Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings – Unit 208 1.1 List legalisation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting The settings in which you work are generally covered by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA). This Act has been updated and supplemented by many sets of regulations and guidelines‚ which extended it‚ support it or explain it. The regulations most likely to affect your workplace are shown in the following diagram. The Health and Safety at
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Risk assessment M1- describe how health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures promote the safety of individuals in a health or social care setting. If you don’t have policies and procedures there would be a lot of hazards and a lot of injuries in a health and social care setting‚ also other settings. Health‚ Safety and security issues are extremely important in health and social care settings in order to protect staff and children‚ and their families. Legislations
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has the child‚ do they have any special needs The function and purpose of the service to the child The duty of care to the child The desire outcomes for the child Specific risks to individuals‚ such as pregnancy‚ sensory impairments Lines of responsibility and accountability It is important when an activity is planned that you choose the best environment for it to take place. E.G. if I planning a bike riding activity: The appropriate place for this to take place would be outside‚ not
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some as the panacea for all problems in the criminal justice system‚ others believe that it is just "old wine in a new bottle." Many departments around the country have embraced the tenets of community policing‚ yet few can answer the bottom-line question: Is it a better way to police? This paper will provide a comprehensive history and evolution of Community Policing; give a history of community policing and lessons learned in Clermont the importance results of per post community crime
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and 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
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how it can be defined. The most common definition of the word Hazard is‚ “A potential source of harm or adverse health effect on a person or persons”. The word hazard has many definitions but most common when talking about workplace health and safety is; “A hazard is any source of potential damage‚ harm or adverse health effects on something or someone under certain conditions at work”. In concise hazard is any condition‚ event or circumstances that could be the source of an accident. Therefore
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Preventing Falls in Construction WHAT IS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (OSH) IN CONSTRUCTION? “Occupational safety and health (OSH) is generally defined as the science of the anticipation‚ recognition‚ evaluation and control of hazards arising in or from the workplace that could impair the health and well-being of workers‚ taking into account the possible impact on the surrounding communities and the general environment. This domain is necessarily vast‚ encompassing a large number of disciplines
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the duties and responsibilities of your role at work place: Duties and responsibilities are the main character of any job performance. These duties and responsibilities are the outcome of the requirements of the specific job rolls. Generally we should follow the following duties and responsibilities to perform our job. To make sure work place is safe and working atmosphere according to Health and Safety Regulation (HASWA – 1974‚ amended 2010-2012). Proper induction of work place should be
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a safe workplace environment. Safety promotion consists of informing people at all company levels about the safety practices in effect at a certain time. Safety policy requires managers to give designated people the responsibility and
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ERR Adam Parkins 1.1 Listed‚ are the aspects of employement which are covered by law; Hours worked‚ minimum wage‚ discrimination‚ redundancy and dismissal‚ health and safety‚ training‚ holiday entitlements‚ union rights and consultation‚ disciplinary procedures and many others. Health and safety laws cover the work condition‚ minimum wage and other laws set basic compensation levels. There is also the Disability Act‚ Manual Handling Operations and Regulations‚ Data Protection Act‚ The Medicine Act
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