Natalie Ettrick CYP 3.4 – Support children and young people’s health and safety 1.1 There are a number of factors to think about when you are planning for a healthy and safe environment or an activity with children and young people. You must remember everyone is an individual and may have particular needs. If you have a clear understanding of the following then it will become second nature to include safety in your planning. • Every child is an individual – with different needs depending on their age and abilities. You must think about this when planning activities, for example when they involve physical play, or if more consideration must be given to the needs of a child who has just become mobile than to an older child, when planning room layouts.
Assignment 304: Principles for implementing duty of care in, social care or children`s and young people`s settings. Task A: Supervision notes: What is ment by the term duty of care? Every care worker has a duty of care, Duty of care means making sure that every individual in there care is safe from harm. This means safe from abuse and neglect also. Duty of care also means that all needs of the individual are being met this includes • personal hygiene • Food and water • Entertainment • Social needs • Medication.
YP Core 34-1.1 Describe the factors to take into account when planning H&S indoors and outdoors environments and settings. Indoor Environments. It should be comfortable,interesting attractive and age appropriate for any child who use it. Every child is important and are individual especially if they have special needs. Whether working with babies or 3-4 yr old some layouts will be similar but the age and abilities of the children is important so therefore the different resources and equipment should be age appropriate and carry the usual safety markings, there should also be equipment and resources for children who may have special needs.
Anyone working with children are to have enhanced CRB checks to ensure we comply with the current legislations that prevent inappropriate people from working there, also all staff are to know their settings policies and procedures in the event of an incident they then know the correct procedures to carry out and who next to inform. Protecting children and young people and promoting their welfare is often a shared responsibility as it is important to collect as much information from as many sources as possible to get the best picture of each case and there can be many agencies involved with this such as staff, volunteers, police, welfare officers, social services and common assessment framework
It also needed in order to breakdown any barriers that may be in place in your setting. Partners can also help each other with good communication by building relationships with each other, building trust and could also build on their own knowledge and understanding. You need to be able to communicate to make sure the children’s needs are met and to ensure policies and procedures are correctly met e.g. to make sure a child’s medicine is giving at the correct time and the right amount. All staff will know what their job role involves and what other members of staff job roles are, this will make it more safe and secure for the children.
When planning a healthy and safe environment in a childcare setting, a number of factors should be considered. There are a number of important principles to think about when planning for healthy and safe environments or activities for children. Most of these are common sense; however, one needs to remember that everyone is an individual and may have different needs. One of the most important aspects to take into account is the space I have and the space I allow the children in my care to use. The space in the care setting is divided into different sections that each have different functions.
As with all children and young people the activity they are participating in needs to be in a safe environment and all staff are responsible and accountable to ensure this. 2.In my place of work all staff are responsible for health and safety if for example we see a cracked or broken plug it is our duty to report it to our manager or an appropriate person and make sure it is not used until properly
It should be reviewed regularly and all the members of staff need to have a clear understanding of the risk assessment process. It recognises that any care activities, the care settings and any equipment can be hazardous, so the steps are taken to minimise the risk to people. It ensures that all the service user, staff, visitor are free of harm and maintain safe and healthy work place. The health and safety organisation have classified the risk assessment into five stages: 1. Identifying the risk | What are hazards?
CYP 3.4 Support children and young people’s health and safety. 1 1.1 Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. When planning healthy and safe environments you need to take into account the age, individual needs and abilities of the children and young people involved in the activity. You also need to be aware of any risks to individuals when planning the activity i.e. pregnancy or sensory impairments (loss or degradation of sight/hearing etc).
Has a risk assessment been conducted? – It is important that any activity has undergone a risk assessment i.e. if creating an obstacle course for a child to take part in either indoors or outdoors you will need to make sure that all obstacles are safe, no sharp bits sticking out where a child could harm themselves, no faulty equipment is used and all is appropriate for the age group taking part. Are policies and