Activity 1
1) What policies might an organization develop as part of its commitments to health and safety?
It is important it have a written work Health and Safety Policy for the organizations and businesses which have management systems. The Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 addresses Major Hazard Facilities in Regulation 558 and Schedule 17(1.2) and requires that the Safety Management System includes a Safety Policy, including the operator’s broad aims in relation to the safe operation of the major hazard facility, and that the safety policy must include and express commitment to ongoing improvement of all aspects of the safety management system. A Work Health and Safety Policy is an explicit statement of business commitment to work health and safety. It will include a statement outlining the importance which is placed on work health and safety and how it is to be implemented.
2) What information should be provided when communicating policies to workers?
Following information should be provided while communicating policies to workers:
• Resources which are identified and allocated to work health and safety.
• An overview of the objectives to be achieved with respect to work health and safety – these should be measured of pro-activity in work health and safety activities rather than injury rates.
• Purpose and scope of the policy, along with implementation and review dates and document control-identifying numbers.
• Specific Program Activities, for example:
making sure employees are aware of the health and safety aspects of their work (e.g. posting information on notice boards, keeping an information file such as COSHH, training, and providing
3. Explain how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in own work setting or service.
The health and safety at work act promotes good safety of individuals in a health and social
M1) Describe how health and safety legislation, policies and procedures promote of individuals in a health or social care setting
Answer – As mentioned above, we have our own, clearly written policies and procedures, which are stored in the main staff office and online and are available to all employees. Compliance is demonstrated by adhering to the policies in place and ensuring that they are updated as and when required. All health and safety risk assessments are reviewed on an annual basis, or before if required, and regular communication with the staff team and maintenance team takes place, to ensure that procedures are being followed correctly. Information is shared across the whole company, which in turn supports others to comply with legislative and organisational health, safety and risk management policies, procedures and practices relevant to their work.
Describe how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the setting.
1.1 Describe how current health & Safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the setting.
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
The employer has a responsibility to follow the regulation which is known as the ‘Health and Safety at Work Act 1974’. This is An Act to make further provision for securing the health, safety and
‘provide clear information, supervision and training for employees and ensure that suitably competent people are
The health, safety and management policies in our workplace were done in a precise, accurate and well-understood manner. The manager reviews it from time to time, to ensure that it
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:
Task 4Ensuring health and safety is an important responsibility not only for the Managers but all associated with the premises. Evaluate your organisation’s health and safety policy and procedures in line with legislative requirements and propose recommendations on how health and safety should be managed
Health and safety legislations and regulations are implemented in own work settings because there will always be a possibility of accidents happening which may damage someone’s health and all work will expose people to hazards, however the health and safety legislations and regulations are put in place and used so that these risks and hazards are under control and so everyone’s health (staff and children) are safe at all costs.
M1- Asses the implications of health and safety and security legislation and regulations for a business role in a work place.