Support Childrens and Young Peoples Health and Safety

As a childminder I have a duty of care to keep all my minded children safe, healthy and comfortable while making sure their rights are guarded. I have a duty of care to keep children from harm whether physical or psychological. I carry out risk assessments in my home and when out and about to avoid potential hazards to children. Risk assessments are reviewed every year or when accidents/incidents happen and there is a need for review. The house is equipped with safety equipment to minimise risk of injury or harm. Stair gates, plug sockets and cupboard

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.

To minimise the risks of the children getting hurt by the sockets, all the children should be watched and assisted in anything they want to do and if they want to try to turn on anything electronic the staff members should put in the plug and turn it on rather than the children attempting it. Also, making sure there are safety caps in every socket so the child cannot attempt trying it.

Often children die or get seriously injured due to abuse or avoidable accidents. Society has a duty to protect children. We have a range of professional organisations supported by legislation, policies and procedures in order to do this. When the procedures and policies do not work society has failed at the thing it is meant to do. It is vital and that the causes of failure are known and dealt with.

For all settings, the condition of the premises should provide sufficient assurance as to the health, safety and welfare of all of the people who use the building. Good standards of hygiene should be always be maintained and there should be sufficient space so over-crowding is avoided. The Education Regulations stipulate:

Risk assessment policy is important to ensure children are safe in the setting and any object or materials that could cause harm are identified and dealt with. It also means that staff will risk assess for any outings that will be made to ensure it is safe for the children. This links to the children Act policy 1989n as it ensures children are effectively looked after and safe from harm in the setting or when on an outing. It is the managers responsibility to ensure staff are completing risk assessments prior to activities or outings so the nursery is a safe environment for the children in their care. " The purpose of this policy is to ensure that any hazards associated with these are identified and removed or minimised to an acceptable level

The Health & Safety Act 1974 – Under this act individuals in any organisation are required to ensure that they report any hazards, follow the schools safety policy, make sure their actions do not harm themselves or others and use any safety equipment that is provided. There are posters that explain the employers and employees responsibilities throughout Longford Park Primary School to remind everyone how to comply with the act. My school complies with the act

having a safe environment that has been risk assessed and is relevant to the age and stage of the child

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.

In a nursery there are many hazards so staffs need to be extra careful on what they leave hanging around especially when dealing with younger children. Also there are round the clock service is provided.

Keeping children safe and maintain them in a health environment; Safety of the child is vital, this is because they are too young to understand what is going on sometimes. Moreover its important children are kept within a healthy and safe environment, because they are protected from any accidents occurring. For example in a nursery, the outside door isn’t locked and opens, the children playing inside and a nursery nurse is not present, anything can occur and the children can walk out of the door and an incident may take place and the might get injured. So it’s important for the door to only be open when there are nursery nurses are present, so no incidents take place. Hence, maintaining the child’s safety in a health environment consists of the child getting fed properly, the food should be edible and

Lines of responsibilities everyone has responsibility for the health and safety of the children and young people each member of staff need clear reporting

All settings must carry out risk assessments on a daily basis. These are supplemented with daily checks. In all cases these must be signed and dated, so that members of staff are made responsible and accountable for the safety of children, other staff and visitors to the setting.

The main health and safety and security requirements that apply to a play environment are that the facilities are clean and

To reduce the hazards of the security of the children in the setting all staff needs to have an up to date DBS check and safeguarding training. Another form of hazards to the security of the children and young people in the setting is things like doors, all doors need to be locked with a key out of reach of the children so they can’t get out and people who don’t have reason to be in the setting can’t get in the setting can’t get in. The same with