Health and Safety Management in Care Homes

This assignment delves into the critical aspects of health and safety management within care homes. It highlights the significance of addressing policy dilemmas, conducting thorough risk assessments that inform care planning, and involving individuals at various levels (individuals, teams, managers, and the organisational level) in the decision-making process. The assignment also emphasizes the importance of considering strengths and weaknesses in implementing health and safety measures. By examining these key elements, students can gain a deeper understanding of how to effectively manage health and safety within care homes.

Health and safety in the work
place

Table of Contents
Health and safety in the work place..................................................................................1
LO1..................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Policies for communicating information on safety in the health and social care..................1
1.2 responsibilities in Care Home for the direction of health and safety...................................2
1.3 Analysing the health and safety priorities appropriate for a specific health and social care
workplace....................................................................................................................................4
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................5
2.1 analysing the information from risk assessment informs are planning for individuals and
organisational decision ...............................................................................................................5
2.2 Presenting the impact of one aspect of health and safety policy on health and social care
practice and its customers...........................................................................................................8
2.3 Presenting how dilemmas encountered in relation to implement system and policies for
health...........................................................................................................................................9
2.4 Analyse the effect of non-compliance with health and safety legislation in a health and
social care workplace................................................................................................................10
LO3................................................................................................................................................12
3.1 Explain how health and safety policies and practices are monitored and reviewed...........12
3.2 Analyse the effectiveness of health and safety policies and practices in the workplace in
promoting a positive, healthy and safe culture..........................................................................13
3.3 Evaluate own contributions to placing the health and safety needs of individuals at the
centre of practice. ....................................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16

Introduction
Health and safety in the work place is necessary to be maintained as it is reasonably
practicable for safety and welfare for its employees. Policies and regulations are provided by
government to maintain safety and health of workplace. Various policies, legislation and
procedures are necessary to be followed by every business organisation to provide safety and
security to its employees. There are various systems who provides services of health and social
care. Care Home is abbreviation for Care Home and it is funded system which aims at providing
free healthcare facilitates to people of UK. Care Home is funded by tax and provides services to
needy people. This unit covers and explains about various procedures and policies of health and
safety which are implemented in different health care settings and its importance. . This unit
explains about dilemmas encountered while implementing policies of health and safety and it
also explains how safety and health practices are monitored. Effects of non-compliance of these
procedures are explained further. Responsibilities of management in Care Home for managing
health and safety in relation to organisational structures are explained further in the report unit.
LO1
1.1 Policies for communicating information on safety in the health and social care
There are various systems in health and social care settings who provides services related
to safety. Different systems in health care are hospitals, care homes, GP centres, residential
homes etc.
 GP centres aims at treating common medical conditions of people. GP centres also refer
patients to other hospitals for further treatment and medical services and even for
specialist and urgent treatments (Loeppke and et.al., 2015). GP centres focus on
providing health treatments to person and combines psychological, physical and social
aspects.
 Hospitals provides urgent and specialized treatments to people. It includes specialized
medical and staff of nursing with all medical equipments available. Hospitals also have
various range of departments such as surgery centre, emergency wards, accident case or
even special units such as cardiology (Boyle, 2015).
Different policies and legislation implemented in health and social care settings provides
rights and responsibilities to employees and customers who are in relation with these various
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settings. Safety legislation are enforced in health and social care settings as these practices aims
at promoting dignity of care and these policies and procedures support in maintaining health and
safety at work. Health and social care settings adopts to different health and safety measures so
that they can provide safety to both its patient and as well as to employees. Different legislation
for maintaining health and safety and how these policies inform health and safety at work place
are discussed as below and their importance is also given:
 Health and safety at work act, 1974: this act aims at maintaining health, safety and
security of employees at work place. Various statutory instruments has been developed
for supporting implementation of this act, this instruments also provides interface with
European legislation and regulations (Mills, 2016). Care Home aims at maintaining
health and safety of its employees and follows procedures given by this act. It is
important for maintaining safety of its employees so that employees work in safe working
environment. This act provides safety to employees by assessing risk and provides
measures for controlling risks.
