Unit 18: Health and Safety Procedures in the Workplace 1.1 Define the main responsibilities for health and safety in the workplace of the following: a) employers: The employer has a responsibility for health and safety of all the staff, children and visitors to the nursery premises. The manager and deputy manager are responsible to ensure all policies are reviewed and regularly updated to cover any legal changes. The manager and deputy are to ensure that all staff read and implement the policies within the nursery and that a copy of the policies are easily available for staff to review when needed. The manager and deputy should have first aid training and the responsibility to ensure the first aid box has appropriate materials that are within date and refill when needed. The manager or deputy are to review accident records on a monthly basis to identify any recurring causes of the accidents and amend the situation.
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.
Competency Goal I To establish and maintain a safe and healthy learning environment. My goal is to provide a safe environment for all children in my care by never leaving them unattended. Indoor and outdoor areas should be free of dangerous conditions and materials. It is important to check all electrical sockets and make sure they are all covered. Providing working smoke detectors and fire extinguishers in proper locations and having the knowledge to properly use them is crucial to a child’s safety.
Fire safety- staff carry out regular fire drills/smoke alarm checks/fire equipment checks to ensure they are all working correctly. Health & safety checks- a staff member carries out a detailed checklist to ensure that all aspects of H&S are covered i.e. gas safety checks, maintenance requests are completed for any issues. All staff are to sign to state that they have read and understand any risk assessments or risk management plans that are in
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.
Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work roll. ‘Duty of care’ is a legal obligation that staffs have to adhere to keep others safe in the settings and to protect them. In our child care settings we do this in many ways; We carry out a daily checks to maintain the safety of the environment. Risk assessments are done before each session e.g. the temperature of the rooms to make sure not to hot or cold, wear and tear of any toys are safe to use, electrical equipment is out of reach from children, plug protectors are in sockets, wipes and aprons are available to use, garden check is complete and the area is safe to use, that the bathroom and baby changing areas, kitchen area, tables are all cleaned and anti-back sprayed to prevent spread of germs and infections.
*ensuring that both myself and all service users have the appropriate footwear on at all times *putting signs up when there is a wet floor Never trying to carry out a task on my own when it is obvious that another person is required *knowing the fire procedure policy *Basic hygiene *Using personal protective equipment (ppe) at relevant times *Ensuring that all moving and handling is carried out with the minimal lifting technique so as to avoid injury to myself or the service user. *Ensure that all equipment has been serviced and is in a good, clean working order, along with any attachments that are needed for it. *Making sure that when hand over is done at shift change that the office door is closed so that nobody outside of staff members are aware of what is being discussed *Not discussing other residents when in a separate residents room – or within earshot of a third party
Explain how the procedures of the work setting protect both children and young people and practitioners. (7.2) All staff in the setting are DBS checked before they start and the DBS is checked every year. We have clear health and Saftey procedures that are mainted everyday within the nursery. The nursery staff also complete regular internal training such as first aid, food preperation, and safegaurding. A buzzer system is used for parents and visitors to the nursery so that strangers can't enter the building.
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. The setting also implements current health and safety legislation by ensuring that safety equipment is provided for any activity that warrants it. For example; safe use of tools in DT and gloves for handling materials in science. They also state within their policy the following “use the correct tools and equipment appropriate for the job and ensure that they are kept in good condition and not adapted for unauthorised use.” All materials and equipment need to fulfill the recognised standards of safety. The most widely used safety symbol is the kite-mark.
* The parolee’s obligation to tell their parole agent immediately if they get arrested or get a ticket. * An advisement that if a parolee breaks the law, they can be sent back to prison even if they do not have any new criminal charges. * The parolee’s obligation to not be around guns, or things that look like a real gun, bullets, or any other weapons. * The parolee’s obligation to not have a knife with a blade longer than two inches except a kitchen knife. Kitchen knives must be kept in your kitchen.