Assignment 306 Understand health and safety in social care settings Task A Presentation You have been asked to contribute to an induction day for new staff. You are to prepare a presentation about Health and Safety. It must include the following: Ai A list of the key legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting. Task A A1. • Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 • Medicines Act 1968 • Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 • Hazardous Wastes Regulations 2005 • Personal Protective Equipment
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General Health‚ Safety and Welfare in the Workplace 1 641 1 2 7 A/503/1170 Unit Title: OCR unit number: Sector unit number: Level: Credit value: Guided learning hours: Unit reference number: Unit aim and purpose The aim of this unit is to illustrate the skills‚ knowledge and understanding required to confirm competence in conforming to general health‚ safety and welfare in the workplace within the relevant sector of industry. Learning Outcomes The Learner will: 1 Comply with all workplace health‚ safety
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knowing what causes stress we can combat the affects of stress by reducing and preventing the stress in our lives. “Three out of every four American workers describe their work as stressful. And the problem is not limited to these shores. In fact‚ occupational stress has been defined as a "global epidemic" by the United Nations’ International Labor Organization.” (Maxon‚ 1999) One of the first steps to minimizing stress is being able to truly identify what stress truly is. Stress is the “psychological
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other types of demands placed on them. There is a clear distinction between pressure‚ which can create a motivating work environment‚ and stress‚ which can occur when the pressure becomes excessive. Work-related stress is a major cause of occupational ill health‚ poor productivity and human error. It can result in sickness absence‚ high staff turnover and poor performance and could increase the potential of a rise in accidents. The impacts on an organisation from stress are: * staff performance
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P3 Carry out a risk assessment in a health or social care setting ‚ M2 Assess the hazards identified in the health or social care setting ‚ D1 Make recommendations in relation to identified hazards to minimise the risk to the service user group As a part of my college course it is essential to find a work placement within a health and social care setting. I have decided to go to First Steps Pre School in bristolwhere I will gain experience there every Monday from 9am-12pm. I will be handling a
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Industrial/ Organizational Psychology Paper By: Keanan Aho 03/26/2012 PSY 435 Christopher Reid Industrial/ Organizational Psychology Paper Industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology has been around for a long time. It has been studied since the beginning of the study of psychology. When I/O psychology was first studied the industrial side of it is what was focused on. The industrial side consisted of the management and human resources side‚ and the organization side‚ which consisted
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Promoting the health‚ safety and wellbeing of children in schools is an important part of whole child education. For success‚ health‚ safety and wellbeing promotion should be integrated into the school system. Successful integration‚ requires important conditions that encourage commitment‚ consistency‚ sustainability and accountability of programs. These conditions are discussed below: Condition One: School head must take up the role of an active‚ engaged and supportive leader of the integration
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Nevill c‚ Mark J. Forshaw d a Department of Psychology and Counselling‚ Newman University College‚ Genners Lane‚ Bartley Green‚ Birmingham‚ B32 3NT‚ United Kingdom Department of Physical Education and Sports Studies‚ Newman University College‚ Bartley Green‚ Birmingham‚ B32 3NT‚ United Kingdom c School of Sport‚ Performing Arts and Leisure‚ University of Wolverhampton‚ Walsall Campus‚ Gorway Road‚ Walsall‚ WS1 3BD‚ United Kingdom d Centre for Health Psychology‚ Staffordshire University‚ College Road
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delivery of more consistent safety and health performance. This program would be of great benefits for hospitals. These benefits can be summed up as follows [1]: • Fewer injuries and infections; • Lower absenteeism rate; • Lower turnover level; • Better
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3:4 Support children and young people ’s health and safety learning outcome 1: Understand how to provide environments and services that support children and people ’s health and safety. 1:1Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. It is important when planning and setting up learning activities that indoor and outdoor environments are hazard free and that staff and pupils will be able to work safely. The following
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