CT 301 1.1 List legislation relating to general health and safety in a sociel care setting. Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (also referred to as HSWA‚ the HSW Act‚ the 1974 Act or HASAWA) is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in Great Britain. The Health and Safety Executive‚ with local authorities (and other enforcing authorities) is responsible for enforcing the Act and a number of other Acts and Statutory Instruments relevant to the working environment
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Health and Safety – P4‚ M3‚ D2 For this assignment I have been asked to explain possible priorities and responses when dealing with two particular incidents or emergencies in a health or social care setting. I have also been asked to discuss health‚ safety or security concerns arising from a specific incident or emergency in a health or social care setting. As well as this I will justify responses to a particular incident or emergency in a health or social care setting. The Recovery Position A service
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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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208 part 1 1.1 Health and safety at work act 1974 - Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992(amended 2002)- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002 - Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 - Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 - Food Safety Act 1990 Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995 and Food Safety (Temperature Control) Regulations 1995 1.2 Health and Safety policies and procedures within the health and social care settings
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CU1521- Support children and young people’s health and safety. 1.1 Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. The factors that you would need to take into account include * Individual needs depending on their age or abilities‚ for example a child of two years may not be able to do the physical things of a child who id five years old. So you would have to set out different activities for different ages. *
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Unit 50118195.CU1531- Engage in personal development in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role. I work with clients with Autism and/or a learning disability‚ within a supported housing setting. My current job role is as a ‘care assistant’. I am responsible for providing support to the service user’s‚ which includes: personal care‚ assisting with meal preparation‚ assisting with medication‚ organising service
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Children and Young People ’s Health and Safety. . Learning Outcome 1: Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety. 1.1 In order to ensure a safe and healthy environment and services for children/young people there are some factors which need to be taken into account. These include any equipment which they will be in contact with‚ such as electrical equipment‚ anything which may pose a fire risk‚ any damaged furniture
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legislation‚ policies and procedures relating to health‚ safety and security influence health and social care setting. In this assignment I am going to be looking at health and safety legislation and policies and procedures with in a health and social care setting Legislation is in place to protect individuals within health and safety employers have a duty to protect their staff and keep people informed about health and safety. Then if you working as a social care worker you
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| U IT UN T GU DE | GUI E Case Studie in Occ es cupat tiona al Safe nd E ronm Health‚ S ety an Envir ment OHS SE211 1 Introduction ............................................................................. 13 Hazards‚ Risks and Controls ................................................. 15 Case Study 1: A Safety Problem: Anthrax ........................... 21 Case Study 2: A Health Problem: Lead In Petrol ................. 33 Case Study 3: An Environmental Problem: Love Canal ........
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