Case Study: Cenibra

* It is important to have knowledge of the health & safety at work act 1974, because this outlines your responsibilities as an employee, some

doing everything to meet the health and safety standards and train others how to so

Before I start work, I ensure that the environment is spacious to avoid any accidents. By ensuring that the floor is dry and clear of any obstruction or material that could result to risk of an accident to both the service user and member of staff in line with Health and Safety first Aids Regulations 1987. I carry out checks on the residential areas and on the surroundings, fire checks and parked the wheelchairs and Zimmer frames in their appropriate places to avoid any accidents. I check to see that all doors and windows were locked and secured and areas are hazard

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

You should wear the correct PPE for the job i.e LEV when working in a closed environment. Read all hazard boards.

health and safety procedures and practises should be under continual scrutiny and areas for improvement should be monitored and dealt with. A good method of monitoring & improving are health, safety and security procedures are visually. Check visitors have signed in the visitor’s book, look for items blocking fire exits or hallways, wet signs are in place during cleaning, COSHH cupboards are kept locked, medication trolleys are secure, hoists are clean and stored in a correct storage place. Policies and procedures need to be reviewed regularly to ensure they are still relevant, circumstances in workplace can change and new risk assessments will need to be put in place or old ones reviewed. Policies and procedures may need evaluating and developing

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

To comply with health and safety regulations you must be wearing the correct clothing and footwear to ensure no one gets harmed. For example only closed toe shoes may be

Each week the alarm is tested and the whole school are aware of this and know when it will be

All task in the work setting should be carried out with special training for the care for standard quality care.

Compliance with legislation. Ensure safety of customers, contractors and staff at all the times. The enjoyment of these standards at the highest levels is a basic human right that should be accessible by each and every worker. Regardless of the nature of their work, workers should be able to

Before carrying out work activities make sure you 've been given sufficient training and that you follow the companies health & safety policies.

Health and safety legislations and regulations are implemented in own work settings because there will always be a possibility of accidents happening which may damage someone’s health and all work will expose people to hazards, however the health and safety legislations and regulations are put in place and used so that these risks and hazards are under control and so everyone’s health (staff and children) are safe at all costs.

Employers must provide a safe working environment and equipment / uniform / signs to ensure the employees are as safe as they can be. Customers are also provided with a safe store to shop in and measures are put in place to ensure everyone’s safety in kept in tact

Producing a quality and safe product, which is respectful of the environment and people’s care means being well aware of how things inside the operation must be done.