P2. Outline how legislation‚ policies and procedures relating to health‚ safety and security influence health and social care setting. In this assignment I am going to be looking at health and safety legislation and policies and procedures with in a health and social care setting Legislation is in place to protect individuals within health and safety employers have a duty to protect their staff and keep people informed about health and safety. Then if you working as a social
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3:4 Support children and young people ’s health and safety learning outcome 1: Understand how to provide environments and services that support children and people ’s health and safety. 1:1Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. It is important when planning and setting up learning activities that indoor and outdoor environments are hazard free and that staff and pupils will be able to work safely. The following
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Support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety Outcome 1 1) When planning for young people you need to take several factors into account to make sure the environment and services are safe. The first factor is the individual needs‚ ages and abilities of the children and young people. This requires you to work out staff to children ratio’s to make sure there is legally enough staff for the number of children present and to ensure all children will have supervision. Ratio numbers will
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| | |FOR FOOD SAFETY IN SCHOOLS | | |[pic] | Introduction This NUT guidance has been prepared to highlight the health and safety hazards which can exist in the absence of clear policies and procedures on the safe preparation of food
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Unit 208 – Supporting children and young people’s health and safety 1.1 Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures implemented in the setting With reference to appended evidence C (Health and Safety Policy)‚ the document clearly our School’s stance on health and safety. The school is “committed to doing all that we can to ensure that the children in our care are healthy‚ safe and enjoy emotional well-being. We also have a fundamental duty of care to the adults
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home through to a purpose built building‚ making it difficult to be too prescriptive about how a safe environment can be achieved. The obvious starting point is to ensure that basic principles are being followed; for example‚ no matter how good the security of a building is‚ the doors must be closed properly in the first place‚ otherwise all other efforts are likely to be worthless. The message that safety begins with individuals taking responsibility for simple things cannot be overemphasised. Next
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the lab. The Health Safety at Work act of 1974 says that; you must work safely‚ you must not endanger others‚ you must not misuse safety equipment. The penalty for any of these not being accomplished can lead to‚ up to 2 years in prison and/or an unlimited fine. Now under the Management of Health and Safety at Work act of 1999 and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health act of 2004‚ risk assessments must
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controls identified that will be adhered to by all. 2.2 Catastrophic Hazards: In business today‚ there are two different types of risk. General risks or personal safety Hazards that can result in a serious injury or significant incident‚ but that are unlikely to result in fatalities or catastrophe. Major or catastrophic or process safety Hazards with the potential to cause fatalities‚ major tragedy or catastrophic failure. The two types of risk have very different characteristics and therefore require
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system in a company. Being a Safety Officer is not an easy job‚ everyday they (safety officer) have to deal with the grievances of the staff which must be resolved so that workers can give in their 100% effort. This essay is about a safety officer who has received complaints while the workforces are working in the warehouse. They complain about excessive heat which reduces their interest of work and efficiency. The staff has also complained about severe headaches. As a Safety Officer‚ it is his duty
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How legislation‚ policies and procedures influence and promote the safety of individuals in health and social care settings. In this assignment I will be outlining how legislation‚ policies and procedures relate to health‚ safety and security and how they influence different health and social care settings. I am also going to analyse the consequences of breaking the law or disobeying policies by including examples of a variety of appropriate policies and procedures for a working practise within
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