Health and Safety Issues in Organisations 1. Introduction: One of the very unpleasant things is becoming ill or getting hurt at the work place. According to the HSE (2008)‚ more than 200 people lose their lives a year at work in Britain and also 150 000 reported nonfatal injuries each year. In addition‚ around 2 million people suffer from illness that could be made worse by work. One of the biggest mistakes is that any employer could do is to believe that such things rarely happen in unusual
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Understand health and safety in social care settings 1.1 Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting Health and Safety at work Act 1974 - An Act to make further provision for securing the health‚ safety and welfare of persons at work‚ for protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of persons at work Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 - any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting‚ putting down
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Unit 1-Principles of communication in adult social care settings Evidence 1 (1.1‚1.2) Effective communications is where a message is relayed and understood by both parties. Advice and information about effective communication can be found online and in care plans‚ communication is important in a social care setting as this lets both parties know exactly what is required and eases anxiety in the service users and lets the care worker know the persons need. Evidence 2 (2.1‚2.2‚2.3‚2.4) Tina
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Health and Safety GAP Analysis 1. GAP Analysis and GANT chart. This was a good start and gave us something to aim for. We have made some progress but not enough. It didn’t really tackle the serious issues and had a poor starting point in the GAP analysis (should have been a risk assessment). Many initiatives have failed due to poor information flow and management commitment. 2. Management buy-in Not enough support from all Managers at all levels. “We are too busy” was a common phrase
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Managing health & safety at work (M3.23) The Workplace (Health‚ Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 covers a wide range of basic health‚ safety and welfare issues and apply to most workplaces. Requirements under these Regulations Employers have a general duty under section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 to ensure‚ so far as is reasonably practicable‚ the health‚ safety and welfare of their employees at work. People in control of non-domestic premises have a duty (under
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Health‚ Safety And Welfare Unit 1 – Assignment 1 Michelle Stephens – March 2010 Table of Contents Task 1a Roles and Responsibilities 3 Task 1b 3 Main types of Legislation 4 Task 2 Interaction between members of the building team 10 Appendix (i) References 11 Task 1 a) Identify and describe the roles and responsibilities of the persons responsible for health‚ safety and welfare
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Introduction The specific aim of this compliance audit is to identify a chosen workplaces’ current level of health and safety performance. This was completed through the assessment of their compliance with legislative requirements and an evaluation of the effectiveness of current operating health and safety systems. Firstly‚ this report provides a detailed description of the workplace and the audit methodology used. The industry standards‚ hazards‚ injury rates & legislative standards of the hospitality
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Unit 2 – introduction to personal development in Health‚ Social care or Children’s and Young people’s settings. 1.1 Key Responsibilities: * To support individuals in their home and in the community. * To support service users to ensure that their physical‚ social‚ emotional and intellectual needs are met. * To support the personal development of each service user‚ ensuring that they are treated as an individual with their own unique support needs. * To ensure that the dignity and
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Assignment 303 Task B: Leaflet Induction for new Social Care Workers in adult social care It is vital that diversity‚ equality‚ inclusion and discrimination is understood and adhered to at all times as a social care worker. By this we mean treating everyone equal no matter what their race‚ gender‚ religious views‚ ability‚ culture‚ age or appearance. We expect Service Users to be included in events and not excluded because of a disability or any other reason. We expect EVERY Service User
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Question 1 1.1 A duty of care is a legal responsibility towards a person requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could harm others. Generally‚ a duty of care arises where one person or group undertakes an activity which could reasonably harm another‚ either physically‚ mentally‚ or economically. 1.2 Duty of care affects my own work role as it is my duty of care to use proper moving and handling techniques when moving residents‚ to use equipment
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