Risk Assessment and Young People

Staff are supported through supervision and appraisals and training to ensure they understand the legal and organisational health, safety and security requirements policies, procedures and practice. Staff shadowing to demonstrate good practice.

The Act, when first introduced, provided an integrated system dealing with workplace health and safety and the protection of the public from work activities. By placing general duties upon employees,employers,the self-employed,manufacturers,designers and importers of work equipment and materials, the protection of the

Under this act, employers are responsible for reporting certain types of incidents, accidents or illnesses to the Health and Safety Exectutive, or the local authority.

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).

The main features of the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) is that it requires certain health and safety procedures to be maintained in a health and social care setting, for example, the act explains that there must be, safe operation and maintenance of working equipment, plant and system, maintenance of safe access to the workplace, safe use, handling and storage of dangerous/hazardous substances, training of staff to ensure that there is health and safety, to provide welfare for staff at work.

Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services.

Under the Health & Safety at work Act I have many responsibilities as an employee. These responsibilities must be obeyed in order to maintain a safe working area and minimize any potential hazards or risks to yourself or others. Some of my responsibilities as an employee are as followed:

They are an independent regulator and act in the public interest to reduce work-related death and serious injury across Great Britain’s workplaces

2.2- Demonstrate how to deal with hazards to minimise risks to the health, safety and security of children and young people.

Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services.

* Ensure that the environment is safe, secure with high quality of hygiene practices for staff, children and their families and any member of the public while using the premises.

Section 2 of the HSW Act deals with employersʹ duties, and states: ʺIt shall be the duty of all employers to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health safety and welfare of all their employees whilst they are at work.ʺ

1:1Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services.

The Health and Safety Executive, with local authorities (and other enforcing authorities) is responsible for enforcing the Act and a number of other Acts and Statutory Instruments relevant to the working environment.

Understand how health and safety legislation is implemented in the health and social care workplace