NHS and community care Act. National Occupational Standards. These include Health and Social Care. Essential Standards for Quality and Safety. Children’s Care Learning and Development.
CT308 Understand Health and Safety in Social Care settings Understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings Legislation that relates to health and safety in social care settings are generally covered by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. This act is the ‘umbrella’ that has been updated and supplemented by all the regulations and guidelines which extend it, support it or explain it. The regulations most likely to affect my workplace are: Manual Handling Regulations 1992(amended 2002) - sets out requirements for manual handling and moving and handling of people. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations 2002 (COSHH) - requires employers to control substances that could cause harm. Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (amended 2008) RIDDOR - sets out what needs to be reported.
Unit 306 Understand health and safety in social care settings Outcome 1 Understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings 1.1 The different legislations that relate to health and safety in social care settings include: Health and safety at work act 1974 – This Act covers occupational health and safety in Briton. Local authorities along with the health and safety executive are responsible for enforcing the act. Manual Handling operations regulations 1992 – This regulation is in place to reduce the risk of injury through manual handling tasks. It applies to a wide range of tasks such as lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling or carrying. Provisions and use of work equipment regulation 1998 – This regulation covers all the equipment I may use while at work.
TDA 2.8 Support CYP’s Health & Safety 1. Know the legislative and policy framework for health and safety. |1.1. Describe how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the setting. | |Identify the setting’s policies linked to health & safety/hygiene & emergencies procedures.
Understanding Health and Safety in Social Care Settings 1.1. The following legislation relate to health and safety in a social care setting: a) Health and safety at work act 1974 under this Act, the employer, the workers and the individuals being supported have responsibilities to ensure safety is maintained in the workplace for example by protecting others from risks arising from the activities of people at work and controlling the use and storage of dangerous substances. b) The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 are designed specifically to eliminate or reduce a manual handling risk to an acceptable level. this involves the understanding of how to move and position people and equipment from one place to another and the appropriate equipment to use and ensuring that the environment is safe to do so. c) The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) this involves employers having to identify which hazardous substances are present in the work place and ensure that they are locked away for safety.
The safeguarding boards use the Children Act to develop policies and procedures to ensure the safety and well-being of the child or young person. The Health and Social Care Act 2008 This act gives the state of Health the power to authorise health and social care service providers to disclose information about people in the interests of improving patient care or in the wider public interest. Records Management: NHS Code of Practice
Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings Task A Presentation You have been asked to contribute to an induction day for new staff. You are to prepare a presentation about Health and Safety. It must include the following: Ai A list of the key legislation to health and safety in social care setting * Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) * Health and Safety (First Aid) * Reporting Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences (RIDDOR) * Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Work Regulations * Food Safety Act 2009 guidance from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Aii An explanation of how health and safety policies and procedures protect people using social care settings. Health and safety policies and procedures protect people using social care setting by the rights and responsibilities for all those involved, including care workers and service users. The policies and procedures lay out clear guidelines for the expected delivery of care and help everyone involved agree to the safe ways of working and have information on how their care will be delivered in ways that promote their safety.
Unit 8 Contribute to health and safety in health and social care 1) Legislation that relates to health and safety includes, amongst others, the Health and Safety at work Act 1974, Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998, RIDDOR, COSHH, Manual handling Operations Regulations 1992. We also have policy and procedures within our own work place for example the use of Oxygen policy for when a customer has been given oxygen within their home environment the policy outlines the risk of smoking, open fires and the storage off the unit or canisters they have. If they live in a residential home we would let the co-ordinator know that oxygen is on the premises so they then can put in place their own policy and procedures that they may have. The general roles and responsibilities of health and safety policies and procedures agreed with my organisation for colleagues include: Having a personal and collective responsibility to promote safe working practices and maintain a healthy, safe and secure workplace. Have a responsibility to ensure that they have an awareness of and comply with the organisations health and safety policy.
Unit 504 Develop health and safety and risk management policies procedures and practices in health and social care or children and young people's settings. (M1) 1.1 Explain the legislative framework for health, safety and risk management in the work setting. The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (also known as HSWA, the HSW Act, the 1974 Act or HASAWA) is the main piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in the UK. The Health and Safety Executive, and local authorities (with other enforcing authorities) are responsible for enforcing the Act and a raft of other Acts and Statutory Instruments relevant to the working environment. This is an Act to make further provision for securing the health, safety and welfare of persons at work, for protecting people against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of persons at work, for controlling the keeping and use and preventing the unlawful acquisition, possession and use of dangerous substances, and for controlling certain emissions into the atmosphere; to make further provision with respect to the employment medical advisory service; to amend the law relating to building regulations, and the Building (Scotland) Act 1959; and for connected purposes.
01/07/2014 Michaela Radford Unit Eight – Promote and implement Health and Safety in Health and Social Care. Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety. (Section One covered by certificate, RPL) 1.1, Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a health or social-care work setting. 1.2, Explain the main points of health and safety policies and procedures agreed with the employer. 1.3, Analyse the main health and safety responsibilities of self, the employer or manager, and others in the work setting.