Contribute to Children and Young Peoples Health and Safety (Cu1512)

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).

Provide a safe workplace for employees who include facilities and work systems ensure that employees are able to safely handle equipment or substances, as well as providing a safe area to store harmful material provide the proper training, supervision, instruction and information in the performance of their roles. (Find Law: Australia Workplace Accidents: What You Should Know)

3.1 Interpret and comply with given instructions to maintain safe systems of work and quality working practices.

There are many factors to take into consideration, when planning and preparing the setting for healthy and safe indoor and outdoor activities. The main factors fall into the following categories:

Use all health & safety orientated equipment and features for their intended purpose and they should not under any circumstances be tempered with.

It is everyone’s responsibility to maintain health and safety within the work place following company policies and procedures along with the legal requirements set out in government standards for social care settings.

The last hazard that could occur within this setting is a security hazard. An example of a security hazard within Riverglade would be due to the house being an old Victorian house that has been converted there fire system may not be working correctly or may not even work at all. For example, the residents and staff are all asleep, a fire breaks out in the kitchen the staff, and residents are not made aware of the fire, as the fire alarms did not go off. This can then cause serious harm to residents and staffs that are asleep in the house, as they will inhale a lot of smoke causing damage to their lungs and in worse cases, this can result in death. This is more likely to happen in an old people’s home because where the staffs in the care

1. State the legal responsibilities within the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) for the

There are many procedures, but the last procedure that I am going to look at is Gas Leak. There are many ways or things that are needed to be taken under consideration in order to maintain a healthy, safe and secure environment. As in the event of gas leak or the suspected gas leak, all the staff must extinguish all naked flames and do not switch ON or OFF any electrical appliances including lights. Do not operate any electrical switches, either "ON" or

| Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 revised 1992 & Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994The regulations requirements require that all electrical systems be of such construction as to prevent, so far, as is reasonably practicable, danger to health and safety of the workforce or self-employed. Risk assessment once again identifies the actions necessary to prevent danger. (HSE website – www.hse.gov.uk/legistaltion/hswa.htm), (www.legislation.gov.uk)

This requires the employer to assess and minimise any risks when working with electricity or electrical equipment.

Everyone in my company must comply with the health and safety procedure. We have to go on mandatory training to complete our health and safety certificate. This includes manual handling and fire safety. We must make sure our work environment is a safe as we can make it. If any accidents do occur i have to report them to my office or to the out of hours office, I must also record all accidents in the communication book so that other carers know what has happened this includes the nature of the accident, treatment received and where and when it happened. If any health and safety rules or procedures are breached then this may become a disciplinary for care staff. My line manager will always advise all care staff on and health and safety concerns that we may have.

The two main pieces of legislation that provide the framework for ensuring children’s personal development and health and safety in a setting is the Childcare Act 2006 as well as the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The

Facilities – we check the facilities every day for any hazards or dangers such as wet floors/hall way and any hazards that could cause accidents such as tripping over objects or slipping on wet floors. We must make sure all exits are clear and accessible in case of a fire alarm or emergencies. We check the indoor/outdoor environment

OHS: Ensure staffs health and safety meet with the legal requirement to provide a safe and secured workplace.