Unit 334 Support Children and Young People’s Health & Safety.

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).

• Supporting the ability of children and young people to be resilient, self confident and empowered to make informed choices 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4

The framework which we work to within the home for health, safety and risk management are based around the Health and Safety at work act 1974. Within this act it states that we need to follow the health and safety policies which as a company we have and also risk assessments. The HSE states that there are several things we must follow, this includes:

Before starting any activity it is important that you take into account the health and safety requirements of all pupils, ensuring that the environment is free of any hazards and that pupils will be able to work/play safely.

It is important to take into account the health and safe requirements of all pupils before planning or starting any activity, ensuring that the environment is free of hazards and the children can play and learn safely.

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.

All schools in the UK have a health and safety policy, in which they have to adhere to requirements. There are many current health and safety legislations, policies and procedures. These include the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 which was created to protect those at work by following procedures in order to prevent accidents.

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.

A requirement by law is regular training for staff to maintain their safety, a Notice board so that visitors are aware of things they are doing whilst moving and handling things.

Every child and young person has the right to live good childhood and have a successful adulthood. As we look after young people we have to make sure we meet the five outcomes which are Stay safe, Be healthy, Enjoy and achieve, Make a positive contribution and Achieve economic wellbeing these are outlined for us to make sure we meet their needs and requirement and keep the safe in and out of the unit. If children and young people grow up in a safe environment, it will help with their growth and development.

• A variety of reporting the incident to the emergency line misses and analysis of data and continuously updated to include employees, customers, employees and the awareness of visitors.

Identify the positive outcomes for children and young people that practitioners should be striving to achieve

Health and Safety Act etc 1974, Health and Safety Executive, NICE Guidance and Care Quality Commissioner.

In the salon it is important that all health and safety policies are up to date and are delivered to staff accurately and professionally to avoid misunderstandings and to create a safe working environment for everyone. This can be done by holding staff meetings and verbally telling employees of the changes, emailing all employees or use of notice boards in the salon which can notify clients too or in the staff room. All staff should have information and training on:

The three areas are, firstly, curriculum teaching and learning, secondly, school organisation, ethos and environment, and lastly partnerships and services (AHPSA, 2012). This HPS model acknowledges that not only is it important to educate children about what are positive health and safety choices are and how to make them but to address the community as well (AHPSA, 2012). Statistics around childhood health and safety are raising great concern for Australian government and non-government organisation (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2006). In 2004 is was found that children aged 0-14 were at the highest risk of injury and harm and as a result was identified as a priority area by the Australian government (Australian Bureau of Statistics,