Workplace Health and Safety

This assignment delves into the critical aspects of workplace health and safety. It examines relevant legislation, such as the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and explores various strategies for effective risk control. The analysis considers the role of early contractor involvement in decision-making processes and the impact on overall project success. Furthermore, it investigates how integrating health and safety into organizational culture can yield measurable benefits.

Health and
Safety

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Reviewing the systems, policies and procedure for communicating information on health
and safety in Sunlight Nursing Home....................................................................................3
M1...........................................................................................................................................4
D1...........................................................................................................................................4
1.2 Responsibilities in a specific health and social care workplace for the management which
is related to organisational culture..........................................................................................4
1.3 Health and safety priorities related to specific health and care workplace......................5
2.1 Analysing the ways by which risk assessment informs planning of care for care service
users as well as making organisational decisions regarding procedures and policies............6
2.2 Selecting an aspect of health and safety policy and analysing its impacts.......................8
2.3 Addressing dilemmas that might be encountered while implementing policies and health
systems...................................................................................................................................9
2.4 Analysing the impact of non-compliance with health and safety legislations in Sunlight
Nursing Home......................................................................................................................10
M2.........................................................................................................................................10
D2.........................................................................................................................................11
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................11
3.1 Explaining safety and health practices as well as policies that are reviewed and monitored
in the selected organisation..................................................................................................11
3.2 Effectiveness of health policies in promoting a culture.................................................12
3.3 Evaluating the own contribution to place the needs of individuals................................13
D3.........................................................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Health and safety management refers to the responsibility of firm towards wellbeing of
employees. Along with this, they have to use proper procedure so that they can identify hazards
at the workplace and reduce accidents as well as exposure to the harmful situations and
substances. Safety is important in the organisation so that they can keep the individuals and
service users safe (Chartier, 2014). The present study is based on case study in which Mr.
Johnson who is having the age of 79 years. The owner of nursing home was prosecuted by the
executive of health and safety due to getting failed to ensure the safety of Mr. Johnson. Present
study describes about the policies as well as procedure which is incorporated by regulatory
bodies which assist in maintaining a safety along with the hygiene within organisation.
TASK 1
1.1 Reviewing the systems, policies and procedure for communicating information on health and
safety in Sunlight Nursing Home
There are different legislations which are related to health and safety in health and social
care setting. These laws or regulations used by Sunlight nursing home are:
Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974 – There are so many issues which are related to health,
safety and welfare of employees across different sectors in business entity. By using this act,
staff members of Sunlight nursing home have to fulfil the requirements of patients and also
provide proper care to them and cooperate with employers (Dėjus and Antuchevičienė, 2013).
Management of Health and Safety at work regulations, 1992 – This act helps in carrying out
the risk assessment as well as recording of the significant findings. It helps in using the proper
procedure so that employees of firm can provide clear information as well as training to
employees so that they can work together with other staff members.
Health and safety Regulations, 1981 – According to this regulation, employers have to use
proper and correct information which helps in providing care to the patients of Sunlight care
home. Along with this, the manager has to provide proper training to their staff members for
providing services in health and social care workplace.
The health department of Sunlight nursing home has to generate the best policies which
are dependent on providing appropriate services to patients. Management has to use the best and
upgraded techniques so that they can identify, analyse as well as remove the hazards from health

and social workplace (Fan and et.al., 2014). The staff members have to make strong relations
with the employees so that they can easily communicate their problems related to injury, illness
or diseases. These Acts provide basic guidance to employees so that they can manage the
provision of first-aid as well as among the employees they have to create awareness about the
arrangement of first aid.
M1
Health and safety at work act, 1974 is stated under the case study which is used by the
court to make charges on the accused. This is an act which is emphasised on health and safety of
employees along with the patients which can be considered as a type of customer for Sunlight
Nursing Home.
D1
New employees in organisation have to be recruited and they should have proper
knowledge and skills by which they can provide proper services to consumers. The managers of
firm have to provide proper support to them which will help them in enhancing their knowledge
along with the activities of hospital. New recruiters should have the information related to health
and safety. As they are working in the hospital, they should be aware regarding issues like
infections and for that, they have to wear a proper kit and dress to reduce the effect of diseases
on them (Gao, Tian and Tu, 2015).
1.2 Responsibilities in a specific health and social care workplace for the management which is
related to organisational culture
In all the nursing homes or those places where they are providing services related to
health and social care, different parties like employers, owners, supervisors and suppliers are
responsible for detecting and correcting the health and safety risk. Employers of company have
to take different safety measures so that they can protect the health and safety of employees.
Along with this, employees play an important role in providing the services to person who are
having some disease.
Responsibilities of employers are that they have to check and ensure that the working
place is safe and secured. Along with this, they have to identify and resolve all the problems
related to health and safety by consulting and cooperating with them (Haas and Yorio, 2016).
The employers of Sunlight nursing home have to take all the safety measures. Further, they have

