TDA 2.8 Support children and young people’s health and safety Supporting children and young peoples’ health and safety is essential when working in an educational environment. * 1.1 Describe how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in your setting * * Legislation * * Legislation is set by the law and is followed by making rules, policies and procedures for anywhere that uses them, such as in a school setting. The law provides a number of different acts such as the health and safety at work act and the education act. These have to be followed by schools and help them keep their children safe. * * Health and safety at work act 1974 * * The health and safety at work act is implemented in my setting, this ensures that not only the pupils are safe but also the staff of the school know what they need to do in order to keep them safe from any dangers they could find in their setting.
The designated officer is in charge of making sure that all required health and safety checks are carried out. When working with children in the classroom doing tasks, it is important that health and
Behaviour policy is a guideline for all staff on how pupil’s behaviour should be managed. It is paramount that we constantly enforce this policy to ensure full safety for the children; all staff must be familiar with this policy. Anti-bullying policy explains to
Supply teachers must be fully aware of any local arrangements for emergency action i.e. fires evacuation, accident procedures and reporting, and any other safety arrangements that might affect them during their time at the school. Regular monitoring of the safety policy is the responsibility of the governors and the head teacher. The health and safety co-ordinate and the governors carry out and record at least one safety inspection of the premises a year. Regular monitoring of the safety within the school is carried out by the head teacher through the normal managerial arrangements within the school.
This can be done during planning by linking activities to the EYFS in order to establish that the child will have the opportunity to meet their next steps in development by taking part in the activity. All staff are legally obliged to have a duty of care, and always have the children’s, staff’s and parents/carer’s health and safety in mind. However, there should also be clear lines of responsibility, for example in our setting we have an appointed Health and Safety Officer, who
TDA 2.2 (1.2 1.4) Identify the lines of responsibility and reporting for health and safety in the work setting. Describe how health and safety is monitored and maintained in setting. The lines of responsibility may vary depending on the school’s policy, but the most general are: 1. Head Teacher : who is the ultimate responsible for the health and safety within the school; 2. Health and safety officer: monitor and ensure that policies and procedures are understood and followed by all; 3.
• The Education Act 2002 - This act give certain responsibilities to head teachers and the governing bodies in all schools and they talk about how schools can keep their children safe and free from harm. • Working together to Safeguard children (2006) - This is a set of duties that organisations are given so that they can work together to help with safeguarding children and young people. • E-Safety - All staff have contact with the children in their workplace and they are expected to take into account the safety of all the children and also promote the safe and responsible use of technology in its many forms, they need to have the opportunity to learn about the behaviours of children that could possibly be linking to E-Safety issues, and to know where to get help. There are a number of different agencies that are involved in the safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and these include:- • Schools- The roles of schools are so that they are able to support
An employer’s duties include ensuring the health, safety and welfare of all employees by means of risk assessments, training and instruction for employees and sharing of information. Employers must have a written Health and Safety policy that all employees have familiar with. Employees have a common duty of care to take reasonable precautions for the health and safety of themselves and others. All employers are required to display the Health and Safety Law poster. Other relevant acts within the Health and Safety Act relating to early Years are: * Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) This Act details how to protect children from dangerous chemicals (including cleaning materials and medicines).
Unit 208 – Supporting children and young people’s health and safety 1.1 Describe how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures implemented in the setting With reference to appended evidence C (Health and Safety Policy), the document clearly our School’s stance on health and safety. The school is “committed to doing all that we can to ensure that the children in our care are healthy, safe and enjoy emotional well-being. We also have a fundamental duty of care to the adults who work in and visit our school”. There are a number of key elements to the policy which ensure pupils and staff are kept safe and are healthy: * Curriculum – to make children aware of being healthy and safe in all aspects of life in and out of the school environment * School uniform – a designated uniform to help identify children that attend our school, being easily identifiable helps to keep them safe when out on trips etc * We have a safeguarding policy (appended evidence D) to ensure the safety and well-being of all children * School security – pass codes and locks on our doors, visitor badge system * Risk assessments – regularly conducted in each classroom/learning space along with assessments conducted prior to any offsite trip * Fire and emergency procedures – posters in each classroom detailing what to do in the event of a fire and/or emergency, regular practice fire evacuations, regular first aid training of staff * E-safety policy – to protect children when learning through the internet 1.2 Describe how health and safety is monitored and maintained in the setting The schools governing body has a named governor responsible for health and safety. The governing body in consultation with professional advisors, carry out regular risk assessments and safety surveys.
These provide the guideline for all who are involved in the running of the school. There will be a large number of them. Each outlines its purposes and aims and the responsibilities of staff. These policies may include a Health and Safety Policy. This should outline ways in which a working environment can be safe and without risk to health.