounting and Bookkeeping services for Travel agent. The Agent provides Community services as well‚ along with day to day Travels and Tour services such as overseas workers sponsorship‚ Manage Payroll for overseas workers and provides Money transfer. This report outlines the regulations and the practice procedures and Manuals and
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1. Understand the current legislative framework and organisational health‚ safety and risk management policies‚ procedures and practices that are relevant to health‚ and social care or children and young people’s settings 1.1 Explain the legislative framework for health‚ safety and risk management in the work setting The basis of British health and safety law is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The Act sets out the general duties which employers have towards employees and members
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SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SCHOOLS LEVEL 3 (DIPLOMA) Understand how to safeguard the well being of children and young people |CYP3.4 1.1 Outline current legislation guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. Legislation covering child protection can be divided into two main types‚ criminal law‚ dealing with people who have offended or are at risk of offending against children‚ and civil law‚ which is divided into public law and private
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1. KNOW THE LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR HEALTH & SAFETY. LO 1.1. How current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented In order to ensure that school is managing health and safety for employees and others who come into contact with the school ( children‚ support workers and parents ) there is an act which must be followed up and so ensures the health and welfare of children‚ employees and employer. It is The Health and Safety at Work‚ etc Act 1974. The
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Explain how the requirements of legislation‚ codes of practice and agreed ways of working influence professional supervision. Legislation has leaded us to the point of view that supervision is the requirement for all staff: 1) National Minimum Standards – Supplying good practice of supervision is a mandatory requirement set by National Minimum Standards in UK– covering all criteria and aspects of practice (for example policy and procedures; job descriptions and keeping a balance between outcomes
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Within health and social care setting there are many different policies and procedures that have to be followed in certain situations. There are a number of policies and procedures that are put into place to help children‚ young people and their families whilst they are being looked after. A policy is a set of guidelines and rules that are agreed and put into place by the organisation and procedures are the steps and methods that are followed from the policy. They help to guide the professionals
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Unit 4 health and safety. 4.3 Evaluate own practice in promoting balanced approach to risk management. It is important you have a balanced approach towards risk assessments. You must always make sure that children are not at any risk but sometimes you may give them the freedom to do something knowing they won’t hurt their self but will learn from it. For example if a child was walking along a balancing beam that wasn’t very high with a soft surface underneath then they wouldn’t be at risk of any
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