Outline the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting-
When working in the setting it is important that you follow all policies and procedures. The health and safety polices include safe guarding, staff development and training and admissions. In the setting they work with the local safeguarding children board, this means that we protect the children and all staff are fully trained. In the setting it is important to make sure that all the staff and volunteers have a DBS check and are suitable to work with children. It is also important that staff are always reminded of the policies and procedures by reading some every month. It is also important that staff are given courses to attend to make sure that they are all up to
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In the morning we need to make sure that all the windows and blinds are open to give the room ventilation and the cords are tucked up high so the children cant harm themselves. We also need to make sure that the fire door is open to ensure that we would not be at risk if we needed to get out immediately. Throughout the day we need to make sure that the room is tidied quite often in case of a fire. In the evening it is important for us to make sure that the room is clean and tidied with activities set out for the next morning for the children to come in and play. A risk assessment is also done in the garden every time the children go out, this is to make sure that there is nothing in the garden that the children could harm themseleves on. Once all these risk assessments are done we need to initial or sign with the time that we done these risk assessment.
Explain why a safe but challenging environment is important for children and young people It is important to make sure that the room the children are playing in is safe and set up to the appropriate age range. As the children start to get more energetic its important to make sure that we keep the room safe but challenging by placing floor activities which should slow them down. By giving the children challenges in the room should help them outside nursery because not everything everywhere
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You would record this in the accident book which each room will have. The accident form will have a date, name of child and their date of birth. There is also a back and front image of body where you would mark where they have hurt themselves. You would then write what happened and if any first aid was given and by who. You would then be asked to sign and get a witness to sign. Once your happy that all the information is on it will then be given to management for them to read and sign. The parents will also have to read and sign before they could have the copy. If a child has hurt themselves over the weekend we would ask the parents to fill in a form to tell us what happened so they can’t say that they done it at nursery. All the forms once all signed will go down to the office and
Any other helpers or volunteers must be informed about health and safety in a setting. Policies and procedures have to be found in detail at nursery’s office or other known place. Staff getting more instructions about health and safety having trainings, specialized meetings, introduced to the risk assessments. Risk assessments have to be carried out of all in and out premises on a daily bases and special for an outings and unusual activities. The same children, have to be aware of health and safety, teachers have to teach them to wash hands before eating and after toilet, clean nose with paper tissue, do not use others cups, cutlery; eat healthy food; encourage to cough in an elbow or hands and then wash them . And explain what and where the dangers, hazards, strangers are, etc.). All the accidents and incidents and the treatments was given must be recorded. Policies and procedures and incidents have to be reviewed time to time having idea to improve health and safety maintenance.
Accident Book – Each room has an accident and incident book, with clear guidelines. The books are stored in the main office. They are numbered carbon pages and a copy is always kept inside the book, all information is stored in a locked cupboard for confidentiality, once a form is completed two people are to sign the carer who has written it and also the manager on duty. Written on the form will be the name of the child, todays date, and the incident or accident that has taken place, any first aid which has taken place, and if a review has taken place at what time and who reviewed it. With this
When providing a healthy and safe environment both inside and outside the nursery, there are factors myself and other practitioners need to consider; individual children and any specific needs they may have, for example at my work place we a baby with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare genetic condition that causes restricted growth, poor core muscle strength, learning difficulties, behavioural problems such as temper tantrums or stubbornness and a permanent feeling of hunger which will start between the age of 2 and 8 years old. The practitioners who work with the baby must always consider
When working with children and young people, we need to be aware of local and national guidelines for safeguarding on a day to day basis. The kinds of issues which may arise in schools may vary however you should always be alert to any safeguarding concerns and ensure that you are acting appropriately and within the appropriate guidelines.
Introduction: In this assignment, I have been asked to explain and review legislation also to assess on how the care workers would monitor the risk and what they would do. Also, to discuss the dilemmas encountered in relation to implementing systems and policies for health and safety.
