Promote and Implement health and safety in health and social care (HSC 037)
Outcome 1 Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety
1.1 When talking about own responsibility and that of others relating to health and safety in social care, there are few legal acts relating to the health and safety in social care in general in regards to this which must be put into consideration. The most vital one as it seems with this topic is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA) which ensures that the employer and the employee have responsibilities to ensure that a good level of safety is reached in the workplace and thus, there should be a copy of this act on the works premises for use of any employee or service user. Therefore, the legislation aims are to ensure the healthy safety and welfare of people at work, to protect others from risks arising from the activities of people at work, to control the use and storage of dangerous substances and finally to control the emission into the atmosphere of offensive substances (Gabriella Briella, 2017). Other legislation relating to general health and safety in social care work settings according to (OCR, 2013) are as follows: o Reporting of Injury, Disease …show more content…
If on occasion such as accidents where someone is hurt then I am to record and report it appropriately by filling an accident form explaining even if it is just a concern, and thus anything observed about an unusual behaviour of the service users is recorded in an incident
Outcome 1 Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety
1.1 When talking about own responsibility and that of others relating to health and safety in social care, there are few legal acts relating to the health and safety in social care in general in regards to this which must be put into consideration. The most vital one as it seems with this topic is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA) which ensures that the employer and the employee have responsibilities to ensure that a good level of safety is reached in the workplace and thus, there should be a copy of this act on the works premises for use of any employee or service user. Therefore, the legislation aims are to ensure the healthy safety and welfare of people at work, to protect others from risks arising from the activities of people at work, to control the use and storage of dangerous substances and finally to control the emission into the atmosphere of offensive substances (Gabriella Briella, 2017). Other legislation relating to general health and safety in social care work settings according to (OCR, 2013) are as follows: o Reporting of Injury, Disease …show more content…
If on occasion such as accidents where someone is hurt then I am to record and report it appropriately by filling an accident form explaining even if it is just a concern, and thus anything observed about an unusual behaviour of the service users is recorded in an incident