208.1.1 Describe how current Health and Safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the school The key points of this act are to make further provision for securing the health, safety and welfare of persons in the workplace. For protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of people at work. To find this information I researched HSE.gov.uk The School promotes Health and Safety for children and staff and others using the school premises. The school always sends a letter to parents to ask if their children have any disabilities, ailments or allergies that we need to know of, inhalers and relevant medication are kept in the school office. There is a strict rule that needs to be followed concerning children being picked up from school and if parents cannot pick their children up, meaning someone else picking them up, the school needs to know to avoid any risks of child abduction.
Describe how you might react to incidents of bullying and violence? All signs of bullying or violence should be taken seriously, reported and logged with the teacher or other school staff. It is also essential to act upon this behaviour quickly and correctly to minimize the possibility of it happening again in the future. The schools policies and rules are regularly reinforced by the school staff to the children in their classrooms, in assemblies and around the school. During Anti-bullying week the school will have special assemblies to demonstrate the types of bullying and how children can report this behaviour.
SHC 34: Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1.1 Explain 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 that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeable harm others. Within my setting, before each morning and afternoon setting, we carry out daily risk assessment checks to ensure that the environment inside and outside is safe. We make sure all equipment is cleaned at the end of each session before it is put away and all tables are cleaned before the session. All toilets are cleaned at the beginning of the session, throughout the session and at the end of each session to stop the spread of infection.
Wendy Scott TDA 2.8: Support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety 1.1: Describe how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the setting. Every school by law is required to have a safety policy which gives information to staff about the procedures that they have in place for ensuring that the school is safe. The health, safety and welfare of all the people that work or learn at the setting are of fundamental importance. The school aims to provide a safe, secure and pleasant environment for everyone. The Governing Body, as an employer, takes responsibility for the health and safety of all their pupils, members of staff and others who visit the premises.
Pupil welfare is paramount. The governing body is broken up into smaller committees. These committees look at school development, health and safety, child protection. Governors also insure legislations set out for schools are all adhered to and that the school is kept up to date with any new policies or legislations. Senior Management Team The Senior Management team is made up of the head teacher and the deputy head.
The school should have other necessary information of each child going on the trip, including dietary information, allergies, any other medical conditions and also if they suffer from travel sickness. (extra bags must be brought in by an adult). Also, the school should ensure that there is a suitable adult-child ratio and that all supervisors, including parent are DBS checked and competent for the purpose. More importantly, there must be sufficient insurance cover for all participants of the trip as well as accidents and emergency policies and procedures,
209 Support children and young people’s positive behaviour. 1.1 Describe the policies and procedures of the setting relevant to promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour. The policies and procedures in place in my setting relevant to promoting children and young people’s behaviour are, • Behaviour policy • Anti-bullying policy • Attendance • Dealing with conflict and inappropriate behaviour • Rewards and sanctions • Code of conduct Behaviour policy The behaviour policy is a guideline to staff on how pupils should behave. It is important for all staff to apply the behaviour policy for the safety of all pupils and staff. The behaviour policy should be clear for all staff, pupils and parents to understand and be followed at all times.
All GP’s should have regular training and update their training when necessary. Teacher’s roles and responsibilities are to create and maintain a safe learning and friendly environment. To identity any concerns and to act on them upon information. Staffs are to attend child protection and first aid courses, staff should have special training on training on safeguarding all children. Understand the importance of ensuring children and young people’s safety and protection in the work setting.
3.4: Promote children and young people’s positive behaviour. 1.2 Evaluate how the policies and procedures of the setting support children and young people to: * Feel safe- A school should ensure that every child attending the school feels safe. Policies like Safeguarding children ensure that the right procedures are in place to protect children. All staff working within the school should be trained on the correct procedures for safeguarding children. Anti-bullying policies are in place in school to ensure the children know that bullying is not acceptable behaviour but a child should feel confident enough to report an incident if one occurs and should know who they can go to within the school to discuss any such situations.
I have read the section titled Management of Risk of Harm to Students and Staff at the end of this document. I understand that my child’s welfare/safety and that of other TAFE students and staff is best served by my complete and honest disclosure of any particular needs that he or she may have that may affect his or her safety or supervision during the TVET course. Name (Please print): .......................................................................................................................... Signature: ......................................................................................... Date: ................................................................................................................................................... 7b. Non government school student I support this Expression of Interest for placement in a TVET course and confirm my