Safety & Health at Work SN1794 Assignment 10/3/2013 Joy Mc Inerney Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Explore the role of communications and training in promotion and provision of health and safety in the workplace. 3. Outline the principles and procedures of good housekeeping in the work place 4. Noise‚ dust and fumes are hazards whish commonly found in the work place for one of these hazards outline the risk associated with the exposure to this hazard
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Unit 22... Understanding the Context of Supporting Individuals with Learning Disabilities. 1.1 Identify Legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights‚ inclusion‚ equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities. Human Rights Stereotyping labelling Discrimination Anti Discrimination Oppression Anti Oppression Valuing people Mental Capacity Act Human Rights Act 2000. No Secrets – Guidance published by the Department
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Module 1 Communication‚ Confidentiality and Data Handling Why is communication important in your work setting? Communication is very important because you need to give and receive information and instructions‚ you need to understand and be understood‚ to share opinions‚ knowledge‚ feelings and emotions and to give encouragement and show others they are valued. Communication is an essential tool we use as a carer‚ it is a basic requirement of my job role to communicate with staff‚ family
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January 19‚ 2010 Mental Health: Deficiencies in Treatment of Depression Depression is defined as a feeling of sadness‚ feeling blue‚ unhappy‚ and miserable or down in the dumps. True clinical depression is defined as a mood in which feelings of sadness and anger interfere with your everyday life for an extended period of time. The news article dated January 12‚ 2010 in the New York Times‚ Titled; Mental Health: Deficiencies in Treatment of Depression reports that antidepressant drugs used for the
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third party requests‚ but on the other hand‚ access to all personal data (under the Data Protection Act 1998) is an absolute exception under the Freedom of Information Act Moreover Care Standard Act 2000 is also another legislation relating to health and social care settings - All service users must have care plans in place‚ which include the medical information‚ personal details and risk assessment. The Risk assessment should include the environment‚ individual mental and physical conditions;
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Understanding employment responsibilities and rights in health and social care settings. 1.1 List the aspects of employment covered by law. The law in the uk covers the following aspects: minimum wage‚ hours worked‚ sick pay‚ coshh‚ riddor‚ discrimination‚ health and safety‚ holiday entitlements and pay‚ redundancy and dismissal‚ training‚ disciplinary procedures and union rights.1.2 List the main features of current employment legislations. Equalities‚ (The Equality act 2010) equal opportunities
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Conforming to General Health‚ Safety and Welfare in the Workplace 1 641 1 2 7 A/503/1170 Unit Title: OCR unit number: Sector unit number: Level: Credit value: Guided learning hours: Unit reference number: Unit aim and purpose The aim of this unit is to illustrate the skills‚ knowledge and understanding required to confirm competence in conforming to general health‚ safety and welfare in the workplace within the relevant sector of industry. Learning Outcomes The Learner will: 1 Comply with all workplace
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L2- HSC Technical Certificate unit worksheet Unit 208 – Understand health and safety in social care settings The numbers in the bracket after each question relate to the assessment criteria in the standards UNIT 4222-208 1. List legislation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting (1.1.1) 2. Describe the main points of health and safety policies and procedures agreed with your employer (1.1.2) 3. Outline the main health and safety responsibilities of: (1
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Outline how legislation policies and procedures relating to health safety and security influence health and social care setting Food Safety (General food hygiene) The main aim of this policy is to prevent food poisoning. To do this food areas must be kept clean and must maintain good personal hygiene‚ food must be cooked properly and stored in the right temperature. The policy and procedure of the nursery is that all staff handling food must maintain very high hygiene and people who are ill must
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Unit 4222-616 Administer medication to individuals‚ and monitor the effects (ASM 34) Outcome 1 Understand legislation‚ policy and procedures relevant to the administration of medication 1. In the workplace there is a generic Medication Management Policy and Procedures for Adult Services (Issue 10‚ 2012) document. This is kept to hand in a locked cupboard‚ readily available to read. It requires that all Healthcare Staff are given mandatory training and refreshers are provided. Legislation
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