Classrooms and Play Areas should be assessed constantly in order to keep the areas safe and danger free. An example of this procedure would be to keep tables and chairs in a tidy order and away from doors and open windows. First Aid facilities are a requirement and must be kept in a place that all staff are aware of, in the event of a fire then procedure must be followed to
Understand the current legislative framework and organisational health, safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices that are relevant to health, and social care or children and young people’s settings 1.1 Explain the legislative framework for health, safety and risk management in the work The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSAW) is the primary piece of legislation, this act creates rights and obligations on employers and employees. This protection applies to any persons using the premises such as, students, parents, visitors and workmen. The act provides a framework for employers to provide a healthy and safe environment for everyone concerned. It also requires employees to take reasonable precautions for
Q: 1.2 Explain employers’ respsonsibilitys in relation to the prevention and control of infection. Employers responsibilities in the relation to the prevention and control of infection are to keep everybody safe and to provide a safe workplace, they can do this by following current legislation.
Working with children in a setting we have to follow this act in keeping them safe. All staff should take ownership for not just their own safety , but also ensuring their actions, or lack of actions does not course harm or danger to others. Things like cleaning up spillages the correct way to prevent accidents and risk assessments completed. All employees should know their roles and job description and to complete an induction within the first week of employment. Staff should also undertake any training including fire drills, first aid, manual handling, COSHH, and health and safety training.
Unit3 Health, Safety and Security in Health and Social Care P2-M1 In this assignment I will be talking about the different types of legislations and why they are important. Health and safety at a workplace is important because it ensures that all workers are being protected, it is also important because workers are being protected from illness and if they have become ill because of work the health and safety at work act 1974 can make sure a risk assessment is taken so hat other workers stay safe and the same thing does not happen again. Health and safety at work act 1974 is an act that covers everyone such as employees, employers and the service user. Within this act they provide training for workers, students and anyone that is on a placement or someone that is doing voluntary work this legislation has been helping people and workers for 30years. This act has helped people save their lives and be able to carry on working; this act covers people in the UK for example England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The Principles of Infection Prevention and Control 1.1 When it comes to prevention and control of infection all employees have a responsibility to take precautionary measures to ensure the spread of infection is as limited as possible in the workplace. It is the employee’s responsibility to protect themselves, other staff, visitors and individuals. Some of the legislation and regulations that relate to the control of and prevention of infection include the Health and Safety at work act, COSHH and the reporting of injury, disease and dangerous occurrences regulations (RIDDOR). It is vitally important that all staff are aware of these regulations. It is also employee’s responsibility to regularly attend all relevant training made available to them.
COSHH – The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002. The regulations are in place to ensure that the general requirement of an employer is to protect employees and other persons from the hazards of substances used at work by risk assessment, control of exposure, health surveillance and incident planning. COSHH requires settings to label all of hazardous substances clearly and ensure that they are stored correctly and out of harm’s way. At my setting we keep a copy of the COSHH handbook in our Health and Safety
Assignment A0 In this assignment I will be documenting my knowledge and understanding in safety, security and legislation. Health and safety at work act 1974 – this act was put into place to aid the protection of employers, employees and others (i.e. patients) in the work place, by securing a safe, healthy environment and being aware of the welfare of people in the working environment. As an employer it is your duty to ensure where it is reasonably practical that certain regulations are adhered to such as providing up to date training, information and supervision for all employees. Insuring the working environment is safe and providing correct welfare facilities.
The home is residents are safeguarded at all time from cross contamination by developing a strict habit of hand washing when hygiene is an issue using protective equipment to stop cross contamination. * 1.2) Employer’s roles and responsibilities- Employer’s must give us the correct training in all areas of infection control and provide us with the correct personal protective equipment to carry out our tasks. The workplace must be a safe environment for all with any risk assessments being recorded and being made aware of in a risk assessment folder. This applies to equipment and possible hazards with any work related activities in the home or for residents on leave. The home should be able to provide the materials and framework to allow the effective running of the home.
We also ask the children to take part in risk assessing areas. Every session they assess the cloakroom and kitchen area and note down any risks they find. If we take the children on an outing the staff will walk around the route we will be going on and assess any risks which might occur on our outing. Coshh 1994 (amended 2002) COSHH is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health. You can prevent or reduce workers exposure to hazardous substances by: Finding out what the health hazards are; Deciding how to prevent harm to health (risk assessment); Providing control measures to reduce harm to health; Making sure they are used ; Keeping all control measures in good working order; Providing information, instruction and training for employees and others; Providing monitoring and health surveillance in appropriate cases; Planning for emergencies: Most businesses use substances, or products that are mixtures of substances.