Legislative Framwork in Health and Social Care Setting

There are a large number of legislations in place to govern the health safety and risk management in a school environment, below I have listed and explained how it is adhered to at Ashcroft Academy;

|Health & Safety at work Act 1974 HSWA |This act ensures the health, safety and well being of all employees in a work place setting. It |
| |also covers any person(s) who utilises the facilities, i.e. students, parents, visitors and also |
| |contractors/builders carrying out work on the premises. This is the main legislative framework that|
| |governs all work place settings in the U.K. The Act ensure that any employer that has more than 5 |
| |people on as staff must have its own written health and safety policy and procedures, that has to |
| |be seen and signed by all employees. It also specifies a duty of care that no person (specifically |
| |students in my setting) that has any involvement in the school may be exposed to any risk to their |
| |health and safety. Responsibility is also placed on the shoulders of the employee and those |
| |involved in any works that take place in the school (students, visitors, etc) to ensure that they |
| |keep themselves and others safe from risk by being mindful of their actions and that they need to |
| |strictly adhere to the health and safety policy and procedures outlined by their employer, which |
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