Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings – Unit 208 1.1 List legalisation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting The settings in which you work are generally covered by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA). This Act has been updated and supplemented by many sets of regulations and guidelines‚ which extended it‚ support it or explain it. The regulations most likely to affect your workplace are shown in the following diagram. The Health and Safety at Work
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Health and Safety Project This work-based project forms an important part of your training. The aim of this project is to familiarise yourself with your working environment and the Health and Safety issues that arise in your placement. On completion you should: Understand the structure your organisation’s; and your role in it Understand the importance of Health and Safety at work Understand the legal requirements of Health and Safety at work Know your organization’s health‚ hygiene and
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1.1 The main current legislation guidelines policies and procedures within own UK home nation for safeguarding children and young people The main parts of legislation that support the safeguarding of children are the • UN Convention on the Rights of the Children (UNCRC) This was made a convention law in 1991 and contains articles that refer to the rights and needs of children regardless of race‚ language‚ colour‚ sex‚ religion‚ disability‚ origin‚ political or any other status . •
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Practitioners and professionals who work with children and young people should all be aware of the procedures and policies in which suspected poor practice‚ concerns or any illegality can be reported this process is referred to as whistle blowing. As it is essential that those who are concerned about issues around safeguarding should be able to report them‚ every setting has whistle blowing policies and procedures. These policies are put in place to ensure that the process is conducted confidentially
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Understand health and safety in social care settings (ai) a list of key legislation are COSHH‚ RIDDOR‚ manual handling regulations‚ health and safety (first aid) regulations‚ health and safety at work act‚ Control of Substances Hazardous to Health‚ Food Safety Act 1990 and Food Hygiene Regulations (aii) All of the above mentioned legislations are crucial part of health and safety. Every piece of legislation describes not only clear guidance of responsibilities but also how should we maintain health
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requirement in law to complete a risk assessment in every work environment so that you can avoid any accidents that may cause anyone to hurt themselves. It also helps a lot when working with children in a setting‚ if you are planning an activity you can think about what risks might happen from the activity then you can assess on how to avoid those risks so they don’t happen. You can usually make your own mind up about what a risk is and then how to avoid it but you have to take into consideration what
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Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the main piece of legislation that covers the health and safety in the work place in the UK. This is also known as (HSWA). This piece of legislation sets out guidelines for the employers that they need to ensure that all the necessary health and safety rules were met towards their fellow employees and visitors. The people who are responsible for the health and safety at work are the employers as they have to carry out risk
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Schools have policies and procedures because if people have guidelines to follow it makes for a more consistent work environment Staff will know what is expected from them and there will be less confusion. Schools will have a basis of who to inform and what to do for different s circumstances. Some examples of statutory policies within education legislation are Sex education and Special educational needs Some examples of statutory policies from other legislation are Data protection and Health and safety
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1.1 Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedure within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. Any individual who comes into contact with children in their daily line of work “has a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children”. Safeguarding means protecting and promoting the child’s welfare and putting measure in place to prevent abuse. Child protection is protecting a child where there is reason to believe that the child has
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have the right to deal with any circumstances where they feel a child is concerned with a matter towards abuse or neglect. Legislations are put in place along side guidelines and policies to ensure the health‚ safety and security of all children. The legislation for safeguarding says that we need to protect children from maltreatment. Help to prevent impairment of children’s health and development by ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective
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