M3.23 MANAGING HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK Health and safety legislation The two most important pieces of health and safety legislation affecting educational establishments across the UK are the Health and Safety at Work‚ etc Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. These set the standards that must be met by all‚ to ensure the health and safety of all employees and others who may be affected by any work activity. Other regulations also exist to cover work activities
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Unit 208 Understanding Health and safety in social care. Outcome 1 Understanding the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings. 1.1 List legislation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting. Health & Safety at Work Act The Management of Health & Safety Work Regulations Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) Manual Handling Operations Regulations The Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous
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the technology. As a result‚ many people spend a large part of their time working with computers. The relatively recent advent of the widespread availability of the Internet has meant that even those individuals who don’t use computers at work likely use them at home to surf on net or to have fun and etc. What this has meant is that many people are spending many hours on the computer at work and then again at home. As a result‚ there has been a significant increase in the reporting of health problems
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THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AND RISK ASSESSMENTS Healthy and Safety is basically a term that covers the whole protection of wellbeing of a worker and it is supposed to do a lot of things‚ including preventing workers from leaving their jobs because of a health and safety issue. This includes their social‚ physical and psychological states. Social well-being of a worker may be affected by other people gossiping about them‚ or working by themselves in a small room all the time and physical
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checks for potential hazards • Supervision • Working as a team • Hygiene • Make sure children’s needs are met D2- List two physical and two health needs of children from birth to 5 years Physical needs: • Food and drink • Sleep and rest Health needs: • Appropriate clothing • Hygiene and safety D3- Describe two ways the individual needs of babies and two ways the individual needs of young children can be met Baby’s needs are being met by being looked
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Influences of Technology to Communication Modern communication technologies are changing the way we relate with one another. In the past few years‚ innovations in our communication have lead to a decrease in physical interaction among young adults. Teenagers are slowly moving away from face-to-face interaction and prefer to confine themselves indoors in order to spend countless hours using their mobile devices or laptop computers. And this is just an example of how technology is affecting communication
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Health Care Communication Methods 1 Health Care Communication Methods Edilia Ramos HCS/320
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Business Communication is communication used to promote a product‚ service‚ or organization; relay information within the business; or deal with legal and similar issues. Business Communication encompasses a variety of topics‚ including Marketing‚ Branding‚ Customer relations‚ Consumer behaviour‚ Advertising‚ Public relations‚ Media relations‚ Corporate communication‚ Community engagement‚ Research & Measurement‚ Reputation management‚ Interpersonal communication‚ Employee engagement‚ Online communication
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in costs to both the organisation and the individual and continues to be an area of concern. Workplace bullying can be defined as ‘a repeated‚ unreasonable behaviour directed towards a worker‚ or group of workers‚ that creates a risk to their health and safety’ (Caponeccia & Wyatt‚ 2009; Workcover NSW‚ 2008). Bullying is an OHS hazard‚ whether it is intentional or unintentional. Through evaluating the findings of a number of sources‚ we can determine the causative factors of bullying and assessing
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What is the Health and safety at work Act 1974‚ and who does it relate Describe the roles and responsibilities employers have within an engineering environment (provide examples) What is the Health and safety Executive (HSE) The health and safety work act is basically a duty that all employers must ensue that its taken place amongst the employees. For example the employers must make sure machines/equipment is protected for use and maintained well. Adequate training of staff to ensure safe use‚ handling
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