defined health as: ‘1) the state of being free from illness or injury; 2) a person’s mental or physical conditions’. The same dictionary defined wellbeing as: ‘the state of being comfortable‚ healthy or happy‘. Both health and wellbeing combined together can be defined as the sum of physical‚ mental‚ social and emotional part of a person. These are the ‘resources’ for health according to WHO’s 1986 Ottawa Charter‚ (Earle‚ 2007). It’s also inline with the health definition of the World Health Organisation
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Health and Safety Law Health and Safety at work act 1974 The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 also referred to as HASAW or HSW is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in the United Kingdom. This Act provides a framework for ensuring the health and safety of all employees in any work activity. It also provides for the health and safety of anyone who may be affected by work activities e.g. Visitors. Section 2 places a duty on employers to ensure the health‚ safety
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Occupational Health and Safety Act | | | | | | Act changes health‚ safety responsibility Donato‚ Katherine. Northern Ontario Business18. 11 (Oct 01‚ 1998): 18. Employers will have to put their best efforts into getting injured workers back to work and off compensation as soon as possible because of a new law on the books. Bill 99‚ the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act is "putting responsibility into the hands of those who can effect change‚" namely the workplace parties‚ the
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here are many different legislations that relate to health and social care. Thesehave been created and adapted as time has gone on any most areas have been addedbecause of tradagies that have happened withindifferent health and social care settings.Each different legislation has a different purpose and therefore with each differentlegistaion‚ have a different responsibility. The !ealth and "afety at #or$ %ct 1&’4. This ensures that anyone affected by a wor$activity must be $ept safe. t is my role
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training and supervision to ensure health and safety at work. Employees have a duty to take care of their own health and safety and those of others‚ and must not intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided for health and safety. These principles are generally embodied in health and safety legislation in the industrialized world and this means that everyone has statutory obligations (legal requirements) under the various Health and Safety at Work acts in place in the federal
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Describe the requirements for a health and safe workplace in terms of the physical environment and the equipment at a selected work organisation. Physical Environment. .Potential for falling objects – The employer or employee must make sure that all items of equipment‚ materials and tools that are not in use must be stored/stacked correctly and securely. Otherwise‚ there is a potential that the item/item may fall and injure a person. .Sharp edges and trailing leads – Sharp edges
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Task 1: OHS Laws and Institutional Frameworks The Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act sets out the laws about health and safety requirements affecting workplaces‚ work activities and the use of plant and substances. Besides that‚ the OHS Act is an essential framework in the workplace to cultivate good safety habits in all individuals so as to stimulate a strong safety culture in the workplace. The Act establishes a framework for people by preventing or minimising their exposure to risk. One
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Claire Lewis Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health‚social care Task B: Your role Bi. Describle the terms and conditions of your employment as set out in your contract of employment or employment agreement The terms and conditions of your employment are a statement and instruction of what the employer’s expect of their staff and your job description. Employer’s expect their staff to read and follow the policy and procedures that the home have. to attend all training
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The role of the health and social care worker Outcome 1 - Understand working relationships in social care setting 1. Working relationships: these are relationships that are formed whilst within the workplace‚ such as work colleagues‚ and it is necessary to maintain a professional nature whilst at work. It involves the concepts of teamwork‚ working with colleagues towards common goals of which is set out with the companies agreed ways of working‚ and therefore sharing same goals and purposes. Personal
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4222-208 Contribute to health and safety in health and social care. Understand own responsibilities‚ and the responsibilities of others‚ relating to health and safety in the work setting. 1.1 Legislation that relates to general health and safety in a health and social care setting‚ • The health and Safety at Work Act 1974 • Manual Handling operations Regulations 1992 • Lifting operations and lifting equipment regulations 1998 • COSHH- Control of substances hazardous to health regulations • RIDDOR-
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