 Management of health and safety at work regulations, 1999: this act aims assessing
risk regarding health and safety of people at workplace(Australia, 2016). Care Home
follows regulations and procedures given by this act and aims at maintaining safety of its
worker and employees. This act provides guidelines to assess risk factors available in
work place and to act upon identified risks and aims at reducing those risks. These
policies and procedures safeguards the rights of employees and allow them security and
safety at work place.
In order to communicate the information in well manner, it has been analysed that
through proper management of health and safety at work regulations, that provides guidelines in
order to access the risk factors at workplace. While on the other side, having enough knowledge
regarding the Health and safety Act employees can easily safe themselves.
1.2 responsibilities in Care Home for the direction of health and safety
Different policies and procedures of health and safety aims at maintaining safety and
security to its employees and workers. These legislations provide duties and responsibilities to
management of organisation or health care settings for following procedures and maintaining
safety. Care Home also follows various policies and procedures to provide health and safety to
its volunteers and employees (Loeppke and et.al., 2015). Care Home is an independent body
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which provides services of free health care to UK citizens. Care Home gets its funding from
government and taxes. Department of Health and Social Care(DHSC) provides strategic
guidelines to Care Home and various other public health and social care. DHSC is supported by
public bodies and 23 agencies.
Social and Health Care Home provides various roles and responsibilities for maintaining
health and safety at workplace for its employees. It is an independent body therefore dose not
have any specific level of management for handling its activities and operations. This bodies also
help a system in more expressive way such that they all are quite aware to make any change
related to health and safety. Various local bodies handle activities of Care Home and its different
centres. Local education and training boards of Care Home are responsible for providing
workforce planning and their training for lower level of management employees (Loeppke and
et.al., 2015). Public Health England are provided with responsibilities to manage and lead
integrated services regarding health delivery services. These legislations provide duties and
responsibilities to management of organisation or health care settings for following procedures
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Illustration 1: organisational structure of Care Home

and maintaining safety. Health education England provides training and development programs
for employees and also safeguards health and safety of employees.
Management of Health and safety: Management of Care Home follows various
procedures provided and implemented by safety acts and safeguards rights of employees. Safety
at work place can be maintained by following various provision and procedures such as safe
passageways, adequate lightning and heating, proper and safe equipments. Care Home aims at
maintaining safe and suitable work equipments and instruct about proper use of it. It also
provides guidelines regarding use of machinery and their dangerous parts (Sullivan, 2018).
Various health and safety regulations and legislations ensures total safety of its employee at work
place and therefore provides respective responsibilities to management regarding maintenance
safety. The management of the health and safety also help the people to ensure that co-
operations and co- ordination between employers will lead to provide the best output to them.
Care Home also ensures assessment of risk in work place and find ways to eliminate it, if any. It
also provides accurate and important information regarding health and safety so that every
employees maintains safe working environment.
1.3 Analysing the health and safety priorities appropriate for a specific health and social care
workplace.
Workplace should have always been hygienic and proper well maintained. Workplace
which consist poor safety and health and safety plan of action attend to give negative scenrio
gives negative effects on the overall individual level that also effect the community at large level.
In order to meet out the best forming and better objective result (Loeppke and et.al., 2015). In a
health and social care apart from that, it also helps to discover the new managing effective
management tool and techniques. Health &workplace work workplaces effects of sickness and ill
health have been establishing & they range from small. Effective illness and injury been
establishing. It also helps to take the new managing business growth and best productive goals, it
also helps to discover the long range of developing leading and effective management. Health
and effective management styles helps to ensure the employee safety which is productive for the
better developing task. These not alone workplace these are the homes as well. For that, proper
maintenance should be there. In order to that, health care homes and institution must need to
adopt pleasant working and safe environment for employees by applying the all legal obligations
and act (Mills, 2016). Overall, it helps to keep the long term goals and best target market growth
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for the better systematic growth. In a residential care homes or other health care institution
responsible for protecting their employees health and safety needs. There are various types of
service providers, such as serviceman, service users, office staff, contractors etc. who might be
get stricken the style of work. In order to give care to the patient. Care Home needs to make
environment more clean and friendly in order to develop the good understanding between users
and service providers. People who does not belong to home care or they are not employed over
there but work activities of people who already been associated with care homes might be affect
them. It helps to continue the long lasting result outcomes.
