Risk Management and Service User
Anita Byrne ACV5222
UNIT 504
DEVELOP HEALTH AND SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE OR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SETTINGS (M1)
1,1 understand the current legislative frame and organisational health, safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices that are relevant to health and social care or children and young peoples setting.
As an organisation that manages health and safety we recognise that the relationship between controlling risks and general health is at the very centre of the business itself. The starting point for managing health and safety in the workplace which:
• demonstrates the practices commitment to health and safety and sets out aims and objectives in relation to this • identifies the individual health and safety roles and responsibilities and the communication channels with-in the practice • Summarises the practical way in which health and safety is managed and objectives met.
The organisation is required to have a health and safety policy in place in order to comply with the health and safety at work act 1974. The act is the primary piece of health and safety legislation within the UK. It is an enabling act often referred to as the umbrella act, which means that regulations can be introduced with-out eh need for additional primary legislation.
The Health and Safety at Work Act also says that employers must, so far as is reasonably practicable provide
• a safe place to work • a safe environment and adequate welfare facilities • safe equipment and systems of work • safe arrangements for using, handling, storing and transporting articles and substances associated with work • sufficient information, instruction, training and supervision for employee
The act is supported by many other regulations and pieces of legislation, one of the most significant being the Management of Health and Safety at Work regulations
UNIT 504
DEVELOP HEALTH AND SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE OR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SETTINGS (M1)
1,1 understand the current legislative frame and organisational health, safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices that are relevant to health and social care or children and young peoples setting.
As an organisation that manages health and safety we recognise that the relationship between controlling risks and general health is at the very centre of the business itself. The starting point for managing health and safety in the workplace which:
• demonstrates the practices commitment to health and safety and sets out aims and objectives in relation to this • identifies the individual health and safety roles and responsibilities and the communication channels with-in the practice • Summarises the practical way in which health and safety is managed and objectives met.
The organisation is required to have a health and safety policy in place in order to comply with the health and safety at work act 1974. The act is the primary piece of health and safety legislation within the UK. It is an enabling act often referred to as the umbrella act, which means that regulations can be introduced with-out eh need for additional primary legislation.
The Health and Safety at Work Act also says that employers must, so far as is reasonably practicable provide
• a safe place to work • a safe environment and adequate welfare facilities • safe equipment and systems of work • safe arrangements for using, handling, storing and transporting articles and substances associated with work • sufficient information, instruction, training and supervision for employee
The act is supported by many other regulations and pieces of legislation, one of the most significant being the Management of Health and Safety at Work regulations