QEE3/001 COMPLYING WITH STATUTORY REGULATIONS AND ORGANISATIONAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS 1. What are the roles and responsibilities of yourself and others under the Health and Safety at Work Act and current legislation? Personal protective equipment is to be supplied and used at work wherever there are risks to health and safety that cannot be adequately controlled in other ways. The Regulations also require that PPE: - is properly assessed before use to ensure it is suitable; - is maintained and stored properly; - is provided with instructions on how to use it safely; and - is used correctly by employees. - simple maintenance can be carried out by the trained wearer, but more intricate repairs should only be done by specialists.
The Principles of Infection Prevention and Control 1.1 When it comes to prevention and control of infection all employees have a responsibility to take precautionary measures to ensure the spread of infection is as limited as possible in the workplace. It is the employee’s responsibility to protect themselves, other staff, visitors and individuals. Some of the legislation and regulations that relate to the control of and prevention of infection include the Health and Safety at work act, COSHH and the reporting of injury, disease and dangerous occurrences regulations (RIDDOR). It is vitally important that all staff are aware of these regulations. It is also employee’s responsibility to regularly attend all relevant training made available to them.
Training and supervision must be up tp date, staff must also know what to do when they suspect a hazard/risk or faulty equipment. 1.3 Outline the main health and safety responsibilities Self – Attend training, report and record any health or safety concerns, monitor the workplace care practices especially the equipment. Minimise risks of danger or injury and harm to service users and myself. Manager/employer – Make sure all staff are aware of their job role and responsibilities with regard the H & S policy. Ensure safe working methods and equipment is in place.
Unit 304 1.1 A duty of care is the legal obligation on the individual ensuring that they keep to a reasonable standard of care. For example in my employment we have a weekly cleaning rota to ensure no spread of infections in the building. 1.2 Having a duty of care must ensure safety and protection of service user(s) that are in my care for example it is my duty of care to ensure I attend any training courses provided to ensure I am fully competent and up to date with all new legislations. Also carrying out and reviewing risk assessments would be a duty of care to ensure the environment is safe for all who are there. 2.1 Conflicts may arise whilst you are obligated to duty of care for example if a service user wants to do something such as a service user wanting to go out in cold weather wearing t-shirt and shorts as it is their human rights to make this decision (if they have capacity for decision) your duty of care would be to explain all risks in doing this and try to come up with a compromise if possible e.g.
The employee must follow all health and safety policies, follow the instructions provided with any equipment and ensure the cleaning products are used in the correct manner. they must also ensure they wear the protective equipment provided. Lifting operating and lifting equipment regulations (LOLER)1998, this aims to reduce the risk to people's health and safety from lifting equipment used at work, employers have a duty to ensure that equipment is examined and inspected regularly by the appropriate staff to maintain safety, this is recorded and any defects reported. In relation to RIDDOR, an accident is a separate, identifiable, unintended incident, which causes physical injury. This specifically includes acts of non-consensual violence to people at work.
Activity 12 A] Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA) – This act provides the legal framework to promote, stimulate and encourage high standards of health and safety in the workplace. It protects employees and the public from work activities. As an employee I have a duty to comply with HASAWA to ensure my own health and safety and that of others, to cooperate with one’s employer regarding policies and procedures and y not interfering with anything provided in the interest of health and safety. B] Manual Handling Operations regulations (MHOR) – is the movement or support of any load by physical effort which includes lifting, moving, carrying, pushing, pulling and putting down. As an employee I must be aware of and use safe working practices laid down for one’s safety also: * Making proper use of the equipment provided.
Working with children in a setting we have to follow this act in keeping them safe. All staff should take ownership for not just their own safety , but also ensuring their actions, or lack of actions does not course harm or danger to others. Things like cleaning up spillages the correct way to prevent accidents and risk assessments completed. All employees should know their roles and job description and to complete an induction within the first week of employment. Staff should also undertake any training including fire drills, first aid, manual handling, COSHH, and health and safety training.
Unit3 Health, Safety and Security in Health and Social Care P2-M1 In this assignment I will be talking about the different types of legislations and why they are important. Health and safety at a workplace is important because it ensures that all workers are being protected, it is also important because workers are being protected from illness and if they have become ill because of work the health and safety at work act 1974 can make sure a risk assessment is taken so hat other workers stay safe and the same thing does not happen again. Health and safety at work act 1974 is an act that covers everyone such as employees, employers and the service user. Within this act they provide training for workers, students and anyone that is on a placement or someone that is doing voluntary work this legislation has been helping people and workers for 30years. This act has helped people save their lives and be able to carry on working; this act covers people in the UK for example England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
UNIT 6 Health and Safety at work 1.1 Health and safety is a major piece of legislation that all employers need to be familiar with. The aim of the act is to protect employees and it imposes major responsibilities on employers who can be heavily fined if they breech the act, Additional regulations have also been written which employers also have to comply with. Duty of employers; Employers must ensure the health and safety of their employees, they must show that they have taken all possible steps to do so. In practice most employers do this by providing training, safety equipment, carrying out regular checks and also by writing and implementing health and safety policy. Employers with more than 5 employees also have to carry out a risk assessment which identifies the potential hazards to employees and shows how the risks are to be managed or eliminated.
Introduction to Duty of Care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings Understanding the meaning of Duty of Care 1.1 Define the term ‘Duty of Care’ Duty of Care is where health and social organisations have a duty to look after people meaning they must do everything they can do to keep the people in their care safe from harm. Not only do the care workers of a company have to prioritise the safety, welfare and interests of the people using its services but also the company itself. An employer also has a duty of care for staff members to make sure where employees work is in safe conditions and suitable for them to deliver the service. 1.2 Describe how the duty of care affects own role at work The Duty of care I have in my work role is to keep myself safe and my service user safe. To do this I should keep my training up to date, follow all policies and procedures set by employer in order to keep things safe.