OH & S. Practices

Explain the roles and responsibilities for Health and Safety of key personnel in a selected workplace (P3)

Candidates are required to outline the main employee and employer’s responsibilities under the following health and safety legislation:

It is my responsibility to take care of myself and other people affected by my work. To be responsible for correct use of products and equipment. In accordance with Health & Safety at work Act 1974.

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I ensure staff are kept safe within their day to day work by ensuring that they work to Health and Safety Law and Legislation and that this is kept up to date. I ensure risk assessments are in place and reviewed regularly for any changes or updates. I ensure staff are all treated equally and are given the same choices.

My work setting follows the laws and standards set by the Health and Safety Act 1974:-

health and safety procedures and practises should be under continual scrutiny and areas for improvement should be monitored and dealt with. A good method of monitoring & improving are health, safety and security procedures are visually. Check visitors have signed in the visitor’s book, look for items blocking fire exits or hallways, wet signs are in place during cleaning, COSHH cupboards are kept locked, medication trolleys are secure, hoists are clean and stored in a correct storage place. Policies and procedures need to be reviewed regularly to ensure they are still relevant, circumstances in workplace can change and new risk assessments will need to be put in place or old ones reviewed. Policies and procedures may need evaluating and developing

• To adhere to the post holders own responsibilities for health and safety within the workplace and to colleagues, service users, and the general public.

* An organisation’s policies and procedures enable staff to work in line with best practice and the law (legislation).

• Provide and maintain a safe working environment by the use of safe systems of work

Legislation and codes of practice relating to equality, diversity and discrimination are foundations of my work role. It is like a stick of rock. Without ensuring that each individual has a safe, secure and nurturing environment in which to explore, develop and learn then I might as well give up. Every individual has the right not to be discriminated against and it is my job to ensure I am a positive role model.

Under the Health & Safety at work Act I have many responsibilities as an employee. These responsibilities must be obeyed in order to maintain a safe working area and minimize any potential hazards or risks to yourself or others. Some of my responsibilities as an employee are as followed:

To promote equality , diversity and inclusion in policy and practice , my work place also compliant to other legislation like, Human right act 1998, sex discrimination (gender reassignment) regulations 1999, Employment equality (religion belief) regulations 2003 , Disability discrimination amended act 2005, Equality act 2006, Racial and religious hatred act 2006.

This means that within my workplace each member of staff has to adhere to this legislation and ensure that everyone that comes into our building is treated with dignity and respect, they are not discriminated against in any way and everyone receives the correct level of treatment as and when needed.

M1- Asses the implications of health and safety and security legislation and regulations for a business role in a work place.