Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Health and Safety First Aid Regulations Manual Handling Operations regulations 1992 (amended 2002) Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) Care Standard Act 2000 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) 1.2 Explain how health and safety policies and procedures protect those in social care settings. Policies and procedures are in place for all employers and employees to follow. The Health and Safety Act 1974 is like the overall
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Performance Evidence Record |Candidate name | | | | |N/SVQ/Unit |32 | |Use this
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following their employer’s polices and procedures.This will include policies on; health and safety‚ safeguarding‚ reporting of accidents‚ waste disposal‚ fire prevention and evacuation procedures‚ security‚ cleaning‚ food safety‚ dispensing and storing medicines‚ lone working. 1.3 Outline the main health and safety responsibilities of; -the social care worker -the employer or manager -individual. Social care worker: Ensuring own health and safety‚ adhering to policies and procedures of organisation
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Management Report Introduction This report follows a workplace inspection of an Oil Service Tools Company on the 4th November 2012 stating some good practices and poor health and safety practices carried out within the workplace area. The facility has different departments and one main office building. The office building mainly occupied by the senior health and safety practitioner dedicated for the whole facility‚ managers and global product line managers. The facility is divided for 4 main
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Legislation that relates to general health and social care setting are the Health and Safety Act‚ The Management of Health and Safety Work Regulations‚ Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)‚ Manual Handling Operations Regulations‚ The Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)‚ Personal Protective Equipment Regulations (PPE). The main points of the health and safety policies and procedures identify significant risks in relations to the work place and
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secure the health‚ safety and welfare of employees at work. * To protect people other than employees at work against risks to their health and safety arising from work activities. * The control of release into the atmosphere of noxious or offensive substances from premises which may also come under the scope of the Environmental Protection Legislation. * To identify hazards in the workplace and carry out risk assessments and to introduce such control measures that are necessary. From this legislation
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Understand health and safety in social care settings. 1.1 legislation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting would be Health and safety at work act‚ Manual handling operations regulations‚ Control of substances hazardous to health regulations RIDDOR Health and safety first aid regulations‚ Management of health and safety at work regulations. 1.2 The main points of the policies and procedures are to ensure everyone follows the same guidelines‚ is safe and to minimise the
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Unit 8 – Promote and implement Health and Safety within the Health and Social Care Setting As a support worker I and all of my colleagues including other support workers‚ team leaders and the manager have roles and responsibilities regarding health and safety within the workplace. Our role as a team is to prevent any health or safety hazards to the highest standard that we can so that service users and anyone within the workplace including employees and family members of service users are not
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QCF Level 2 Health and Social Care Diploma Group A: Mandatory Units Knowledge Workbook SHC 021 Introduction to communication in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings Understand why communication is important in the work setting (1.1‚ 1.2‚ 1.3) Identify the different reasons people communicate. People communicate to express needs‚feelings‚ideas‚ask questions‚share experiences Explain how effective communication affects all aspects of own
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Ai A list of the key legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting. Task A A1. • Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 • Medicines Act 1968 • Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 • Hazardous Wastes Regulations 2005 • Personal Protective Equipment at Work regulations 1992 • Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002 (COSHH) • Provisions and use of Equipment Regulations (PUWER) • Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) • Food Safety Act 1990 • Data protection
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