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Learner Name______________________________________________ Unit – HSC037 Unit | Learning outcome(s) | Assessment criteria | Questions | HSC037 PWSC37 | 1 1 | 1.1 1.1 | Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a health or social care work setting’ | Answer Health and safety Act 1974 Management of health and safety at work Regs 1999 Manual Handling Operations Regs 2004 Food Safety Act 1990 Control of substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences (RIDDOR) Environment Protection Act Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) | HSC037 PWSC37 | 1 1 | 1.2 1.2 | Explain the main points of health and safety policies and procedures that you have agreed with your employer and identify how they protect those in social care settings | Answer The safety procedures we have are for the environment that we work and the customer’s home. We have a loan working policy that safeguards staff, we have to phone the admin to give the full address and postcode and an estimated time of finish, if we change location with the customer we again have to call in. If we have not phoned in after 5 minutes the admin staff will call us to see if we are safe. Included in this policy is an emergency procedure where we have an emergency mobile to call and state a red file. Also included in the service agreement is a policy stating that staff will not tolerate any form of abuse.
ASSIGNMENT 306 Task A Ai A list of the key legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting- · Health and Safety at work Act 1974 · Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999 · Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulation 1981 include amendment on 2009 · The Electricity at Work regulations 1989 · Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 · Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 · Communicable diseases and infection control · Working Time Regulations 1998 · Care Standard Act 2000 · Control of exposure to Hazardous to Health 1999 · Food Safety Act 1990 and Food Hygiene Regulations 2005. · Environmental Protection Act 1990. Aii An explanation of how health and safety policies and procedures protect people using social care settings. All of the legislation shown above are a crucial part of health and safety. Every piece of legislation describes guidance of responsibilities.
Unit 4222-208 Understand health and safety in social care setting 1. 1.1 A list of the key legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting: * Health and Safety at work Act 1974 * Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999 * Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulation 1981 include amendment on 2009 * The Electricity at Work regulations 1989 * Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 * Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 * Communicable diseases and infection control * Working Time Regulations 1998 Care Standard Act 2000 * Control of exposure to Hazardous to Health 1999 * Food Safety Act 1990 and Food Hygiene Regulations 2005. * Environmental Protection Act 1990. 1.2 The main points of the health and safety policies and procedures are: The main points of health and safety policies and procedures largely centre on standards that must be upheld in order to create a safe place of work, and also to ensure that somewhere meets all legislation requirements when it comes to things like COSHH, where all substances must be locked away while not in use, and not left around when being used if the worker leaves the room, even for a moment, that is if the level of work is to keep up with the standard required to maintain itself within the COSHH legislation. Or even simpler things that do not include any harmful substances, such as keeping entrances clear and ensuring that any fire exits are able to be opened in an emergency by undertaking health and safety checks on the release, as well as ensuring all nurse call buzzers work properly.
Assignment 306 Task a HEALTH AND SAFETY PRESENTATION Ai A list of the key legislation relating to health and safety in social care - • Health and safety at work act 1974 • Health and safety (first aid) regulation 1981 including the amendment on 2009 • Management of Health and safety at work regulation 1999 • Manual handling operations regulations 1992 • The electricity at work regulation 1989 • Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulation 1995 (RIDDOR) • Communicable diseases and infection control • Care standard act 2000 • The medicines act 1968 • Working time regulation 1998 • Food safety act 1990 and food hygiene regulations2005
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Solving the Case of John with the Transcultural Integrative Ethical Decision-Making Model Maggie Dunn 02/05/2011 Capella University COUN5215 PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC ETHICS FOR COUNSELORS/THERAPISTS Marjorie Hotaling Table of Contents Abstract 3 1. Introduction 4 2. Section 1 4 Weighing the Ethical Dilemma 3. Section 2 6 Synopsis of State Laws 4. Section 3 8 Resolution of Ethical Dilemma 5.
www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0775896.html . Other helpful websites are: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ and http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/ 4. Discuss recent disaster - Casualty figures, areas and cities, towns affected. Students locate and shade the affected area on a map. Shade Australia on map and using map or atlas scale determine how far affected areas are from where students live.
Whitehouse, M. (2010) Health & Social Care BTEC Level 3 Book 1, A PERSON COMPANY * Abbott, P & Wallace, C (1997) An Introduction to Sociology: Feminist Perspective, second ed. London: Rutledge * Blaxter, M. (1990) Health and Lifestyles London: RutledgeWebsites * Age Concern – www.age.org.uk * Alzheimer’s Society – www.alzheimers.org.uk * Equality and Human Rights Commission – www.equalityhumanrights.com
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