health and safety

L2- HSC Technical Certificate unit worksheet
Unit 208 – Understand health and safety in social care settings

The numbers in the bracket after each question relate to the assessment criteria in the standards UNIT 4222-208

1. List legislation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting (1.1.1)

2. Describe the main points of health and safety policies and procedures agreed with your employer (1.1.2)

3. Outline the main health and safety responsibilities of: (1.1.3)
a) the social care worker ( yourself)
b) the employer or manager
c) other individuals in the workplace

4. Identify tasks relating to health and safety that should only be carried out with special training (1.1.4)

5. Describe how to access additional support and information relating to health and safety (1.1.5)

6. Define what is meant by ‘hazard’ and ‘risk’ (2.2.1)

7. Describe how to use a health and safety risk assessment (2.2.2)

8. Explain how and when to report potential health and safety risks that have been identified (2.2.2)

9. Describe how risk assessment can help address dilemmas between an individual’s rights and health and safety concerns (2.2.3)

10. Describe different types of accidents and sudden illness that may occur in a social care setting (3.3.1)

11. Outline the procedures to be followed if an accident or sudden illness should occur (3.3.2)

12. Explain why it is important for emergency first-aid tasks only to be carried out by qualified first aiders (3.3.3)
13. List routes by which an infection can get into the body (4.4.1)

14. Describe ways in which own health or hygiene might pose a risk to an individual or to others at work (4.4.2)

15. Explain the most thorough method for hand washing (4.4.1)

16. Describe when to use different types of personal protective equipment (4.4.4)

17. Identify legislation that relates to moving and handling (5.5.1)

18. List principles for safe moving and handling (5.5.2)

19. Explain why it is important for moving and handling tasks to be carried out following specialist training (5.5.3)

20. Explain why it is important to have specialist training before assisting and moving an individual (5.)

21. Explain the importance of following an individual’s care plan and fully engaging with them when assisting and moving (5.)

22. Identify hazardous substances that may be found in the social care setting (6.6.1)

23. Describe safe practices for: (6.6.2)
a. storing hazardous substances
b. using hazardous substances
c. disposing of hazard substances

24. Outline procedures to be followed in the social care setting to prevent: (7.7.1)
a. Fire
b. Gas leak
c. Floods
d. Intruding
e. Security breach

25. Outline procedures to be followed in the social care setting in the event of: (7.7.2)
a. Fire
b. Gas leak
c. Floods
d. Intruding
e. Security breach

26. Identify common signs and indicators of stress (9.9.1)

27. Identify circumstances that tend to trigger own stress (9.9.2)

28. Describe ways to manage your own stress (9.9.3)

29. Describe the main points of agreed procedures about handling medication (10.10.1)

30. Identify who is responsible for medication in a social care setting (10.10.2)

31. Explain why medication must only be handled following specialist training (10.10.3)

32. Identify food safety standards relevant to a social care setting (11.11.1)

33. Explain how to: (11.11.2)
a. store food
b. maximise hygiene when handling food
c. dispose of food

34. Identify common hazards when handling and storing food (11.11.3)
Once you have completed, your Learning Advisor will be able to cross reference the knowledge into UNIT 4222-208 of the diploma.