Young People’s Health and Safety 1. Know the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting 1.2 Identify the lines of responsibility and reporting for health and safety in the work setting. In my work setting the responsibility of ensuring that the health and safety is suitable is down to the manager mainly. Although all members of staff should always be aware and checking as well. If a member of staff does find something that is not complying to health and safety then said member
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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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Within health and social care setting there are many different policies and procedures that have to be followed in certain situations. There are a number of policies and procedures that are put into place to help children‚ young people and their families whilst they are being looked after. A policy is a set of guidelines and rules that are agreed and put into place by the organisation and procedures are the steps and methods that are followed from the policy. They help to guide the professionals
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The general objectives of the Health And Safety Act 1974 are: * To secure the health‚ safety and welfare of employees at work. * To protect people other than employees at work against risks to their health and safety arising from work activities. * The control of release into the atmosphere of noxious or offensive substances from premises which may also come under the scope of the Environmental Protection Legislation. * To identify hazards in the workplace and carry out risk assessments and
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Agreed Ways of Working: Agreed ways of working is following the companies’ policy and procedures within the care plan given to each service user and care plans within The Manor. The policies and procedures document will give you all the information you need to know within your role and place of work‚ it explains how you should do your job‚ for example it translates policies into working practice such as a manual handling procedure will tell you how to undertake a risk assessment and will cover all
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treatment or administering any drugs. Keeping drugs safe is also a big regulation. For example Pyxis cabinets are used to help analyze and manage drugs. It allows health care facilities to keep close track of inventory and who is removing which drugs for which patient. Explain the repercussions that could arise from violating these standards. Health care workers take an oath that they will follow. They practice medicine under general standards and a code of ethics. When violating these standards it will
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How policies and procedures promote health‚ safety and security in a health and social care setting Employer’s role in a care setting The employer’s position is to supervise the health‚ security and safety of all the staff‚ visitors‚ volunteers to the grounds of the building and also its service users. Employers may assign accountability for health and safety to the employees‚ health and safety agents‚ administrators and the service users as well. But‚ it is still the employer’s job to have
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Policies & procedures applicable to my school setting | Unit/LO/AC Ref | What purpose it serves | Evaluate how these polices support the principles of every child matters and the importance of staff consistently applying boundaries (where applicable) | Child Protection Policy | A (Staff) | Ensuring safe recruitment by checking the suitability of staff and volunteers to work with children. Creating a safe environment in which children can learn and develop. Raising awareness of child protection
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ensuring the safe keeping of the children • Provision of refreshments‚ encouraging healthy eating and promoting a healthy lifestyle • To implement and update policies and procedures in line with Ofsted and NCMA guidance. • To work towards assessment against a nationally recognised quality assurance scheme. Health and Safety To ensure a safe environment for children including • Risk assessments should be carried out for each room that will be registered including the garden/outdoors
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working in ways that are agreed with the employer 2.1 Describe why it is important to adhere to the agreed scope of the job role. It is important to adhere to the agreed scope of the job role as this sets out boundaries in your job role‚ enables you to know your role and responsibilities. Knowing your own level of competence and skills‚ knowing your job description. 2.2 Outline what is meant by agreed ways of working By following our company’s policies and procedures based on sector standards
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