In any emergency incident that occurs in the nursery setting manager, deputy manager, and room leader must be alerted in the first instance call emergency services try and keep the other child calm and all depending on what the emergency is egg a child falling off a climbing frame I would calm the child down alert senior member off staff make sure the child can hear me let them they are going to be fine and administrate any medical attention e.g. a cold compress and if in the instance the injury that is obtained is a serious injury call 999 try and keep all other children in a space where it is safe for them to be and to keep them calm reassure them the injured child is fine and all will be ok alert parents as soon as possible. . This is my nursery policy for a missing child on site In the event of a child going missing in our care in the nursery setting these actions will be implemented immediately firstly we will check the register to see if the child has been collected if the
In the unfortunate event of a child becoming lost or separated in our setting we remain calm and reassure all other children in our care. Carry out a thorough search for the child. If the child is still not found the police will be called and parents will be notified. When going on any outings we send a letter to get written permission from all parents and gain information from parents in relation to their child’s behavior ( if they have a tendency to run off)ensure our public liability insurance is current and valid and complete a risk assessment. When necessary we provide safety harness for children or make sure all children understand about holding an adults hand. If on an outing and a child is lost the alarm will be raised and adults around will be asked to look for the child if cctv is in use and security guards are in place we will notify the staff to co-ordinate a search.
I would record all incidents involving injury in the school log book, and, in all cases, we inform parents or carers. Should a child be quite seriously hurt, we contact the parents or carers through the emergency telephone number that we keep on file. We update these numbers annually, but it is essential that parents/carers inform us when contact
We carry out a daily risk assessments every morning before all children enter the building to look for any potential hazards that would harm or put the children at risk. If we identify a hazard, we would make sure we have sorted the problem before the children could come in.
One thing is true for all consultants; if we have any work, we have clients! One of the most important parts of our work is maintaining and enhancing our relationships with our clients. Maintaining and growing these relationships makes the time spent on a project more enjoyable, satisfying and effective. Improved relationships also improves the chance that we will get referrals and future business. The following are ten things you can do to improve these important business relationships, and some suggestions on how to get started.1. Have a clear contract with your client.This is the number one guideline for a successful client engagement. Without a clear contract neither you nor your
At different ages children learn a lot differently, as babies they learn with their senses, through feeling different textures, looking at bright colours, and hearing different sounds. Therefore they learn through sensory play such as feely toys such as toys that have different textures and feels, as they grow to around 12 months they will be able to explore the world around them and play with sensory toys such as cornflour play and playdough. Also setting activities around the nursery is good for the children as they are able to chose their own play and initiate their own play, also this gives the practitioners a chance to recognise what each individual child enjoys playing with and what their own interests are to help them to focus activities
Procedures that must be followed when there are concerns about a child's safety/welfare or concerns about staff/colleagues actions.
As a business owner it’s your responsibility to protect your employees at work. Today, many employees have encountered sexual harassment, profanity, intimidation, and coercion at work. Furthermore, companies have had problems with disgruntled employees.
When we work with children, our career is likely to involve close working with other agencies. Multi-agency working is an effective way of supporting children and families with additional needs. Multi-agency working brings together practitioners from different areas and professions within the workforce to provide integrated support to children and their families, for example a ‘team around the child’. It is an effective way of supporting children with additional needs and helping to secure real improvements in their life outcomes the way different professionals work together in the early years to promote health and safety. You must evaluate the various strategies that are used as well as the effectiveness of the health and safety policies and procedures. This means to work hand in hand with different organisations, professional, colleagues, parent and specialist whereby information sharing is being communicated to each other in order to communicate assessment intervention, a follow-up and that communication should be two ways. This can be classed as different organisation working together to safeguard children and young persons and most of these organisations are funded bodies and businesses .This also means that we need to be established and abide with all the guidelines and to work within the law especially when it regards with children and young person. Common barriers for integrated working and multi- agency working are not everyone will agree on things and different
The main points of health and safety policies and responsibilities is the care worker would be things like taking care of their own health and safety, co-operating with the employer on health and safety matters (training) using work items correctly, making the workplace safe without any risks. Always ask for guidance or support if required, not to handle anything that may be a risk.