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L3 HSC vTechnical Certificate unit worksheet
Unit 306 - Understand health and safety in social care settings
The numbers after each question relate to the assessment criteria in the standards
1. Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a health and social care setting (1.1.1)
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that as of 2011 defines the fundamental structure and authority for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare within the United Kingdom. Employees have a general obligation under the Act to take care of others and cooperate with employers’ health and safety requirements.
Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations 1995
Is a 2013 Statutory Instrument of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It regulates the statutory obligation to report deaths, injuries, diseases and "dangerous occurrences”. The regulations require "responsible persons" to report deaths at work, major injuries caused by accidents at work, injuries to persons not at work that require hospital treatment, injuries arising from accidents in hospitals, and dangerous occurrences.
2. Explain how health and safety policies and procedures protect those in social care settings (1.1.2)
Care homes aims to ensure, so far as a reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of our employees while they are at work and of others who may be affected by our undertakings. This general policy statement provides a commitment and intent to comply with Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
To ensure the principles of health and safety are clearly understood throughout the care home you will be committed to:
Complying with relevant health and safety laws and regulations, voluntary programmes, collective agreements on health and safety and other requirements to which the home subscribes.
Setting and monitoring of health and safety objectives for the
Unit 306 - Understand health and safety in social care settings
The numbers after each question relate to the assessment criteria in the standards
1. Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a health and social care setting (1.1.1)
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that as of 2011 defines the fundamental structure and authority for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare within the United Kingdom. Employees have a general obligation under the Act to take care of others and cooperate with employers’ health and safety requirements.
Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations 1995
Is a 2013 Statutory Instrument of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It regulates the statutory obligation to report deaths, injuries, diseases and "dangerous occurrences”. The regulations require "responsible persons" to report deaths at work, major injuries caused by accidents at work, injuries to persons not at work that require hospital treatment, injuries arising from accidents in hospitals, and dangerous occurrences.
2. Explain how health and safety policies and procedures protect those in social care settings (1.1.2)
Care homes aims to ensure, so far as a reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of our employees while they are at work and of others who may be affected by our undertakings. This general policy statement provides a commitment and intent to comply with Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
To ensure the principles of health and safety are clearly understood throughout the care home you will be committed to:
Complying with relevant health and safety laws and regulations, voluntary programmes, collective agreements on health and safety and other requirements to which the home subscribes.
Setting and monitoring of health and safety objectives for the