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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for. Browse through the search results instead of going for the first one. Browsing will help you choose the correct site for you. 2. After you have browsed through different websites‚ chose the one that suits you best. 3. When you have chosen the specific software that you are going to download‚ they will have step by step instructions that will take you through their procedure. Use the internet for Business Research How to perform an advanced search:
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25/2/12 Health and safety at work act 1974 The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation covering work-related health and safety in the United Kingdom. It sets out a lot of your employers’ responsibilities for your health and safety at work. The Health and Safety Executive is responsible for enforcing health and safety at work. Your employer has a ’duty of care’ to ensure‚ as far as possible‚ your health‚ safety and welfare while you’re at work. They should start
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Health and safety P1 Identify key personnel involved on both the design and construction of the building project described within the assessment brief above‚ and outline their roles and responsibilities with regard to Health‚ Safety and Welfare DESIGN CONSTRUCTION Client Client Architect Contractor Structural engineer Sub contractors Civil engineer QS M&E engineer Employees QS Project manager Landscape architect Health and safety officer Health and Safety officer: • making
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CU2939 Develop Health and Safety and Risk Management Policies‚ Procedures and Practices in Health and Social Care or Children and Young People’s Settings 1.1 Explain the legislative framework for health‚ safety and risk management in the work setting. Answer – The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the main piece of the health and safety legislation in Great Britain. It provides the legal framework to promote and encourage high standards in the workplace. The Act‚ when first introduced
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:jit-!+4i: :‚!"r#‚: r’‚ .... .:.;.‚’.’ : ffir il;:l:f:::i Course Details Course Name Unit number Unit Name Credit Value Lecturer BTEC HNC/HND Diploma In Business L4 Working with and.Leading People 15 Mrs. Anrr Davis Hand Out Date r8.6.12 Hand In Date 9.7.12 . This assignment must be completed by all the candidates undertaking Edexcel HNC/HND Diploma in Business. . Reasonable consideration will be given in the case of failure to submit
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Health and Safety Understand the different Responsibilities relating to Health and Social care. 1.1) Identify Legislations relating to Health and Safety in social care settings? HSE also known as Health and Safety at work act 1974 It places a duty on all employers to “Ensure”the Health ‚Safety and welfare of the individuals emplyed. The Act also requires: • safe operation and maintenance of the working environment‚ plant and systems • maintenance of safe access and egress to the workplace
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assess the biomedical and socio-medical models of health. The first thing I am going to talk about is biomedical model. Biomedical model of illness and healing focuses on purely biological factors‚ and excludes psychological‚ environmental‚ and social influences. According to the biomedical model of health‚ illness is caused by external factors that invades the body‚ or by some internal change that are involuntary. Also according to the model good health is the freedom from pain‚ disease‚ or defect
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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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CU2939 Develop Health and Safety and Risk Management Policies‚ Procedures and Practices in Health and Social Care or Children and Young People’s Settings. Legislative frameworks for Health and Safety and risk management within our work setting include: The Health and Safety at work Act 1974. This is in place to ensure that all people are kept safe at work or entering a workplace. We have the Health and Safety policy in place to protect all people. The staff are given a copy and this is reviewed
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