Health and Safety Responsibilities in Social Care Settings
Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings – Unit 208
1.1 List legalisation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting The settings in which you work are generally covered by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA). This Act has been updated and supplemented by many sets of regulations and guidelines, which extended it, support it or explain it. The regulations most likely to affect your workplace are shown in the following diagram. The Health and Safety at Work Act covers the following regulations:
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (as amended 2002)
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)
Health and Safety First Aid Regulations 1981
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
1.2 Describe the main points of health and safety policies and procedures The main points of health and safety policies and procedures is to follow them by agreed ways of working between employees and employers as well as other outside person(s). Ensuring approved codes of practice within the health and social care setting, in which relate to health and safety. These include recording and reporting procedures; such as how we deal with accidents and/or injuries, as well as emergency and/or first aid situations, for example the administering of first aid only if trained to do so. Other policies and procedures include, general working conditions and the environment we work in, to report and record any ‘unsafe’ conditions, including the use of any equipment that maybe used, adhering to regulations in regards to use of such equipment, whether it be electrical/mechanical, such e3quipment that may be used when, moving and handling, which in turn have their own set of guidelines, policies and procedures to adhere to. There are also many other policies and procedure that must be adhered to, own personal safety as well as the
1.1 List legalisation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting The settings in which you work are generally covered by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA). This Act has been updated and supplemented by many sets of regulations and guidelines, which extended it, support it or explain it. The regulations most likely to affect your workplace are shown in the following diagram. The Health and Safety at Work Act covers the following regulations:
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (as amended 2002)
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)
Health and Safety First Aid Regulations 1981
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
1.2 Describe the main points of health and safety policies and procedures The main points of health and safety policies and procedures is to follow them by agreed ways of working between employees and employers as well as other outside person(s). Ensuring approved codes of practice within the health and social care setting, in which relate to health and safety. These include recording and reporting procedures; such as how we deal with accidents and/or injuries, as well as emergency and/or first aid situations, for example the administering of first aid only if trained to do so. Other policies and procedures include, general working conditions and the environment we work in, to report and record any ‘unsafe’ conditions, including the use of any equipment that maybe used, adhering to regulations in regards to use of such equipment, whether it be electrical/mechanical, such e3quipment that may be used when, moving and handling, which in turn have their own set of guidelines, policies and procedures to adhere to. There are also many other policies and procedure that must be adhered to, own personal safety as well as the