Support Childrens and Young Peoples Health and Safety
Unit D6011696: Support Children and Young People 's Health and Safety. .
Learning Outcome 1: Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety.
1.1
In order to ensure a safe and healthy environment and services for children/young people there are some factors which need to be taken into account. These include any equipment which they will be in contact with, such as electrical equipment, anything which may pose a fire risk, any damaged furniture or fixtures which they may come into contact with. If there are any cables or anything they may trip over as well as any spillages or anything they may slip on and fall. All if these issues need to be taken into account to promote the physical safety of the child/young person. As well as physical safety we need to be able to assess their mental safety for example if a child was using a computer to access the internet we need to ensure measures are in place to prevent them accessing inappropriate material. As well as this any audio or visual tools need to be age appropriate in order to ensure a safe and healthy environment for the child/young person.
1.2
In any working environment health and safety needs to be closely monitored and maintained to ensure that everyone is aware of any risks or hazards which may arise. This will allow them to work safely and ensure a safe environment for themselves and anyone in their care. In order to make everyone aware of the health and safety measures in place there should be regular meetings and fire drills to make sure everyone knows their roles in the case of an emergency. There should be regular inspections of building and equipment as well as daily checks of the environment by staff in order to allow the activities to run smoothly and safely. It is important that the children/young people are aware what to do in an emergency and that this is communicated clearly to them in order to avoid them panicking or
Learning Outcome 1: Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety.
1.1
In order to ensure a safe and healthy environment and services for children/young people there are some factors which need to be taken into account. These include any equipment which they will be in contact with, such as electrical equipment, anything which may pose a fire risk, any damaged furniture or fixtures which they may come into contact with. If there are any cables or anything they may trip over as well as any spillages or anything they may slip on and fall. All if these issues need to be taken into account to promote the physical safety of the child/young person. As well as physical safety we need to be able to assess their mental safety for example if a child was using a computer to access the internet we need to ensure measures are in place to prevent them accessing inappropriate material. As well as this any audio or visual tools need to be age appropriate in order to ensure a safe and healthy environment for the child/young person.
1.2
In any working environment health and safety needs to be closely monitored and maintained to ensure that everyone is aware of any risks or hazards which may arise. This will allow them to work safely and ensure a safe environment for themselves and anyone in their care. In order to make everyone aware of the health and safety measures in place there should be regular meetings and fire drills to make sure everyone knows their roles in the case of an emergency. There should be regular inspections of building and equipment as well as daily checks of the environment by staff in order to allow the activities to run smoothly and safely. It is important that the children/young people are aware what to do in an emergency and that this is communicated clearly to them in order to avoid them panicking or