4222 306 Promote And Implement Health And Safety In Health And Social Care

There are many other jobs that need to ensure Health and Safety is important and some of these are: landlords, contractors, emergency services, trade union representatives and consultants. They have to make sure Health and Safety is an important role whilst doing their job as they don’t just have to think about themselves and the people who work for them, they also have to consider the people who are putting their trust in them to help them.

What are your responsibilities under current health and safety legislation, standards and guidance, eg the Health & Safety at Work Act (and any other relevant legislation).

Changing circumstances within the workplace can cause hazards because other workers can be put at risk because they haven’t been made aware of the changes and management needs to be informed. Risk assessment is a method put in place that is suitable and sufficient to control the risk to health and safety to both employees and other persons who may be affected.

Risk assessment- An assessment of any risks to the worker's health and safety is undertaken by a trained risk assessor. This allows for the risks to be removes, reduced or avoided, and for preventive and protective measures to be identifies and

* Risk assessments – Local and governing authorities make compulsory the use of risk assessments. Risk assessments are carried out to evaluate any potential hazards that may

1.1- Describe how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the setting.

Describe how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the setting.

My work setting follows the laws and standards set by the Health and Safety Act 1974:-

4.3: To carry out a risk assessment first of all you need to identify the hazards, then decide who might be harmed and how. Then evaluate the risks and decide on precaution and then record your findings and implement on them. After this is done review your assessment and update if necessary.

1.2 Identify the lines of responsibility and reporting for health and safety in the work setting

Reporting of Injuries,Diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations of 1995 requires the reporting of work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences. The Act applies to all work related activities, but not to all work related incidents. The objective of the regulations is to enable the enforcing authorities to identify where and how risks arise and to investigate serious accidents so as to prevent them from occurring in the future and thus providing a safer work environment. The enforcing authorities can then help and advise you on preventive action to reduce injury, ill health and accidental loss,the main points of our own policy that relate to this are:

Risks assessments will identify any hazards and/or dangers and who might be harmed and how this may happen, allow the risks to be evaluated and check if the precautions are

The most important legislation that relates to social care settings is The Health and Safety Act 1974 this ensures that the employer has a good level of safety in the work place. Other regulations are : COSHH – The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulation 2002. Insure all chemical substances and medications are locked away securely and the right protective equipment is provided. Manual Handling regulation 1992 – requires all employers to provide risk assessments on all manual handling tasks that may cause injuries. RIDDOR –

A risk assessment is a careful examination of what could cause harm or pose a threat to the children and will enable me to judge if enough precautions have been taken to either eliminate or prevent it.

To make health and safety a day-to-day part of your business practice, you, your managers and supervisors need to be committed to health and safety. The single most effective action that you and your managers can take to improve health and safety in your workplace is to champion it. If your key managers always demonstrate that health and safety is critical to the daily operation of your business, employees will too.