Staff Reflection and Discussion Sheet No. 2 Quality Area 2 - Children’s health and safety. The Quality Area Children’s health and safety focuses on supporting and promoting children’s health and safety while attending education and care services. Services are expected to have policies and procedures in place on healthy eating, children’s safety, dealing with any injury or illness, and preventing harm to children. Quality Area 2: Standards and elements Standard 2.1 Each child’s health is promoted.
Aim 4: Keeping children Safe from Crime Follow PSHE and Citizenship Policy which encourages independence, responsibility, confidence, positive self esteem, self awareness and respect. Aim 5: Protecting children’s Security Implement child protection policies and procedures working in partnership with pupils, parents and agencies. All staff members are aware of, monitor, comply with and discuss issues of health and safety continuously whilst working. When guiding visitors or parents/carers through the school we must also make them aware of health and safety pointing out fire exits in case of fire. Staff must attend training and always follow policies and procedures to ensure good practice.
Act 1974 (HSWA). This Act provides a framework for ensuring the health and safety of all employees in any work activity. It also provides for the health and safety of anyone who may be affected by work activities in e.g. pupils/students and visitors to educational sites, including parents and contractors. Regulations made under the Act have the same scope and provide the potential to achieve clear and uniform standards these include: The Health and Safety at Work, etc Act 1974 The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 Standards for school premises The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 The Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2012 The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 The Equality Act 2010 The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 1.2 By having policies and procedures in place at the home it protects all service users and staff.
Unit Four Task one E1 & D1: explain how strategies to establish and maintain healthy, safe and secure environments in early years settings are supported by legislation Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations 1995 All employers have legal responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. Employers must meet certain rules to make sure everyone in that place of work is safe. It also means employees have to be careful that there are no risks of injury to anyone. In a childcare setting the Health and Safety Act states “buildings should be in good condition and designed with the safety of users in mind, buildings and surroundings should be clean and safe and equipment must be safely used and stored.” As practitoners, everyone in the childcare setting must know what their health and safety policies in their settings are. This act helps maintain healthy, safe and secure environments as it safeguards both the children and the adults working with them, this is done as the employers and employees have to ensure the workplace is safe and appropriate information such as training and supervision should be made available.
All of the above mentioned legislations are crucial part of health and safety. Every piece of legislation describes not only clear guidance of responsibilities but also how should we maintain health and safety to eliminate risks for the people using social care settings. Let alone, Food hygiene regulation 2005, which explains the responsibilities, involves handling food safely in order to avoid contamination and food poisoning. Environmental protection act 1990 which describes the responsibilities involves handling clinical wastes in order to prevent harm to the environment. Control of exposure to hazardous to health act 1999 explains the responsibilities involve handling hazardous substances such as reduce using hazardous substances or using less hazardous substances and reducing exposure level as much as possible.
Unit 4222-306 Promote and implement health and safety in health and social care (HSC 037) Level: 3 Credit value: 6 UAN: F/601/8138 Unit aim This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of settings. It provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to promote and implement health and safety in their work setting. Learning outcomes There are nine learning outcomes to this unit. The learner will: 1. Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety 2.
1.1-Explain the welfare requirements and guidance of the relevant early year’s framework: In our setting we should safeguard and promote children and young people’s welfare. We must take steps to ensure that we promote good health of all children within out care and that we prevent the spread of infection from others when they are ill. We must also ensure that there are suitable staff and staffing levels are appropriate to ensure the safety of all the children. The premises and environment and equipment must be suitable to cater for children, including outdoor and indoor spaces, furniture. Equipment and toys must be safe and suitable for the children in our care and be in the correct age stage. Safeguarding, admissions and settlings in policies must be kept up to date, and all staff must read and be aware of policies and procedures.
E1- Identify legislation which influence healthy, safe and secure environments for early year’s settings 1. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 2. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 3. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) 4. Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) 5.
Task 1 links to learning outcome 1, assessment criteria 1.1 and 1.2. Write an explanation of: * what it means to have a duty of care in own work role * Duty of care is a legal obligation for an individual to adhere a standard of care to foresee any harm that my harm others * In my setting, we do a daily risk assessment inside and out to ensure the environment is safe to work in and children to learn in. My setting trains me for health and safety in food and hygiene to safe guard children from food poisoning, first aid training and equipment so I can attend to any incidents that may occur. I have to complete 2 accident forms one goes in file, sign by parent/carer to acknowledge that they have been informed, the other one goes to parent/carer to be informed of incident /accident. * Another accident form is filled out if a child arrives with an injury by parent/carer, or Practitioner if injury is found during session.
Unit 4 Develop Health and Safety and Risk Management Policies, Procedures and Practices in Health and Social Care or Children and Young People’s Settings. 1. Explain the legislative framework for health, safety and risk management in the work setting The health and Safety at work Act 1974 is the primary piece of legislation and is responsible for enforcing the act and a number of other acts relevant to the working environment. Risk assessments are carried out for all the activities we plan and equipment we use to ensure they are safe for the children and staff. Our policies and procedures are kept in a file in a cupboard so we know where they are at all times.