For examples, Care Home required to take care of cleanliness and proper care of patients
as well as those who are the relatives of patient. Might be due to any circumstances' visitor can
also effect any risk full factors.
Another example is such that cleanliness is the topmost priority for social and health care
so that they will overcome many issues regarding it. Confidentiality should also be maintained
by them and they should not share any information without consulting the owner.
As per the regulations of health care, Care Home Must ensure the independence of
people, treating people with proper effectiveness and leading goals (Phillips and et.al., 2015).
Apart from that, risk assessment is required to make the long lasting effective risk which is
required to make more effective and implementing. Overall, it discovers the long term growth in
the developing performance of new managing successfully business to get the best outcomes
from the business growth. Overall, it helps to get the proper and effective result oriented task. In
order to reducing the risk hazardous circumstances (Shea and et.al., 2016). For that, company
needs to make the better goal oriented in order to meet the best possible action plan and better
advantage of business performance. Apart from that, health care wastes divided in 2 categories 1)
Health care waste which is almost very danger &2) health care non risk waste which nature is
interior.
LO 2
2.1 analysing the information from risk assessment informs are planning for individuals and
organisational decision
Risk Assessment Form
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Identified
Hazard
Risk Control Monitoring Extra Notes
Working at
height
This risk can
gives major issues
to the employee
of Care Homes.
Employer of Care
Homes needs to
identify the
location where
fall protection is
necessary at the
workplace
Check as per the
weekly or
monthly basis.
Nothing
Poor
Housekeeping
It can be the
another health
issue risk which
might be affect to
anyone weather
its employee, or
any visitor or
patient (Loeppke,
and et.al., 2015).
Care Home needs
to take care of
proper sanitation
process or
employee of Care
Homes can also
be more attentive
while they have
seen any risk full
factor.
Check as per the
weekly or
monthly basis.
Nothing
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Chemicals This is the
another risk
within health care
workplace which
can be affect the
employee health
of Care Homes.
Care Home needs
to make sure
about the safety
of chemicals
away from the
employees or any
other people who
does not know
about them.
Check as per the
weekly or
monthly basis.
Nothing.
Employers of Care Homes needs to analyse risk which relates to the work place safety for
their employees in order to reduce the uncertainty level in order to develop the long term goal
and making effective learning outcomes. This risk analysing process has been done by planning,
organising, controlling, monitoring, reviewing and auditing (Mills, 2016). This will help to
control the uncertainties of business growth. In order to reduce the misshapenness within the
culture growth. Most of the process helps to take direct examine by some quick methods. It gives
the long term target and less managing effective approach to get the outcome results.
Identification of risk is very much necessary for the employer to get the proper
identification on the danger in order to meet the health and safety needs. Identification is the first
step towards risk assessment. This process done by Care Home by close and sounding around
work place to find danger, asking employees or their representative to get their views and
checking accident and weakness records. The next step after identification that who's the person
who get affected from the risk. This cane from among staff members, employees, workers or the
patient or visitors as well. Evaluate the risk and measuring the proper effectiveness and growth
level. All precautionary and effective item growth channel will help company to develop better
risk assessment task (Phillips and et.al., 2015). Overall, risk assessment is very much necessary
and long lasting for the developing nature of protecting the employees or staff members from
unwanted risk.
All precautionary item should adopted by the Care Homes in order to keep the working
place secure and safe. It helps to increase the employee faith and security level of their
confidence.
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2.2 Presenting the impact of one aspect of health and safety policy on health and social care
practice and its customers.
