Purpose of a Health and Safety Policy A policy is a written statement‚ usually comprising of three elements: a statement section (often a single page) detailing how safety will be managed and that demonstrates the organisation’s commitment to health and safety an organisation section that details where responsibilities are allocated‚ organisation structure‚ and how employees fit into the overall safety management system an arrangements section that contains details of how specific activities
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P2: Outline the main factors of current health and safety legislation as applied in health and social care. This leaflet will contain information for a booklet covering the main features of at least 3 current health and safety legislations as applied in a health and social care setting. Legislation is another word for written law‚ which may also be known as act of parliament or regulations. As stated by Stretch B and Whitehouse M (2007) pg. 17 legislation is also the law that parliament makes which
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Outline how legislation‚ policies and procedures relating to heath‚ safety and security influence health and social care settings. In this essay i will be explaining how different pieces of legislation influence health and care. Legislation consists of laws made by parlement‚ or people given power by parlement‚ such as a govenor. Legislation shows us what we need to do in certain environments‚ for example what to do to make us safe and how to do it. Health and safety at work act 1974 The Health and
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contents: Aim and Introduction. Health and safety in ECCE setting. Health and Safety Policies and Procedures in ECCE Setting. Well-being of children in ECCE setting. Characteristic of positive environment in ECCE setting The factors that contribute to the overall well-being of the children in ECCE setting Components of a balanced diet for children Menu sample. Indoor and Outdoor Safety. Signs and symptoms of unwell child. Crèche Safety Check list Sample Example Risk
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The key legislations relating to health and safety in a social care setting are - Health and Safety at work Act 1974 Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999 Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulation 1981 include amendment on 2009 The Electricity at Work regulations 1989 Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 Communicable diseases and infection control Working Time Regulations 1998 Care Standard
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National Development Policy - Announced in 1991 by Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. - To achieve balanced progress in order to form an integrated and just society - To achieve national unity - Focused on just distribution of resources - To encourage development of all economic sectors by fair division‚ strengthen the national integration by reducing the social and economic differences between the people and build a progressive‚ productive and skillful human resources Evolution
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1.1 Current Childminding Legislation The following is an overview of the current legislation which has an affect on childminders‚ parents and children. Equality Act 2010 The act replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single act to make the law simpler and to remove inconsistencies. The act covers nine protected characteristics. The characteristics applying to home-based childcare include disability‚ race‚ religion or belief and gender. Childcare Act (2006) The act lays
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Legislation means a law that has been created for people to obey. For example‚ policy are made in health and social care setting like in a nursery‚ and the policy of the nursery is people should not discriminate or ignored; the legislation of this is to apply the policy and not discriminate. http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/nursery/regulations/Home.aspx From the research that I have done‚ I have learnt the policies and procedures of a nursery school and I have found out `that the policy
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EMPLOYEE: Current Employment Legislation – All Employees must obey to the legislation as it is to do with the law‚ Anti-Discrimination Legislation – This is similar to equal opportunities. No matter what age‚ skin colour‚ gender‚ religious beliefs and sexuality you are still entitled to not be discriminated and you are still entitled to the same opportunities as everybody else. Contract of Employment – This is a document all employees must receive as part of the law‚ this identifies the code
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–Lo2) To understand how principle of support are implemented in health and social care practice it starts from analysing equal opportunities ‚independence ‚ individuality respect ‚partnership and having a lot of respect for different cultures and value also providing care support and a lot of attention for individual for friends and family . Also understanding how the principle of support are implemented in health and social care involved a lot of confidentiality (policies about sharing information)
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