Work Placement Portfolio On Health And Safety. This is a summary of how my placement at field house‚ meets health and safety to make sure that the working environment if safe for staff and residents also visitors. Food Safety Act‚ This act ensures that nothing extra is included in food‚ or remove anything from food or treat food in any way this could damaged to the health of people eating. It should be served to the quality which consumers would expect their food to be‚ that all food is labelled
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NICOLA O’CALLAGHAN UNIT 8 4.1 4.2. 4.3 5.1 5.2 5.3 6.1 6.2 Induction Moving & Handling Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (MHOR) As amended 2002. This reflects the musculoskeletal that relates to up to half of all work related injuries and ill health. Employers have to comply with the updated regulations these consist of lifting‚ loading‚ pushing pulling‚ carrying or moving Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment regulations 1998 (LOLER) A specific requirement for lifting and lowering
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Explain 6 potential hazards in a health and social care In this report I will be explaining 6 potential hazards that I saw in my health and social care setting. The health and social care I had my work experience in was a Nursing home. For My work experience I worked in a nursing home. The residents living in nursing home does not have many abilities to do thing for them; they are dependent on the carer’s. The residents living in nursing home are aged between 80 to 105 years old. Wheelchairs
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Health and Safety in the Health and Social Care Workplace Student Name: Lecturer: Group: Health and Safety This essay will show an understanding of how health and safety legislation is implemented in the workplace and its impact on customers and the work of practitioners. I will do this by; analysing health and safety priorities and risk assessments‚ discussing the encountering of dilemma’s in the workplace and by analysing the effects of non-compliance and a positive
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Health and Social Care Assignment UNIT 4 - PRINCIPLES OF SAFEGUARDING AND PROTECTION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW In this assignment you will demonstrate your understanding of safeguarding adults. You will describe different types of abuse‚ the signs and symptoms associated with them and what to do if you are aware of or suspect an individual has been abused or you note unsafe practice. You will research failings in care services and explore how best practice can help to keep
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Task 1 P1. Explain the concepts of equality‚ diversity and rights in relation to health and social care Health and social care practice should acknowledge‚ respect and accommodate this diversity. Promoting inclusion and equality‚ taking rights into account‚ is an important part of health and social care provision. A central issue for care worker and care originations is how best to respond to the needs of a diverse population‚ while also ensuring that every service user enjoys equality. For example
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Understand health and safety in social care settings 1.1 Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting Health and Safety at work Act 1974 - An Act to make further provision for securing the health‚ safety and welfare of persons at work‚ for protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of persons at work Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 - any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting‚ putting down
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here are a variety of different policies and procedures for safe working. Under the Health and Safety at Work Act‚ it is the responsibility of everyone in the school to ensure that safety is maintained and in particular that vulnerable children are safeguarded. Standards for safety are also set by the government department in each country responsible for education and are monitored by the body responsible for school inspections‚ for example‚ Ofsted in England and HMIE (Her Majestyâ€TMs Inspectorate
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The aim of this assignment is to explain a nurse’s role in relation to assisting patient’s with meeting their hygiene needs. In order to accomplish this‚ the following areas of the subject will be highlighted; why hygiene is so important and the various aspects of hygiene such as; what influences hygiene‚ assessing a patient‚ bed bathing‚ oral hygiene and eye care. Oxford dictionary describes hygiene as “the conditions or practices conductive to maintaining health and preventing disease especially
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Manual Handling Short Test Pass Mark 1 10 out of 12 Question What is manual handling? a) b) c) d) Answers Pushing‚ pulling‚ bending‚ stretching‚ lifting Only lifting Using machines Any lifting done by a man 2 Which is the MAIN piece of a) The Electricity at Work Regs 1998 legislation that applies to manual b) The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regs 1998 handling? c) The Manual Handling Operations Regs 1992 d) The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 3 What
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