Impact of health and safety policy upon Care Home: the act of Health and safety
policy is passed on 1974 in order to make sure that everyone who are in work activities should be
safe and secure. The main aim of this policy is to protect the workers who are doing their work in
their offices. Moreover, in Care Home workers and employees are actually do their work with a
risk bearing and at that time there is a need to have such law which work in order to protect them
from any miss happen. It has positive impact upon Care Home such that the differences in the
working environment is such that there is a need to develop risk assessment strategy so that the
workers will be protected from risk. Health and safety policies has been given positive impact on
the care homes in order to meet out the care home services and goals. I develops the long term
safety precautions and give better sustainability to the businesses. Another positive impact of
policies on Care Homes is that to develop the better safety pre causations for the new
development growth.
It has been analysed that injuries are common in hospitals and at that to adopting or
implementing this technique in a workplace will help to assess the potential risk and also identify
the hazards. This policy also help to put the measures in the working area to protect the people
and environment in Care Home. Hence, if the organization will directly implement this technique
into the working area then it will also essential for a firm to reduce the cost which are directly
link with safety failures and as a result, it will help to reduce the cost as well as money for the
long term (Lundgren and McMakin, 2018). However, this shows that introducing health and
safety policy in the working area creates a positive impact upon it.
Impact of health and safety policy upon customers: the policy also creates the impact
upon customers. Such that of the health and policy are applied in the place then it will help to
satisfied their customers and also provide the positive environment of the company. On the other
side, risk assessment also provide the information of future vulnerability and the policies of an
organization and also determine the patient situation. If the company have proper risk assessment
management then it will also help to construct a proper safety action (Jain, Leka and Zwetsloot,
2018). This policy is actually used to deduct death and permanent disability of an organization
and even a person should also have change in their caring policy and also change the duty time
and effectiveness of the information that are provided to many customers.
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If this policy are actual introduce in order to reduce the mental pressure of their patient as
well as improve the behaviour as well as activity which help a worker to take proper decision
which further enriches the quality of practices in health and social care sector so that they will
get proper treatment in regard to their problem. Hence, it has been cleared that by applying the
health and safety policy into the working area will be helpful for both customers as well as in a
business to provide safe and healthy environment to their customers and workers too.
2.3 Presenting how dilemmas encountered in relation to implement system and policies for
health
When an organization implement system, policies for health, safety and security, they
faces lot of uncertainty and dilemmas such as:
 Risk in Supply Chain: While implementing the health and safety policy into the
working place, Care Home also faces problem because it ensures safe workplace in order
to national laws but on the other side, if the third party have not health and safety
measures then it will create unsafe workplace as well as increases the higher rate of
accidents. Hence it is consider the biggest dilemma which every organization faces and
there is need to implement such policy in every workplace (Ginter, Duncan and Swayne,
2018).
 Maintaining High technology: in order to provide best services to their customers,
health and social care organization start using high technological techniques so that it will
help them to consume time as well as money. But to maintain such type of technologies
into working area is quite crucial and that is why they try to import high technology but
as a result it charges large amount of taxes and at that time the company did not have
operator and installation man power and due to this, they faces some dilemmas to
implement such type of policies into working area (Brekke and et.al., 2018).
 Corruption at high level: the health and safety care organization such as Care Home
always try to use all new and higher level of services that is why they also make policy
and system but because of having high corruption among government inspector the
company cannot do the work in such an effective way and as a result the product offering
becomes lower and it low down the effectiveness of their qualified product (Ortega,
Rodriguez and Vargas Bustamante, 2015). In addition to this, the company also faces
dilemma to inner bribes while implementing such policy into their working area. Hence,
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it is consider one of the most affective dilemmas faces by Care Home in order to accept
the new policies or system into the working place.
