Health and safety in health and social care 1.1 ‘The legislation relating to general health and safety in social care work settings: The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 Reporting of Injury‚ Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA) Food Safety Act 1990 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (PPE) 1992 Manual Handling Operations Regulations
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Unit Title: Unit sector reference: Level: Credit value: Guided learning hours: Unit expiry date: Unit accreditation number: Understand health and safety in social care settings PWCS 27 2 4 40 31/08/2015 R/602/3179 Unit purpose and aim This unit is aimed at those who are interested in‚ or new to‚ working in a social care setting. It introduces knowledge and understanding of areas of health and safety required to work in a social care setting. Learning Outcomes The learner will: 1 Understand
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under common law‚ The rights of access to information‚ and The Caldicott principles. Aii Equality and diversity The Equality Act 2010‚ Human Rights Act‚ Sex Discrimination Act‚ Race Relations Act. Aiii Health and Safety The Health and safety at work act 1974‚ The Health and Safety Executive is responsible for enforcing the Act and a number of other Acts and Statutory Instruments relevant to the working environment. Aiv Personal development The personal development and appraisal
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When a school is organising sports day they have to ensure that the Health and Safety at Word Act 1974 is obeyed. This act puts the employs in the place of ensuring that the health and safety for the employees when they are at work. The employer must make sure that the health and safety act is followed and is maintained at all time. When the school sports day is taking part then the organisers would have to make sure that the equipment that they are going to use is safe‚ handled correctly‚ stored
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knowing that 38 safeguarding alerts were raised about 20 patients from the unit from as early as 2006. There were many accounts of poor practices by the owners‚ Castlebeck. Their priorities were to make profits before taking responsibilities and good care for their patients at the hospital. The local authorities such as South Gloucestershire council can only acknowledge the findings. The patients were put at risk by breaching their safety for not having properly trained staff. Not all of the
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number of organs or tissues or affects the whole body e.g. type 2 diabetes‚ aids and hyper tension. Localised infection – confined to one organ system or area in the body e.g. absess‚ boil‚ sprain. 1.5 Identify poor practices that may lead to the spread of infection. Not wearing personal protective equipment such as disposable gloves‚ disposable aprons‚ washing hands and disposing of clinical waste in the correct way. 2. Understand the
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Outcome 1 and 2. Within a health and social care setting; quality‚ quality assurance and accountability are crucial factors that require both the service provider and all employees to ensure exceptional delivery of care to the service user. Legislative and non-legislative requirements improve the working practices of all employees who work within a supported learning environment by adhering to policies and procedures within the setting. Relevant Legislative requirements: The Regulation of Care (Scotland)
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My opening para- In the UK‚ there are legislative powers that establish the code of conduct for all health care professionals. These laws are very important as they guide hsc professionals in relation to their roles‚ rights and responsibilities. Every hc professional will have a code of conduct that gives them a code of practice that they have to follow. I have studied the code of practice for nurses and midwives in the NHS. This document clearly states expectations and very clear guidance on behaviour
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504.5.2 Explain the legislative framework for health‚ safety and
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CACHE Level 2 Diploma for Children’s Care Learning and Development (QCF) Qualification Specification Unit title: Contribute to the support of the positive environments for children and young people Unit number: MU 2.8 Unit reference: H/601/3496 Unit level: 2 Unit credit value: 3 Unit aim: The purpose of this unit is to develop the learners understanding of why a positive environment is important to the individual needs of children and young people and the skills required to support
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