Unit 27, Children and Young People

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1.2 Health and safety is monitored daily, weekly, monthly and yearly through several checks and procedures within the home. Daily, checks are made for the safer food better business book, for health and safety and also cleanliness in the kitchen, fridge and freezer temperatures checks to ensure that food is stored at the correct temperature. The COSSH cupboard/drawer must be checked that it is locked at all times. A visitors book is completed daily throughout the day to record all visitor onsite and offsite as well as why they are here. Before anyone enters the building, identification is required unless of course staff are aware who the visitor is. Hazardous equipment is also checked daily. Weekly fire checks are carried out. Checking fire extinguishers/blankets and also the fire call points are tested by sounding the fire alarm and the emergency lighting. Health and safety checks of the company car are completed weekly to ensure the car is road worthy etc. A fire evacuation is carried out monthly with the staff and young people of the home and the time it takes for everyone to leave the building is recorded, work is completed with the children and young people are which exit to leave out of depending on where the fire may be. Also every month water temperatures are checked at every point of water including all sinks, toilets, showers and baths following the legionella procedures. Portable appliance testing (PAT) is completed annually by a qualified electrician to ensure the safety of the entire home’s electrical

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