Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people The main points of legislation that support the safeguarding of children are the Children Act 1989‚ Children Act 2004 and the Childcare Act 2006. The Children Act in 1989 set out principles to guide the work of local authorities and courts and also defined ‘significant harm’ and a child ‘in need’ of intervention. The Children Act 2004 provides the
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Legislation‚ Policies and Procedures and their influence on care services. Introduction. Within this report I will be outlining how legislation‚ policies and procedures relating to health‚ safety and security influence health and social care settings. I will also be summarising four pieces of legislation such as; Health and Safety at Work Act 1974‚ Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002‚ Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulation 1995 and Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous
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to Children and Young People’s Health and Safety Level: 2 Credit value: 3 NDAQ number: J/601/3491 Unit aim This unit provides learners with the knowledge and skills to contribute to supporting children and young people’s health and safety. Learning outcomes There are seven learning outcomes to this unit. The learner will be able to: 1. Know the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting 2. Be able to recognise risks and hazards in the work setting and during off site visits 3
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list of scaffolding safety procedures and checklists. Scaffolding Safety Training Each year there are nearly 4‚000 injuries and over 50 deaths from scaffolding safety related accidents. Training courses for working with scaffolding are not expensive‚ but extremely important for scaffold workers. They cover scaffolding safety precautions‚ teaching you how to use scaffolding correctly‚ how to haul it properly‚ plus most provide a certification recognized by OHSA.
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heath and safety. This does not only mean creating a safe working environment for workers and staff‚ but also for people attending the event. It involves consistent educating and training of staff and taking events one step closer to making the risk less. It is imperative to involve the correct people to form a support system‚ people that understand all the requirements that make an event safe. Regardless of the importance of the client and whether the event is high-profile or not‚ if the health and safety
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Level 2 Health & Social Care 1. HEALTH AND SAFETY 2 This sequence of activities will allow you to demonstrate your knowledge of health and safety policies and procedures in your workplace. As a health and social care worker‚ it is important that you are competent in assessing risks and hazards and implementing good practice on health and safety. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING These activities assess your knowledge of health and safety. There are different items of legislation that you
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Health Policy Legislation: Nursing Within the American Health Care System December 6‚ 2010 Description of HB 450 Over the last few years‚ states have begun to develop legislation to protect healthcare workers from assault. Ohio is no different. House Bill 450 (HB 450) is a piece of legislation introduced by State Representatives Denise Driehaus (D-Cincinnati) and Linda S. Bolon (D-Columbiana) that is aimed at making the crime of assaulting a registered nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse
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Answer 1-1 The current legislation and guidelines are policies and procedures for safeguarding who is promoting children’s welfare and putting measures in lace to improve children’s safety and preserve abuse. Child protection who are action taken to protect child when there is a reasonable belief that they are at risk of significant harm. 1. be healthy 2. stay safe 3. enjoy and achieve 4. make a positive contribution 5. achieve economic well-being Child abuse ‚ harm or the
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1.2 Explain how health and safety is monitored and maintained and how people in the work setting are made aware of risks and hazards and encouraged to work safely. All settings must carry out risk assessments on a daily basis. These are supplemented with daily checks. In all cases these must be signed and dated‚ so that members of staff are made responsible and accountable for the safety of children‚ other staff and visitors to the setting. Health and safety 3.2 Health and safety general
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Answers Learning Outcome/Assessment criteria Explain relevant legislation principles‚ national policies and frameworks and local systems that relate to safeguarding and protection from abuse and neglect As a healthcare or support worker‚ several key pieces of legislation‚ laws‚ and policies guide my work to safeguard every individual when care services have been offered to them in any form. These are: The Care Act 2014 (UK): The prevention of harm‚ neglect‚ and abuse is monitored by local governing
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