Understand health and safety in social care settings 1.1 Legislation relating to general health and safety includes Health and safety at work act, control of substances hazardous to health (coshh), manual handling and personal protective equipment regulations. 1.2 The procedures help protect those in social care settings by identifying risks correct procedure for reporting incidents and communicating health and safety. 1.3 Social care workers responsibilities include taking reasonable care for your own and others health and safety, report potential and actual hazards and risks, take part in health and safety training and understand and comply with health and safety instructions and procedures. Responsibilities of the manager or employer include to provide safe place to work, assess risks and take action to reduce them, to provide training, to provide welfare and first aid facilities. Responsibilities of others include to understand health and safety procedures to take responsible care for their own and others health and safety.
Unit 304 Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children or young people’s settings 1.1 To have a duty of care means to be accountable for clients in our care by e.g. exercising authority, managing risks, working safely, safeguarding clients and others monitoring own behaviour and conduct, maintaining confidentiality, storing personal information appropriately, reporting concerns and allegations, making professional judgements, maintaining professional boundaries, avoiding favouritism and maintaining high standards of conduct outside the professional role. 1.2 Duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of the individual clients by having a number of policies and procedures to follow ensuring that a clients health and safety is paramount. This is done by daily checks, risk assessments, fire drills so clients are aware of where to go and what do to. Risks assessments are extremely important and must be implemented and met all the time.
Enhancing Patient Safety by reducing Medical Errors I chose the topic of “Enhancing patient safety by reducing medical errors” because it is a topic that I am very interested in. No matter what area of nursing I choose to go in, patient safety is always going to be a crucial part of the healthcare system. I know that when I work with the different patients, I am going have to provide a safe quality of care, be aware of the different risk factors that can affect a patient’s safety. I understand it is going to be a challenge to keep patients safe because errors and mistakes happen every day, and they can happen at any time. I feel like my job as a nurse would be to make sure that no errors occur, and that the patient is safe at all times.
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 health and safety at work act 1974 is carried out in hospitals, business and schools even before they are open to the public they do this to make sure that everything is safe and they can do risk assessments to make sure no one is at danger of being hurt and they are in a safe environment. When a risk assessment is done you have to keep a recorded to make sure you are not making the same mistakes again. Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 These regulations require employers to minimise the health risks associated with manual handling, a term used to describe activities which involve lifting, carrying, moving, holding, pushing, lowering, pulling or restraining an object, person or animal. Employers should: * Avoid the need to lift, carry, push, pull, lower or support loads wherever possible * Mechanise tasks where they cannot be avoided
This way I ensure risks concerning activities are minimised and therefore reducing the risk of injury or harm to the individual and myself. Understanding signs of neglect/abuse is also important so I am able to report it to the relevant third party to protect the individual. 2.1 Sometimes individuals may want to do something which could be a risk to their Health and safety. As a support worker i have a duty of care to that person and must do all that I can to keep them safe but also have a duty to respect the individuals rights and choice. 2.2 It could be that the individual no longer wants to use a walking aid but their care plan states they need it to move around.
Included in the policies and proceedures the organsiation needs to be aware of dangers, carrying out risk assessment, respecting the individuals right to make risky choices ( after you have done all that is possible to dissuade them), take actions to keep individuals safe and log and report any dangers or problems. Aiv HOW THE DUTY OF CARE CONTRIBUTES TO SAFEGAURDING OF INDIVIDUALS By understanding the duty of care reporting any suspicions you may have about abuse or neglect of any person you are providing care for. By understanding that your responsibilities contribute to the protection of people, by acting responsibly and in a timely manner to ensure people are safeguarded. If you have
P5 – Unit 2 Safe system of work A safe system of work should always be documented where possible. This can then be a useful basis for training new employees. The document should be based around a company’s health and safety policy as this is how the company’s arrangements for health and safety are implemented .Any safe system of work – and the document that explains it - should be revised regularly. Safety instructions Safety notices and instructions are safe procedures, as are site inductions, but you must make sure they are clear and easy to understand, for all workers. Method statements Method statements offer another way of recording a safe system of work.
This assignment will focus health and safety issues in HSC workplace. Q1: Health and social care settings must ensure health and safety for their service users and employees. Employees are the key movers of an organization and if they are not in good condition, the operation of the organization will be worst. This is so true for health and social care settings. If employees are safe and healthy they can provide good service to service users.
Unit 204 introduction to duty of care in health,social care or children,s and young peoples settings outcome 1 understand the implications of duty of care 1 They also need to do their best to keep the individuals safe from harm and exploitation. Care professionals must make sure they dont do anything to fail to do something that could cause the individual harm,care staff should be apropriatley trained and confident in there role outlined in the codes of practice. 2 Duty of care affects our own work role by keeping individuals safe and not neglected or exposed to unnecessary risks, we owe the individuals we care for to keep them safe from harm and consider their best interests whilst treating them with dignity and respect . Outcome 2 understand support avilable for addressing dilemmas that may arise about duty of care 1, Dilemas are caused by the fact the individual has a right to make there own choices and take risks , but as a care worker we have a duty of care to keep them safe from harm and any unnecessary risks. I.e a diabetic client is refusing to follow a low sugar diet _ in this situation you wouls advise them of the consequences of their actions and give themall thr information to make an imformed choice , at no point can you stop the person making there choice , another example would be a client refusing medication you cannot force them to take them , but you need to make them aware of the risks if they dont .
Just like in this case, common sense should be used in assessing and managing the risks of any activity. Also, to make sure that injuries are taken care of properly, staff should be given the training they need so that they can keep themselves and children safe and manage risks effectively. Health and safety law requires the employer to assess the risks to the health and safety of staff and others that could potentially be affected by their activities. The terms of risk assessment and risk management are used to describe the