Importance of Health and Safety in Aspen Court Care Home

Health and Safety
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1 A.............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Reviewing systems, policies and procedures for communicating information on health and
safety in the health and social care workplace as per the legislative requirements.........................3
1.2 Assessment of the responsibilities for different stakeholders as specified in legislation, in
promoting effective health and safety practices at workplace in the health and social care settings
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TASK 1 B.............................................................................................................................................5
1.3 Analysing health and safety priorities that are appropriate for a specific health and social care
workplace setting.............................................................................................................................5
TASK 2.................................................................................................................................................6
2.1 Analysis of how information from risk assessments informs care planning for individual and
organizational decision making.......................................................................................................6
2.2 Analyzing the impact or significance of one aspect of any health and safety policy................6
2.3 Explain how dilemma encountered in implementing health and safety policies can be
addressed..........................................................................................................................................7
2.4 Analyzing the effects and implications of noncompliance with health and safety legislation in
the health and social care workplace...............................................................................................8
TASK 3.................................................................................................................................................8
3.1 Explaining how health and safety policies and practices are monitored and reviewed in Aspen
Court Care Home workplace...........................................................................................................8
3.2 Analyse the effectiveness of health and safety policies and practices in Aspen Court Care
Home in promoting a positive health and safe culture....................................................................9
3.3 Evaluation of own contributions to placing the health and safety needs of individuals at the
centre of own practice......................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
In an organization, a serious workplace accident or injury or death of an employee changes
lives of its related people such as friends, families, communities etc for forever. In this situation, it
becomes immeasurable for the companies. To deal with the occurrence of different kinds of hazards
at the workplace, firms are using various health and safety policies for well-being of the staff
members (What you need to do about health and safety, 2016). Present research is based on health
and safety and to understand its importance, Aspen Court Care Home is taking into the
consideration. As per the given case study, it has determined that manager of the cited care home
want to review and update current health and safety workplace policies. With the regards,
management send his one of the care workers to attain the training courses provided by the Health
and Safety Executives (HSE). The reason of taking such kind of step by Aspen Court Care Home is
to minimize the risks and incidence of serious injury and death. The current study will cover some
objectives such as implication of health and safety legislation at workplace, impact of these of
service users and health care workers and review of health and safety frameworks of care home.
TASK 1 A
1.1 Reviewing systems, policies and procedures for communicating information on health and
safety in the health and social care workplace as per the legislative requirements
As per the given case scenario of Aspen Court Care Home, it has determined that Health and
Safety Regulation 1981 has imposed by the management for safety and security of care workers. As
per the law, it is the duty of the employer to inform his employees regarding the arrangement made
by the company in connection with first aid. It should include the location of equipment, personnel
involve in this and facilities in provision of first aid. In this context, review of different systems,
policies and procedures for communicating information about the health and safety at Aspen Court
Care Home as per Health and Safety Regulation 1981 is as follows:
Care planning: Aspen Court Care Home has used this method for communicating health
and safety information at the workplace to the care workers. With the help of this, it has become
easy for the care organization to meet requirements of both health care workers and patients in
terms of well-being, security and safety (Frieden, 2013).
Dilemmas: In every organization, effective communication related to health and safety at the
workplace has generally affected from various dilemmas and challenges. In the case of Aspen Court
Care Home, management has tried to deal with variety of dilemmas such as personal risk, risk
benefit analysis, implications of use of resources, stakeholder priorities etc. This step has assisted
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