Introducing Health and Safety - Office Skills Series 2 1. What are an employer’s responsibilities when it comes to the health and safety of workers? They must provide a safe and healthy workplace by identifying the hazard‚ assessing the risk and controlling the risk 2. What are an employee’s responsibilities when it comes to health and safety in the workplace? Cooperate with employer and any safety plan that has been set by that workplace in a given situation 3. If a potential hazard is identified
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delivery of more consistent safety and health performance. This program would be of great benefits for hospitals. These benefits can be summed up as follows [1]: • Fewer injuries and infections; • Lower absenteeism rate; • Lower turnover level; • Better
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Protecting health‚ safety and wellbeing In the workplace‚ you are in a position of trust in relation to all service users. It is important to understand that not all service users can protect themselves from abuse and neglect therefore they would be vulnerable and you have to make sure that the service user is not being exploited or unjustly treated. You should always be able to tell your manager how you have made sure that your actions were safe and anything that you say to the service user was
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Unit 027 Support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety Outcome 1 Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety 1. Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services Factors to take into account include: Every child is an individual –children of different ages‚ abilities and needs require planning for differently and activities differentiating
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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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reliable and the analysis complete. The risk assessment process should be continuous and should not be regarded as a one-off exercise. In line with the Department approach of PREVENTIVE MEASURES as a way of enforcing the law on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)‚ it seems that HIRARC has became extremely important. With HIRARC‚ one will be able to identify hazard‚ analyze and assess its associated risk and then apply the suitable control measures. This Guideline is supposed to provide guidance
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Introduction to Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Car or Children and Young Peoples Settings UNIT 5 1.1 Being a support worker means I have a responsibility of duty of care‚ which I am to adhere to at all times. This responsibility is a legal obligation as part of my job role. If these standards of care are not met I can put the service user/s in jeopardy of harm. The duty of care should be my self acting in the best interest of the individual at all times which should not be detrimental to the
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Eljhon J. Capili 3EE -- GE303 Safety Management Homework 1 Occupational Safety and Health 1. Define occupational safety and health (OSH). Occupational safety and health (OSH) refers to the systematized expectation‚ recognition‚ assessment‚ and reduction of hazards taking place in or from the workplace that could weaken or worsen the health and welfare of workers‚ considering the possible effects on the surrounding communities and the general environment. 2. Define tendinitis. Tendinitis is the
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HEALTH GRADE 7 LEARNER’S GUIDE LEARNING MODULE for HEALTH 7 Module 1: GROWING HEALTHY Attaining holistic health should be everybody’s goal. At this point of your life you have many health concerns that need to be addressed. You need to develop all dimensions of your health. You also need coping skills to be able to face the challenges of adolescent life. Correct health information‚ a positive attitude‚ healthy practices and desirable coping skills will help you attain and maintain holistic
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