And to help with reporting accidents and make arrangements for emergencies. 1.3 A The social care worker have responsibilities in the work place these include to take reasonable care of your own health and safety. To avoid wearing jewellery and loose clothing if operating machinery or using equipment. To keep long hair tied up and out of the way if using machinery or equipment. To take reasonable care and not to put other people at risk.
To ensure the health and safety of workers, customers and visitors by eliminating or minimising risks at the workplace b) What is the responsibility of the worker? A worker must take the reasonable care for their own safety and ensure that they do not adversely affect the health and safety of others. A worker must comply
During working hours the temperature inside all workplaces should be reasonable and the employer has a general duty to as far as is reasonably practicable safeguard the health, safety and welfare of employees. Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 provides the framework for first aid arrangements in the workplace. The regulations require provision of adequate and appropriate first aid equipment and trained personnel so that first aid can be administered. The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) The Regulations cover employees, self-employed people, members of the public and other people who die or suffer injuries or conditions listed in the regulations as a result of work activities. Any occurrence of the injuries or conditions listed in the regulations within the workplace must be reported.
How do you ensure integrity (validity) of information? I would utilise a variety of sources to correlate, compare and match information in order to determine consistency & validity. Assessment Activity 2: OHS codes and regulations are intended to support the basic tenets or intentions of OHS legislation. What are these tenets? * Secure the workplace health, safety & welfare of employees * Protect persons (including the general public) at or near workplaces from risks to health & safety arising out of work activities * Ensure that expert occupational health & safety advice is available to employers, employees & contractors * Promote work environments that are adapted to the health & safety needs of employees * Provide workplaces that are free from unnecessary stress & that are secure * Foster cooperation & consultation between employers & employees on matters related to employee health, safety & welfare.
To co-operate with employer. 1.3 outline the main health and safety responsibilities of. SELF To take reasonable care of your own health and safety. To avoid wearing jewellery and loose clothing, especially when using machinery. To take reasonable care not to put other people at risk.
Part 4 relates directly to the quality and safety of care. Regulation 9 states that: ‘People experience effective, safe and appropriate care, treatment and support that meets their needs and protects their rights’. Manual Handling Operations Regulation 1992 (amended 2002). Under these regulations, it states that employees have general health and safety duties to: * Follow appropriate systems of work laid down for their safety * Make proper use of equipment provided for their safety * Co-operate with their employer on health and safety matters * Inform the employer if they identify hazardous handling activities * Take care to ensure that their activities do not put others at risk When you are supporting someone with their mobility, for instance moving them using specialist equipment such as hoists and slings, it is important that you adhere to the principles for safely moving someone. The things to consider would be: * Explain what you are about to do to the individual you are supporting * Ensure that you get their consent if they have the capacity to choose * Make sure that a risk assessment has been done for the manoeuvre and you have read it.
Awareness of health and safety in a social care settings A list of the laws relating to general health and safety in the setting The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety. Under this Act,the employer, the workers and the individuals being supported have responsibilities to ensure safety is maintained in the workplace. •The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 emphasize what employers are required to achieve under the Health and Safety at Work Act. •TheControl of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (known as COSHH) require employers to control substances that can harm workers' health. •TheManual Handling Regulations 1992 sets out requirements for manual handling and moving and handling of people.
Understanding Health and Safety in Social Care Settings 1.1. The following legislation relate to health and safety in a social care setting: a) Health and safety at work act 1974 under this Act, the employer, the workers and the individuals being supported have responsibilities to ensure safety is maintained in the workplace for example by protecting others from risks arising from the activities of people at work and controlling the use and storage of dangerous substances. b) The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 are designed specifically to eliminate or reduce a manual handling risk to an acceptable level. this involves the understanding of how to move and position people and equipment from one place to another and the appropriate equipment to use and ensuring that the environment is safe to do so. c) The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) this involves employers having to identify which hazardous substances are present in the work place and ensure that they are locked away for safety.
Employers must also make arrangements to ensure the health and safety of the workplace, including making arrangements for emergencies, adequate information and training for employees. Employees must work safely in accordance with their training and instructions given to them. Employees must also notify the employer or the person responsible for health and safety of any serious or immediate danger to health and safety. Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 The Act sets out the general duties which employers have towards employees and members of the public, and employees have to themselves and to each other. Under the Act, employer’s duties include: • Protect health, safety and welfare of employees; • Provide and maintain safe systems of work; • Ensure safety in the use, handling, storage and transportation of articles and substances; • Provide information, supervision and training; • Provide safe places/environment for work, with safe access and egress; • Provide adequate welfare facilities and arrangements; • If five or more people are employed at any one time for a single undertaking - produce written health and safety policy; • Protect people not in their employment that may be affected by their operations; • Consult safety representatives and establish a safety committee when requested by two or more safety representatives; • Provide free of charge items required by statutory provisions. Employees’ duties