CYPCORE 3413 Identify sources of current guidance for planning healthy and safe environments All settings should have copies of the latest legislation and guidance as well as their own policies and procedures. Health & safety executive: HSE is the national independent watchdog for work-related health‚ safety and illness. They are an independent regulator and act in the public interest to reduce work-related death and serious injury across Great Britain’s workplaces Health and Safety at Work
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sources of current guidance that early years and educational settings can use in order to plan for a healthy and safe environment or service‚ including the following: Health and Safety Executive (HSE) – Covers all aspects of health and safety in all work environments and also provides guidance for those specifically working with children and young people‚ for instance‚ risk education guidance‚ general teaching requirement for health and safety guidance and incident reporting guidance‚ all of which
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The main factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments are; • Risk assessment; a risk assessment is a process that identifies and assesses the importance of risk in a situation and then assesses the measures that control it. A risk assessment should be undertaken before a planned outdoor learning experience‚ and the main findings recorded. • Contact details; you should always make sure that you have up to date emergency contact numbers‚ for all staff
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Factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services I need to think about the child’s safety and welfare and keep it uppermost in mind. I also need to think about others that will work in the setting‚ carers‚ administrators etc‚ and those who will visit the setting‚ such as families‚ social workers‚ health care nurses etc. most importantly I need to make sure no one
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A healthy and safe home based environment. It is my responsibility as a professional childminder to do everything possible to keep all children safe at all times and prevent accidents‚ to do so: • I will ensure I keep appropriate supervision of children at all times. • I have in place a thorough risk assessment which I enforce and revise regularly. • I use only equipment with children that is age appropriate and in safe working order and complies with national safety standards. • I keep my
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Competency Goal 1 To establish a safe‚ healthy‚ learning environment Functional Area 1: Safe One of my goals in the functional area of safe is to prevent or reduce injuries on the playground while children are in my care. This is an important goal for the preschool age group because young children are unaware of the hazards in the outdoor environment and of behaviors that could cause them harm. I can accomplish this by being aware of the areas that are “hazardous” and making sure that I am supervising
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Competency Goal 1 To establish and maintain a safe‚ healthy learning environment Functional Area 1: Safe One of my goals in the functional area of safe is to prevent or reduce injuries while children are in my care. This is an important goal for the age group children in my care because young children are often not aware of hazards in the environment or of behaviors that could cause injury. One of the ways I do this is by supervising children at all times. I always make sure children
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Practice Evidence Record Diary UNIT 3: Safe‚ healthy and nurturing environment for children P3.1: The radiators can get hot for the children or children can get fingers caught so a radiator cover was placed on all the radiators to avoid this. A paper clip was on the floor I picked it up and threw it away‚ this is a hazard as a child could have swallowed it. The vacuum cleaner can only be done at a certain time as the wire can cause the children to trip or fall. Also the staircase and some
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Health and Safety Executive with local authorities (and other enforcing authorities) is responsible for | | |enforcing the Act and a number of other Acts and Statutory Instruments relevant to the working environment. | | |Statutory instruments are the secondary types of legislation made under specific Acts of Parliament. These | | |cover a wide range of subjects‚ from control
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Unit 2 Assignment TaskThe provision of healthy‚ safe and secure environments for children | Describe why risk assessment approaches may differ at various stages of child development.Risk assessment is very important in a childcare setting‚ it is a way to ensure that any potential danger to a child has been noticed and all possible measures have been taken to minimise or remove that risk. The health and safety policy in the setting should have a section covering risk assessment and should cover
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