Unit 025 Understand how to safeguard the wellbeing of children and young people. Outcome 1 Understand the main legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. Current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies & procedures: “The Children Act 1989 An Act to reform the law relating to children; to provide for local authority services for children in need and others; to amend the law with respect to children’s homes‚ community homes‚ voluntary homes and voluntary
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The setting should be aware how to look after the children in the eyes of the law therefore they must allow the children to be healthy‚ this means that the setting provides children with healthy foods however ensuring that they know if a child is allergic to a certain foods‚ practitioners ensure that the children are safe within the setting by doing things such as risk assessment. Another principle of the Children Act 2004 states ‘helping children to enjoy life’ practitioners do this by carrying
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UNIVERSITY BSC HONOURS GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Registration Number R102163M Period Jan-Dec 2012 Department Health Safety and Environment Endorsed By Work Related Learning Supervisor __________________________ Signature Student’s Name
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Reflection on health and safety Introduction This reflection will be about moving and handling skill‚ which took place during my introduction to health care assistant programme where I was supposed to learn and practice health care assistant skills. For the purpose of confidentiality the name of the patient will be changed. Description I was on one of my long day shift work when the registered nurse asked me to transfer John from his bed to the chair. John is a 75 year old man who suffers from
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Ball 17/06/2013 1:1 Summarise key aspects of legislation‚ regulatory requirements and codes of practice relating to own area of responsibility:- The key aspects of current legislation and codes of practices within my area of responsibility would be the Health and Safety at Work Act (HSAWA) which allows further regulations to be enabled the key one of which would be the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation (MHASAWR). Both these pieces of legislation have accepted codes or
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THE ROLE OF A SAFETY OFFICER (A CASE STUDY OF UIDC PLC) INTRODUCTION Many organisations will recruit a Health and Safety Officer to oversee the company’s obligations and procedures regarding the safety of its employees. Health and safety is a top priority for many businesses. The law dictates that every organisation should provide every employee with a safe working environment‚ and if they are found to be negligent‚ they stand to suffer considerable damage to their reputation and finances. The
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Security Policy Creation Information Security has come to play an extremely vital role in today’s fast moving but invariably technically fragile business environment. Consequently‚ secured communications and business are needed in order for both Cooney Hardware Ltd. and our customers to benefit from the advancements the internet has given us. The importance of this fact needs to be clearly highlighted‚ not only to enhance the company’s daily business procedures and transactions‚ but also to ensure
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Occupational health and safety Occupational health and safety is a discipline with a broad scope involving many specialized fields. In its broadest sense‚ it should aim at: the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical‚ mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations; the prevention among workers of adverse effects on health caused by their working conditions; the protection of workers in their employment from risks resulting from factors adverse to health; the placing
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Patient Safety Initiatives in the Hospital Setting Introduction Patient safety is described by the US Institute of Medicine as “the freedom from accidental injury due to medical care or from medical error” (Mansour‚ 2012). With that being said‚ patient safety has long been a major issue for hospitals. In the past many patients have been injured during hospital stays‚ some being injured severely with death being the result. With the growing trend of lawsuits‚ hospitals were becoming
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Explain how own practice can affect the development of children: My role as a nursery teacher at Zeeba Daycare can have a very big impact on the development of children in my classroom. It is well known that children often observe what others do and many times will imitate actions they have observed‚ so it is very important that I set a good example and be a good role model as I could set a good foundation for the development of a child’s behaviour and morals. It is important to teach children
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