 Public negligence: it is the another cause or a dilemma which is faced by the Care Home
in health and social care sector. Such that when a firm is implementing the policy as well
as practices and among them some of the policies are actually performed or related to
public. At that time, many workers who work in public sector negligence the work and
this creates obstacles to their policy implementation in regard to health and safety
workplaces. Hence these are some dilemmas which is actually faces in health and social
care sector (Cervero-Liceras, McKee and Legido-Quigley, 2015). So there is a need to
introduce health and safety policy so that it will help them to protect the life of workers
who are actually work in the places and there is a need to overcome such dilemmas in
order to provide healthy and safe environment for patient as well as hospitals too.
 Risk to self and others: When a new system or policy is adopted by the company then,
the company also faces dilemmas regarding self or others. Such that they may disturb
suicide attempts and also cause some mental issues as well.
 Resource implication: Shortage of resource is another issue or dilemma which is faced
by the social and mental health care. Such that sometime, firm have shortage of labour or
capital and as a result, it may also lead to create dilemmas for them.
 Priorities of stakeholders: In a firm, every stakeholder have different priorities and as a
result, they all have their own opinions and due to which it becomes hard for thwe
company to follow their view point.
2.4 Analyse the effect of non-compliance with health and safety legislation in a health and social
care workplace.
It has been observed that, various kinds of health and social care act and regulations are
available in UK like; Public Health Act 1963, Mental Health act 1983, and mental health act
2007 in UK. Moreover, all health social care firms are conjugated to follow these rules and
legislations into their place of work. The impact of non-compliance of these laws are many,
some of these are explained below:
 Legislations of health and safety shows and provides some ways to services. If the firms
are non compliance to the rule of safe surrounding and nature including safety measures,
then all individuals related to Care Homes may experiences consequences in a long run
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and this cause negative impact upon them. This is because safety measures are necessary
to ensure secure treatment.
 Quoted professional competencies in legislation are must have required by the physician
of health and social care organisations. If not then it create negative impact such that ,
then Care Home may sealed if any paranormal accident occurs there (Sheehan, Donohue
and De Cieri, 2016.).
 Further, in mental health act 1983, there exist a deadline and explanation of metal
condition. So in that case mental hospitals will be unable to diagnose other as mental if
they do this their license can be taken out. If not then it affects the health and social care
such that, it was found that Mental Health Review Tribunal enhanced patient's safety by
adopting an order making authority. This will enable the present time limit to be
variegated and automated recommendation by hospital managers.
 Moreover, if health and social care become non-compliance to the laws in maintaining
standard services, treatment, prescribing and operating the service user, the Care Home
will operate no longer and it can be caused unplanned death increasing in Care Homes
UK.
 It was stated by Regulation 13 of the Health and social care Act 2012, that “where any
form of abuse is suspected, happens, is disclosed, or reported by a third party, the
provider must take accurate measures with delay. The taken action must involve
research, or referral to the right body”. In addition, the Care Quality Commission can
prosecute the Care Home for violating this regulation and can also take extra regulating
action.
 It was also demonstrated by the Care Act 2014, that agencies supporting elder adults at
risk of abuse and neglect can prevent and detect risk but they must work fleetly and
competently when abuse is suspected or reported.
 The local safety policy, where an individual reveal that they have abused someone or are
being abused is alleged. As it creates negative impact when a firm non- compliance with
such rules. In this situation a Department manager or DSP be contracted. Further, it has
been observed that in this event that someone is being abused, then the Care Home needs
to follow the Adults Safeguarding Protection Policy (Gilbert, 2015).
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LO3
3.1 Explain how health and safety policies and practices are monitored and reviewed.
Supervising health and safety policies & practices is considered as a vital part of health
and safety management. When health & safety policies are written and launched, responsibilities
do not end here. It was determined that measuring ans reviewing of safety policies and practices
of Care Home is essential for its own or for the investigators of authorities or other human safety
firms. Health and social care organization i.e. Care Home have to recheck and supervise their
policy and pattern to measure present service quality and risk. Therefore, measuring health and
social care performance in Care Home is a crucial way of recognizing where improvements are
required and what actions to priorities. Hence, the organization of Health and Safety at Work
regulation 1999 requires workers to place preparation to manage risk of health and safety that
may occur. As it has been observed that health and safety management alters continuously, it is
required to be active in monitoring the efficiency of the policy.
