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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Unit 334 – Support children and young people health and safety 1.1 When planning an indoor lesson you need to take into account various health and safety factors. These will be that the room you will be taking the lesson in has enough space for the amount of students in the lesson. Students and staff should be able to move around the room without causing any problems for others and be able to locate all necessary materials and any equipment that is needed for the lesson. The lighting in the room
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assessment is a plan put in place to reduce the risk of harm occurring‚ it aims to identify potential risks to the health‚ safety or security of a care practitioner. Risk assessments have to be held under the health and safety at work act and Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999. It is a lawful document and if not carried out care organisations can face prosecution. The HSE (health and safety executive) can request risk assessments at any time to make sure they are being done and are up to
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Health and safety is one of the regulations of early childhood education. This regulation tells centres of the steps that are included and that they must follow for good health and safety procedures in a centre. Centres need to ensure all equipment and the facilities are maintained and are used appropriately. Also the code of ethics explains the correct procedures in case of an emergencies. Furthermore centres encourage families and the community to minimise the spread of infections. These are some
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Unit 2 Introduction to Personal Development in Health and Social Care Learner’s Name Questions Answers 1.1 - Describe the duties and responsibilities of own role My duties as a care worker involve giving clients personal care‚ such as assisting with washing‚ dressing‚ toileting requirements including catheter and convene care. Assisting with nutritional requirements such as meal planning/preparation/feeding‚ prompting/administering medication‚ shipping‚ cleaning. It is my responsibility
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Health and safety legislations implemented in the work place. The health and safety legislations are implemented in my work place as following; • Health and safety to anyone in the work place‚ this is the responsibility of employers for the work place‚ equipment and policies but everyone working has their own responsibilities to apply to. • Safety of all products brought into the settings e.g.‚ equipment and toys. Products to be made sure they are age suitable for the children that are playing with
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significant health risks such as high blood pressure‚ digestive problems‚ sleep deprivation and depression.(1) This topic is particularly interesting to me because I‚ as well as many of my co-workers‚ tend to have a lot of work-related stress and stress-related symptoms resulting from my job. A vast amount of information about work-related stress is readily available. After doing a preliminary search of keywords “work related stress‚” I found that the National Institute of Occupational Safety and
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work effectiveness. By looking at a few studies‚ this paper will show the relevance between stress from the job and depression and issues in the family‚ issues with health problems and low job performance. Conclusion Effective tools for dealing with stress will decrease stress‚ improve the physical and emotional/mental health of workers‚ increase worker productivity‚ improve worker satisfaction‚ and decrease interpersonal problems as a whole. Stress in the workplace is a common
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References: Bupa. (2011‚ December). Work-Related Stress. Retrieved October 27‚ 2012‚ from http://www.bupa.co.uk/individuals/health-information/directory/w/stress-workplace Federal Communications Commission. (2012). Understanding Workplace Harassment. Retrieved October 27‚ 2012‚ from http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/understanding-workplace-harassment-fcc-staff Glinow‚ M. A. V.
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Task B Bi My terms and conditions are set out in my contract and are Agenda for change. They are regularly updated and staff are always updated with any changes that are going to take place within one month of the change taking place. We also have a terms and conditions of service hand book which is available to all staff to access on the NHS website. The terms and conditions are a statement and instruction of what the employer’s expect of their staff and your job description. Employers expect
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