UNIT 329 The legal and organisational requirements for supervising children and young people on journeys‚ visits and activities outside of the setting are: *Risk assessments; risk assessment needs to be carried out as a legal requirement. It will enable you to: identify hazards and dangers decide who might be harmed and how evaluate the risks and decide whether existing precautions are enough or whether more should be done record your findings review your assessments and revise them if necessary
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Develop Health and Safety and risk Management Policies‚ Procedures and Practices in Health and Social Care or Children and Young People Settings. The basis of the British Health and Safety Law is The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. This act sets out duties which employers have towards employees and members of the public e.g. volunteers‚ students‚ visitors‚ other professionals etc. This also sets out duties for employees to have towards each other. This setting believes that the health and safety
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What is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974? The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 sets out the general day to day activities within the Workplace‚ that employers or employees may face when they are working. It outlines the possible hazards and risks within the workplace‚ and ways to minimise that risk or prevent the incident from recurring. This health and safety law has been reviewed in 1994 and again in 1999 and says that good management and common sense is what is needed to be able to
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COMMUNICATION IN HEALTH AND SAFETY CARE OR CHILDRENS AND YOUNG PEOPLES SETTING LESLEY FREEMAN 1.1 Enviroment change in staff‚ wether etc To let you know if they are feeling unwell To let you know they are hungry/thirsty To engage in interaction in activities To have conversation Good communication Good communiaction between staff encourages a better working relationship within the team‚ which can reflect on the service user Information should be shared
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Occupational Health and Safety Questions 1. (15 marks) The TLV for carbon monoxide is 35ppm. Define the terms TLV and ppm and calculate them for the following example: Answer: TVL = Term for airborne concentration of a substance‚ below which all workers are believed to be protected while exposed to it day after day for 8-hour periods. PPM = Concentration by volume of one part of a gas‚ or by weight of a liquid or solid‚ per million parts of air or liquid. A mechanic in
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UNDERSTANDING HEALTH AND SAFETY IN SOCIAL CARE SETTING You have been asked to contribute to an induction day for new staff. You are to prepare a presentation about Health and Safety. It must include the following: Ai A list of the key legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting. Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (as amended 2002). Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 COSHH Reporting of injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences
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Health And safety 4222-306 The health and safety act consists of various principles‚ these are implemented to ensure employees are safe whilst at work‚ this doesn’t just apply those those who are employed by a company it applies to any one who enters the building including professional bodies I.e district nurses‚ And general practitioners the legislation is made up of COSHH‚RIDDOR‚The manual handling operations regulations‚ the health and safety first aid regulations and management of health
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following in maintaining health and safety standards * Food act 2003 (NSW) This is that act of the NSW parliament that controls food prepared for sale in NSW. The role of this act is to continuously improve the food safety systems. All employees in the hospitality industry are responsible for making sure that they follow the rules and guidelines for maintaining high standards of food safety. The advantages of this food act is that it continuously aims to improve the food safety systems which shows
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assignment is based on child and young person development. It will cover: * The definitions of development and how each area is linked * The difference between the sequence of development and the rate of development * What influences a child’s development * What support and interventions a child can receive if they are not meeting their milestones * The expected pattern of child development from birth to 19 years * Transitions experience by children and how they affect behaviour
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outdoor environments for the children or young people with whom you work. The health and safety requirements of all young people and adults must be taken into consideration before starting any learning activity and it must be ensured that the learning environment is free from any hazard that could affect a person’s health and safety. The duty of care of a setting to children‚ young people‚ parents and carers is a legal obligation that should always have the child’s safety and welfare uppermost in
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