CU301P/CT301 Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings Outcome 1 Understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings 1.1 List legislation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting Health and Safety at Work Act The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (known as COSHH) The Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985 (known as RIDDOR) Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations
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Unit 208 Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings Outcome 1 Understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety 1.1 Some health and safety legislations are: 1 Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 1 Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 2 Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 3 Workplace Health‚ Safety and Welfare Regulations 1992 1.2 All health and safety policies and procedures should
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Apprenticeship Health and Social Care Health and Safety Identify the legislation relating to general health and safety. BTEC 1.1. Dip 1.1 Health and Safety Legislations; Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 Reporting of injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) Work Place (Health‚ Safety and welfare) Regulations 1992 Describe the main points of Health and Safety Procedures and
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Understand health and safety in social care settings 1.1 Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting Health and Safety at work Act 1974 - An Act to make further provision for securing the health‚ safety and welfare of persons at work‚ for protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of persons at work Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 - any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting‚ putting down
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Introduction to Duty of care in Health‚ Social care or children’s and young people’s setting. • To keep individuals safety‚ welfare and interest within the environment • To keep individuals free from harm • To give a choice Working with patients with Dementia‚ duty of care is a key concept. Some times the patient can be confused and violent. Firstly I would introduce myself to the patient and I would ask them if I could take their bloods while I am asking the patient for their consent
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Goal # 1: To establish and maintain a safe‚ healthy learning environment Safety at Precious Moments Daycare is our utmost priority as well as a very important daily task. A child’s growth is essentially influenced by a safe and healthy environment this is why it is very important to follow our licensing regulations. We arrive fifteen minutes before the 1st child arrives to ensure we go over our daily safety checklist‚ this includes making sure electrical outlets are covered and cords are our
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formulating approach. The general trend‚ however‚ is to include the description and the reasoned discussion‚ thereby providing a concise‚ theoretically supported rule of action. The Public Interest Theory was implicit in our examination of standard-setting. The theory suggests that regulation is required to answer the demand of the public for correction of market failures. The theory assumes that the central authority has the best interests of the society as its objective. In other words it does its
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unsafe conditions * c) The employee’s right to a safe workplace * d) The employee’s right to participate in health/ safety programs 3. Which of the following is an example of an external health/ safety stakeholder? a) Government b) Employers c) Employees d) Supervisors * * 4. Which of the following underlies the need for Human Resources Managers to understand and implement effective occupational health/ safety policies/ programs? * a) Increasing concerns for
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Reflection on health and safety Introduction This reflection will be about moving and handling skill‚ which took place during my introduction to health care assistant programme where I was supposed to learn and practice health care assistant skills. For the purpose of confidentiality the name of the patient will be changed. Description I was on one of my long day shift work when the registered nurse asked me to transfer John from his bed to the chair. John is a 75 year old man who suffers from
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Health and Safety Assignment 2 Task D Introduction In this part of the assignment I will look at a case study and evaluate this in term of risk assessment‚ I will use this information to determine recommendations for care planning and management of Mr Campbell the service user. I will discuss how dilemmas within the case study can be addressed by implementing policies and systems for Health‚ Safety and Security. Ref 1 Risk assessment Risk assessment is the process of evaluating risks to workers’
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