Support Children and Young People ’s Health and Safety This essay will provide knowledge and understanding of supporting children and young people ’s health and safety. In my placement there are many policies regarding health and safety when working with children. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Act 1999 and The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 require all schools to have policies and procedures to ensure the safety of staff and children. If the policies and procedures are not in
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Unit 009 Contribute to Children and Young People’s Health and Safety Level: 2 Credit value: 3 NDAQ number: J/601/3491 Unit aim This unit provides learners with the knowledge and skills to contribute to supporting children and young people’s health and safety. Learning outcomes There are seven learning outcomes to this unit. The learner will be able to: 1. Know the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting 2. Be able to recognise risks and hazards in the work setting and during
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Concerning the nature of students‚ I believe all children are not born with the same level of intelligence‚ but all children have the capacity to learn. I do not think that children are born entirely good or entirely bad. A child is influenced by his surroundings‚ and models his behavior to match the people closest to him. Knowledge is relative‚ and the level of success a child achieves in school is directly correlated to the amount of support and encouragement he or she receives at home. Public
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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
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Support children and young people’s health and safety. Outcome 1 Know the legislative and policy framework for health and safety 1.1- Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in the setting. A schools Health and safety policy should conform to the requirements contained in the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Specifically the policy should contain :- a) a General Statement of commitment to H&S‚ signed by Head/Chair of Governors
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CU1512 - CU1512 - Contribute to Children and Young People’s Health and Safety Outline the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting Health and safety policies and procedures help to provide a safe setting for children‚ parents‚ staff and volunteers. The policies and procedures will include: risk assessments‚ security‚ hygiene‚ fire emergency‚ first aid‚ sickness‚ accidents and incidents. Good quality care consists of taking steps to prevent illness and accidents‚ being
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CU2939 Develop Health and Safety and Risk Management Policies‚ Procedures and Practices in Health and Social Care or Children and Young People’s Settings 1.1 Explain the legislative framework for health‚ safety and risk management in the work setting. Answer – The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the main piece of the health and safety legislation in Great Britain. It provides the legal framework to promote and encourage high standards in the workplace. The Act‚ when first introduced
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Support children and young people’s health and safety Outcome 1: Know the legislative and policy framework for health and safety. 1.1 Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in your setting At the start of the day the children are made to line up in the school playground. When the whistle is blown at 8.55a.m the teachers will come onto the yard to collect their classes. The children are then in turn taken into the building. Some children will
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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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Occupational Health Hazards in the Medical Field Kim Chastain AB TECH April 24‚ 2012 Abstract Medical personnel come into contact with a complex variety of deadly toxins. Contact comes from industrial cleaners‚ sterilization products‚ radiation‚ medications‚ and mercury. Side effects of these toxic materials are known to lead to a variety of cancers‚ miscarriages‚ asthma‚ birth defects and metabolic syndromes. Government agencies have been negligent in protecting healthcare workers from
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