Below are some ways the Care Home must follow of reviewing:
 Measuring health and safety performance ;- there is a line that goes well in this measure
is “the organization cannot manage what it cannot measure”. So this means that
measuring health and safety is very crucial mode to recognize the risk & threats as well
as finding where improvements are needed (Hammer and et.al., 2015).
 Inspection :- this way of sensing for physical evidence of how nice health and safety is
being controlled and controlled. Furthermore, a general inspection involves seeing the
condition of premises, floors, passages and first aid facilities. In addition , inspection of
higher risk products involves pressure vessels, excavation, scaffolds, and lifting items.
 Proactive monitoring :- this states that taking actions prior to accidents happen. It is
performed in two forms; first is to see implemented standards and controlling
management need inspection regularly, and second is audit of safety is required in more
detailed manner. Active measures must take into consideration the following points:
1. attainment of particular plans and purposes
2. operation of health and safety management system
3. agreement with standards and processes
4. environmental monitoring
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 Reactive observing :- it means to the investigation of events after it happens. It includes
learning from faults. Whether that have resulted in injuries, ill health, and harm to
infrastructure or just near misses.
 It is also necessary to be examine the checklist of the operations, activities and the
surroundings of premises.
 For finding hazards and possible risks a section is required.
3.2 Analyse the effectiveness of health and safety policies and practices in the workplace in
promoting a positive, healthy and safe culture.
In Care Home organisation workplace there is safety, positivity and safe culture. Further,
it has been determined that health and safety policies and exercises have effective influence in
encouraging positive, safety and safe culture. Culture is a way of performing things that is
mutual, taught or re-create. Therefore, Care Home's safety and security culture includes of its
shared working practices, its force to accept or tolerate risk. Moreover, the best safety culture
will be rooted in the reasonable distribution of accountability. Hence, powerfulness of health and
safety plan of action relies on boosting health & social care at workplace. Motivating health and
safety care concentrates on amount of factors such as; the structural environment, the inspiration
of healthy lifestyle and non-occupational forces. Further, family well-being, community and
home condition comes in non-occupational factors.
Moreover, below are effectiveness of policies & practices are discussed below :
 Organisation and obligation :- in Care Home obligation of practice manager, staff and
accountability of practice have effectualness in promoting optimistic, safety and secure
culture. If practice manager gives practice to employees and if they become accountable
to the practice positively, health & safety culture can be encourages in Care Home.
 Project design and construction :- effective design of project and construction of it can
result in positivity in Care Home including health and safe culture. Effective performance
of responsibilities of the clients, CDM coordinators and designers, health and safety risk
control & application of practices are helpful in this regard (Clarke, Probst and
Passmore, 2015).
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 Miscellaneous procedures :- reporting accident, ill health, dangerous equipments, and
utilisation of office substances are termed as the pre condition to promote positive,
healthy and safe culture.
 Safety risk assessment :- the key aspect of health & safety policy is risk assessment that
has a great influence on health and social care practice & its clients as well. The
information of future possible vulnerability of Care Home is provided by assessing the
risk, as well as vulnerability of patient situation is also received. Furthermore, assessment
of risk assist Care Home to organise their contingency fund and essential strategies as
well as crisis plan.
 Fire and emergency precautions :- fire and emergency carefulness is very essential
practice that makes sure positivity and secure environment in Care Home. Means to
escape, fire precaution measures and practices and fire prevention system has an effective
role in encouraging positive culture (Boyle, 2015).
For individual and teams, this health and social policies are creates positive impact such
that they provide safety to a person at working environment and on the other side, for team, these
policies are also helped to work in safe zone because working cause harm to a body. It is the
responsibility of the company to provide safety equipments to them in order to protect
themselves from any adverse situation. At organizational level, managers have to be effective
and provide all safety measures to their employees for their further improvements.
