The role of her key worker who is a female is to assist Miss M with all her personal care, and to report any concern to the line manager who would refer it to Miss M’s GP. The role of the family members is to always be there for Miss M, to visit her regularly and to take her to the synagogue every week. The role of the others like the GP, Nurse and Psychiatrist is to provide Miss M with adequate health checks and monitor her medication. 3.3 Support family members to understand person centred approaches and agreed ways of working When the outcomes have been established in the case of Miss M, the manager asked me to talk them through the principles of person centred care and I immediately gave them a brief lecture on how and why they should maintain Miss M rights, choices, privacy, dignity, personality and how to do so using the policies and procedures of the home since nothing can be done from a vacuum. In this way, the family members understood the need of carrying out all their roles in accordance with the laid down rule of the home in order to give Miss M quality care
They ensure fire drill practise is carried out every six weeks and every member of staff is trained for fire drill procedures and all firefighting equipment is checked and maintained on a regular basis. The manager will ensure that staff and children`s medication needs are obtained before attending the nursery and all administration of medicines are given by strict compliance with instructions given on the medicine forms. The manager or deputy will ensure records are being kept of administered dose,time and date and that all medication is safely stored away. The manager will ensure staff are trained in areas such as
Staff from other nurseries are given a tour of the building and fire exits. • Visitors - are informed on arrival, they are asked to sign in the visitors book which includes a nursery evacuation plan, they are never left alone a member of staff will always guide them. • Families and carers - they are given an induction, Health and safety pack and terms and conditions of the nursery which highlights the importance of collecting children and personal belongings. CYPCore34-1.3 Identify sources of current guidance for planning healthy and safe environments and services. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) - Department for Education in Northern Ireland - St John Ambulance - The British Red Cross – Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 – The Care standards Act – Manual Handling Regulations –
Some area's of the data protection requires a social worker or parents signature on all consent forms. All visitors to the home must show a form of I.D before been allowed access and must sign the visitors book. All young people must be protected from inappropriate persons able to obtain any information about the young people in my care and that of the team. HEALTH AND SAFTEY AT WORK ACT 1974. This act was produced to make provision to secure the health and safety, of the person at work.
Joanne Ashworth Unit 027 Support children and young people’s health and safety Outcome 1 2) There are a number of ways that health and safety is monitored and maintained: *Risk assessments *Accident forms *Incident forms *Doing daily checks such as signing the children and staff in and out *Making sure information such as contact numbers or if they are on any medication, is up to date *That there is communication between parents and practitioners *Doing regular fire safety drills *Having passwords in case a child is picked up by someone a practitioner doesn’t recognise *Training /staff meetings for staff *Checking electrical appliances annually 3) There are a number of sources of current guidance for planning healthy and safe environments and services: *Health and safety executive (HSE) – National independent watchdog for work related health, safety and illness. They act in the public interest regulator and act in the interest of the public to reduce work-related death and serious injury. *Risk assessments – A legal requirement under the Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 * Policies and procedures at a setting such as: -Fire safety -Accidents -Medication Joanne Ashworth *Health and Safety at Work Act 1981 – This places a duty on employers to make arrangements for first aid in the workplace. *COSHH – How to control hazardous substances at work, so they do not cause ill health. *Food Safety Regulations 1995 – Anyone who handles food, or whose actions could affect its safety must follow this regulation.
EYMP 3 – 2.2 In this piece of work I am going to explain systems for supporting children’s safety in the following aspects. Receiving children into the setting- Within the setting the children arrive with their parents/guardian, a member of staff is stood at the gate where the children arrive. We ensure that all paperwork is filled out with the parent if anything new has come up such as someone else is picking up that child after school the staff need to know the information, we ensure before the day starts that all children have the correct clothing that they need for the day and spare clothes for any accidents. Ensuring their safety on departure- When the children are ready to leave the setting, the staff ensures that all children
SHC 32: Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1.1 Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role Duties and responsibilities include * Making environment safe by following risk assessments on activities and equipment on a daily basis * Check and acknowledge allergies or any medication children may require * DBS check for staff, students and other professionals including social workers entering the nursery setting * Talk to parents if any concerns/ problems arise for example you need good communication skills * As a practitioner you need to have a caring nature, be friendly and professional for example not being on your phone when you’re supposed to be organising activities in placement and make sure your body language is displaying the correct behaviour/ attitude for example not folding your arms, looking bored etc. * Talk to other professionals about children’s development with parental consent for example doctors, speech therapist, social workers * Will be overlooking planning with assessor and speaking to offstead inspectors * Keep confidential for example documents relating to children’s individual learning development, keep confidentiality by not mentioning names of children outside of placement, practitioners maintain this in order to keep children and others who work or attend the nursery safe because in turn this builds trust between myself and parents * Keep confidentiality by locking away files in a cabinet for example a child’s learning journey and if processing information on a shared computer use password protection to avoid any information leaking out, all information is on a need to know basis * Be a good role model by setting an example, tidy up as you go along for children to follow you as a role model * Be positive and happy
The setting provides the children with three hours a day, there are morning classes and after noon classes. According to my knowledge there isn’t any child within my placement that has special needs. Hamd House Nursery followed ‘EYFS’ (which stands for Early years foundation stage) and ensures all area of needs are met. And the Nursery has contact with the Council for supplies such as water and Ofsted for feedbacks and ways improve on the service that is delivered. The facilities and equipment that are used in my placement are the following: * Bathrooms *
With just coming into the care industry within the last year it is law that you have to comply with policies and procedures, which include staff training. These range from First aid, moving and handling, food hygiene, fire training and NVQ in health and social. Other courses are available and offered by management when available which keep your knowledge updated to do your job to a high standard. The workplace itself is always a learning ground as its hand on experience and learning. Having just completed my moving and handling course it has shown me how to transfer a service user safely without causing any harm to them or myself or college.it has also taught me how to lift objects in the correct manner to prevent back injuries, and to always
We have to cover every base on the safety of children, and it explains in great detail what you should do. You always have to make sure you follow the rules of the health and safety and safeguarding they are there to protect the children and the adults who work with children. In our nursery we always make observations on the children to see if individual children are progressing and developing. Lastly training is essential in our type of career this will ensure that you are prepared for anything that could happen so you need to have you first aid and safeguarding you should be regularly tested on these so you understand. First aid is important in everyday life but it is so important in a nursery all children are still learning the same way adults are and a child could stick to much food in their mouth or a piece of food could get trapped down their throat and they could choke.