Unit 4 Keeping Children Safe

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Unit 4 Keeping Children Safe E1.) Identify legislation which influences healthy, safe and secure environments for early year’s settings. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 helps keep the employees safe from all hazards that may occur when working in any environment. Also the employees must take some of the responsibilities of themselves and others working around with them. They must display a Health and Safety poster where it can visible to everyone working. * Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995 when a child is injured or has had an accident must always is recording into written no matter how small it might be. You must follow the policy and procedure of how to treat the child if they have any injuries. Also if a member of staff is badly injured which is making them stay off more than two/three days from work they must complete the relevant documents and send a report to the health and safety executive. There might be an investigation into why you have not been into work. * Data Protection Act 1998 settings hold information either paper based or on recorded onto a computer this is how they keep every bit of information about a child confidential. For example they would take children's details so that if any problem occurs while at the setting e.g. the child is ill then they would have to go into the record where they world have a password or locked cabinet to ensure that all the information would be kept safe. * Food Handling Regulations 1997 when handling food you must always wash your hands and when do the preparation for the food you must wear protective gloves because it is more hygienic. You also must follow all policies and procedures when handling food because it's the law that you have to follow every policy and procedure. * Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 1994 there

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