* Use an easily adjusted chair, display mount and keyboard tray. You can change the position of the monitor and keyboard to accommodate the reflexive changes of your posture. Arrange your workstation in a way that allows you to stand periodically. Question 2 List three ways in which an employee can contribute to a healthy and safe work environment. * By co-operating with their employer’s efforts to meet safety obligations under the legislation.
Understand health and safety in social care 1.1 - There is a variety of legislation relating to health and safety in social care including The Health and Safety at work act, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) and The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR). 1.2 - Policies and procedures set the guidelines for adequate care within a setting, risk assessments are used to protect you and others around you. They ensure correct equipment is in place and that the equipment meets the needs of the individuals. Health and safety policies and procedures protect those working and living within a social care setting. COSHH is a policy in place within our setting which outlines control measures for hazards to prevent accidents occurring.
Unit SHC34 - Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1. Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice 1.1Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role? A duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual. Requiring them to set a standard of reasonable standard whilst in the working environment so that noting you may do could harm others.We can do this by carrying out daily checks and cleaning rotas to ensure that the work place inside and outside is safe and clean before the day starts. 1.2Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals.
Assessment Task – CYP Core 3.4 Support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety Introduction Providing children and young people with a safe environment requires knowledge and understanding of potential hazards and risks. Task 1 links to learning and outcome 1, assessment criteria 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4. You are asked to provide a resource to inform staff in the setting about health and safety issues. You will need to provide: 1.1 A description of the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. There are a variety of different factors that should be taken into account when planning safe and healthy environments.
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.
The employer/manager To make the workplace safe. To prevent risk’s to health. Ensure that machinery is safe to use. Set up emergency plans. Make sure working conditions all meet health, safety and welfare requirements.
Employer or management responsibilities: Provide a safe workplace. Give information on health and safety. Provide free health and safety training. Make sure you can enter and leave the workplace safely. Other people in the care setting responsibilities: Follow health and safety advice given to them.
The accident books are reviewed by my management team, and will help to prevent future accidents occurring. It is social worker responsibility to ensure safety is maintained in the workplace. We have the responsibility to ensure chemicals are stored securely, and used in compliance with their recommendations. We should store, prepare, and dispose of food stuffs, in line with the training I have received. If First Aid treatment is needed, social workers should alert the registered First Aid Person within workplace, which is trained to provide first aid.
• 1 Why is it important to provide information to work teams on the relevant health and safety legislation, the organization’s health and safety policies, procedures and programs, and any identified hazards and their control? It is important that all staff are aware and well informed on all the aspects of health and safety in the environment in which they are currently undertaking a set task so that a safe workplace can be effectively achieved when everyone involved in the work environment communicates with each other to identify hazards and risks, talks about any health and safety concerns and works together to find solutions. This includes cooperation between the people who manage or control the work and those who carry out the work or who are affected by the work.When guidelines are clear and procedure is followed, staff can work more effectively and safely. • 2 Explain the importance of effective consultative mechanisms in managing health and safety risks and describe what they entail. A safe workplace is more effectively achieved when everyone involved in the work communicates with each other to identify hazards and risks, talks about any health and safety concerns and works together to find solutions, this includes cooperation between the people who manage or control the work and those who carry out the work or who are affected by the work.
Some of the ways that I follow Health and Safety at Work includes carrying out risk assessments. Before starting my daily working activities I check to see if there is anything that could cause harm to me, the service users or others. I use risk assessments and examine the areas in which I work, the service users and any equipments I have to use; to ensure that they are safe, hazard free and conform to legal and organizational requirement for health & safety. I make sure that I remove anything that could cause danger or pose a risk to the service users or myself. For example, I will move furniture or any obstacles out of the way, store cleaning products and equipment safely, roll up and store trailing flexes safety.