You are going to complete a Health and Safety walk and talk assessment with your assessor; this will be planned in detail in advance as there is a lot of information that will be covered. You will walk around your setting with your assessor and describe the Health and Safety measures that are present in each room. These are the things that you will need to consider and cover within the walk and talk. Please refer to the Walk and talk checklist to support you in preparing for this assessment.…
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:…
First is hazard identification. This is the process of examining each work area and work task for the purpose of identifying all the hazards which are “inherent in the job”. Work areas include but are not limited to machine workshops, laboratories, office areas, agricultural and horticultural environments, stores and transport, maintenance and grounds. Second is risk identification, once a hazard to health and safety has been identified, the risk associated with that hazard must be examined. As a prelude to Risk Assessment, it is useful to identify factors that may be contributing to the risk.…
Safe Staffing in Nursing The American Nurses Association’s State Government Affairs program monitors numerous nursing and healthcare related bills each year. They assess each bill for significance of relation to current healthcare issues and trends (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2015). One of the issues being addressed in 2015 is nurse staffing. This is not a new legislative issue, as it has been reviewed for several years now.…
Sine California passed the law that mandated a safe staffing act; there have been seven other states that adopted laws in regard to staffing for nurses. These states include Oregon, Washington, Ohio Illinois, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Texas. The difference between the other seven states and California, however, is that California has a fixed nursing-to-patient ratio. Majority of the other states tend to model the American Nurses Association Safe Staffing Principles model, which only requires that hospitals have staffing committees, consisting of 50-55% nurses who will develop staffing guidelines that cater to the specific hospital’s needs. Oregon requires hospitals develop hospital-wide nurse staffing plans with input from direct care nurses.…
Just last year, I volunteered with PQCHC as community development assistant. I was part of Safe People team project. The project aimed to improve the health wellbeing of low in-come families in Ottawa west end through providing capacity building. My duty was to co-facilitate trainings and implementation of the program apart from learning Canadian experience and workplace culture. As part of international training professionals, I was also active team member in peer learning sessions and other meetings to share information and exchange experience.…
The RQIA is an independent body whose responsible inspecting and monitoring the quality of health and safety within care services and encouraging any necessary improvements. Organisations standards must meet the requirements of the RQIA, therefore there must be up to date records such as risk assessments. This will show that there is accountability and clarity within the workplace (RQIA, 2011). All health and social care services face risks and risk management is about taking responsible steps to avoid risks, reduce the likelihood of risk occurring or sometimes to accept the consequences of risk. Risk assessing is a continual, formal process and every organisation, will have a risk management policy in place.…
Is extremely important in health and social care, is about making sure that everyone is safe, preventing unpleasant events like: abuse, maltreatment, harm and even things like discrimination or hate-crime by staff members. To follow this value is important to employ securities to control all the areas in case of danger. Is also really important to ensure that staff members had taken a safeguarding training before getting the job and to create a good safeguarding politicise to follow and make sure that everyone are award of them. One common way to ensure safeguarding and duty of care is to install fire alarms in all the building in case of blaze. Is in our responsibility as carers to ensure that everyone is behaving in the right way,…
Often worksite health in the organization is promoted through programs and policies with the aim of reducing the health risks and improving the quality of life of the organization’s employees. Similar to any program or policy that is implemented in an organization, worksite health programs and policies face barriers that can be attributed to lack of leadership support, work environment and the overall work culture. The two main barriers hinging the effectiveness of the worksite health programs and policies in my organization is the lack of leadership support and the overall work environment. The lack of leadership support for the worksite health program leads employees of the organization to question the credibility of the company’s honest commitment to the success of the program.…
“An uncertain event that, should it occur, will have an effect on the achievement of objectives” (PRINCE2) . It is vital that if organizational objectives are to be met successfully, risks need to be identified, assessed and controlled as quickly and efficiently as possible. In order for this to be achieved risks are often logged in a document called a risk register. A typical risk register is divided into three main sections: Identification, risk assessment and risk mitigation and control. Before we actually create our NHS risk register it is important to cover the three main aspects in detail so that we aid our understanding of the risk register.…
Advocating for Health Care Worker Safety Professional organizations continue their advocacy efforts for the health and well-being of the health care worker. Since 2003 the American Nurses Association (ANA) has supported policies related to safe patient handling and mobility (SPHM). SPHM includes the use of mechanical devices/lifts to aid patients in mobility and allow health care workers to help patients without putting strain on their bodies (ANA, 2015). According to Nelson and Baptiste (2004) nurses lift about 1.8 tons per an eight-hour shift.…
• Cables left in walkways. • Hot tools left on and plugged in (these must all be tested and checked). • Hazardous fumes (these must always be clearly labelled). Risk assessment must always be written out when there 5 or more people working in a room. The writing of the risk assessment is an indication that the employer has considered legal requirements.…
Any risks to safety are identified and rectified immediately or the area placed out of bounds until the risk is removed. Electrical items are safety tested on an annual basis, and fire extinguishers are also checked and the checks recorded on the fire extinguisher casing. Health and safety is a regular topic at staff meetings, with any new risks, changes to policies or legislation being communicated to staff at these meetings. Should the need to urgently inform staff of a new risk arise, the staff will be informed directly by the head teacher. 3.1 Outline the importance of taking a balanced approach to risk management Children need to learn to assess risk for themselves.…
I have been trained on working away from the office and what to expect when I enter sites, for instance farms, building sites and town centres. My employer holds a monthly briefing during which all safety issues will be discussed. Employees: For Health and Safety to work it is essential that employers and employees work together. • Employees need to take reasonable care of themselves and others who may be affected by their work. • Co-operate with the employer on health and safety matters.…
HSC 03: Creative Activities in Health and Social Care D1: Give examples of Creative Activities: • Social: Drama • Emotional: Story Telling • Cognitive: Puzzles, Art • Physical: Dancing, Running, Walking, Yoga • Development: Quiz • Group: Playing chess, Card games • Individual: Cooking, D2: Describe the purpose of Creative Activities: Creative activities provide opportunities to develop personal strengths, sense of control and purpose to connect to others in a meaningful type of way, such as being imaginative and artistic which explores the individual’s thoughts and emotions in just a piece of art. Being creative can motivate and stimulate minds and release stress and is very therapeutic if you concentrate. C1: Outline 2 pieces of legislation, policies, procedures or codes of practise in relation to planning and implementing creative activities: Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 prepares the responsibilities of everyone for maintaining their own and others’ health and safety at work. This allows employers to undertake, risk assessments, provide health and safety training, have reporting procedures for illness, injuries and incidents and on employees to attend health and…