For managers, If they have enough knowledge regarding health and safety policies then
they will easily deliver it to their employees and as a result, it helps to create positive impact
upon workplace. Such that If enough information is flow in the working area then it helps their
employees to prevent them from all risk and as a result, it contributes to the positive outcome for
a firm.
3.3 Evaluate own contributions to placing the health and safety needs of individuals at the centre
of practice.
There are two key points of assessment, the first one is individual evaluation, another is
professional evaluation. Each and every capable manager may have some effort in setting the
health and safety needs of people in the centre of practice. As an own contribution in this context
of health and safety it is essential to make sure that own actions decrease risk of health and
safety. There are many way through which organisation can apply its safety policies. It also
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involves finding the hazards, evaluating the risks, knowing the responsibilities, making and
implementing policies as well as observing & reporting. From own exercises of health and safety
in the Care Home workplace it can be said that the application of Health and Safety Regulation
1981 is well. People are being provided first aid facilities immediately. However, it requires
more policies for deducting various discriminations. For instance, I have some contribution in
this level. In the practice centre I first figured out some policies such as; non-smoking policy, use
of drugs & alcohol, and housekeeping policy. Further, using these policies I made efforts to keep
a safety surrounding. Written procedures were also managed by me in the purpose of protecting
illness and injured people. This also include controlling hazards at their source. In these written
processes I involved finding and evaluation of the danger, controlling risk and reporting potential
hazards, issue rules, discussion on planned change, inspection of workplace, examining incidents
and problems with corrective measure. Further, utilisation of risk assessment procedures has
enabled the Care Home to evaluate problems proactively, instead of waiting until the problem
action is required. I was aware about my responsibility to ensure that all employees are well
trained on wellness and security issues that may occur at the time of their duties. When it comes
to interacting and applying health and social procedures, tactics, strategies tend to distinguish
from one organisation to another. Own practice and processes can be categorized into single
needs, obligations, alteration in practice, expertness and connection between workers, and
patients. I think my contribution in the wellness and safety necessity will be successful and
effective in Care Home.
As I am good in communication skills which help many patients to easily understand the
solutions which can be count in my strength. Beside this, I also analyse some policies such as;
non-smoking policy, use of drugs & alcohol, and housekeeping policy and I boost up my
knowledge. On the other side, as I have not enough knowledge regarding the safety measures
which cause problem in many faces but I also make strategy in order to cope up my weakness.
CONCLUSION
Finally, the report concluded that health and safety is a necessary thought for all
practitioners in Care Home. Also, it can be sated that to apply health and safety in the health and
social care workplace, an incorporate policy is required by which all people get confirmation to
taking even opportunity of health and safety in the Care Home workplace. Furthermore, in order
to develop health and safety, service providers must competent an in-built training which is also
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needed. Moreover, non-compliance within Care Home always has negative consequences and a
quality organisation will identify this & empower their customers by giving a high standard of
training and development for employees.
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1.1 Good link to legislation and the
setting. Needs reference. Could have gone
in depth to how these apply for
communicating information.
Is in page no. 1 and 2 highlights with red color
1.2 The outcomes are here but need to
make the management of health and
safety more explicit.
Is in page no. 3 and 4 highlights with red color
1.3 Used examples for the priorities. Is in page no. 5 highlights with red colour
2.1 Good link to risk assessment and how
it informs care planning but needs to link
to the organisational decision making.
Is in page no. 6 and 7 highlights with red
colour.
2.2 Have not related to the impact of one
aspect of health and safety policy.
Is in page no.8 highlights with red colour
2.3 Need to refer to the different
dilemmas check the comments.
Is in page no. 10 highlights with red colour
2.4 Some information is provided but
need to look at the effect of non-
compliance with health and social care
workplace.
Is in page no. 10 and 11 highlights with red
colour.
3.2 Have mentioned some aspects but
needs to refer to individuals, teams.
managers and the organisational level.
Is in page no. 14 highlights with red color
3.3 Good link but needs to include more
and strengths and weaknesses.
Is in page no. 15 highlights with red color
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