to identify, correct and communicate the hazards by developing identification system of issues.
This information regarding potential hazards at workplace should be given properly to workers
as well as they must be provided with adequate facilities to staff for their welfare.
Responsibilities of employees are that they have to be careful about their own health and
safety at first to treat patients effectually. They have to do work in a safe environment with using
safety measures and have to provide encouragement to their colleagues to do the same as well. It
is the responsibility of them that they have to take proper training for providing better services to
patients. It will assist in enhancing the quality of care and retaining trust as well as professional
competence. The employees should not wear jewellery or any loose clothes if they are in the
operation theatre. If they are suffering from any disease then they should first inform the higher
authority and have the best quality of services which would not involve any risk.
Customers – The employees of company are having the major responsibility of
providing the best services to their consumers. Along with this, they have to do have
coordination with the doctors along with the nurses. The need of customer is that doctors should
provide them qualitative services so that they can easily share their issues with them.
The owners of Sunlight nursing home have to monitor and evaluate all policies which
they are using and different ways by which they are implementing and providing the same to
their patients (Kondo and et.al., 2015).
1.3 Health and safety priorities related to specific health and care workplace
There are different institutions who are providing services as well as doing proper care of
patients who are having some mental issues and they have to maintain different priorities related
to health and safety of service users. Some steps that should be taken by the employers of
Sunlight nursing home for treating disabled individual regarding health and social care are:
Individual Health: First they have to understand the behaviour of disabled person and
then they have to find the reason behind their behaviour. After finding the cause, they have to
start treatment that will help in dealing with social issues. Later, the staff members of Sunlight
nursing home have to cooperate and manage their work effectually (Koskela, 2014). Along with
this, they have to do proper communication which assists in improving the behaviour of disabled
person.

Individual safety: Staff members have to keep the person at safe and secured place where
no dangerous tools and equipment should be there. Risk assessment also plays an important role
at the workplace which helps in providing the best services to consumers.
For these disabled people, employees of Sunlight nursing home have to use correct and
appropriate information. They have to maintain the relationship with disabled people so that they
can easily share their issues with them. Proper information has to be provided by using effective
sources as well as choice availability must be ensured. Proper communication between care
takers and providers must be there as well as new policies according to the changing
environment should be framed. Staff members have to fulfil the needs so that they can
understand the individual behaviour. Later, they have to discover the reasons which are related
with such behaviour. After this, they have to discover the causes so that treatment will be started
in an appropriate manner. This will help them in dealing with the social issues. In business
entity, they have to maintain a strong relationship between service providers as well as users so
that they can attain actual information will use the same for treating them well. There should be
transparency between the organisation and service providers. They have to maintain a strong
communication process.
TASK 2
2.1 Analysing the ways by which risk assessment informs planning of care for care service users
as well as making organisational decisions regarding procedures and policies
The staff members of Sunlight nursing home have to use proper information in providing
services in health and social care setting. Along with this, information can be collected by the
risk assessment. It helps in controlling the risk along with proper monitoring. The information
which is attained by the risk analysis can be beneficial for the individual’s care planning. Risk
assessment includes the identification as a risk control as well as implementation so that they can
control the risk in Sunlight nursing home (Kunyk and et.al., 2016).
Individual care planning – The staff members of Sunlight nursing home should know the
way to make proper plans which would help them in knowing about the service users and about
issues. They should appraise the services of organisation. Along with this, they should know
about the better way which would help service users to get maximum services by the minimum
cost. While doing all these things, they have to do proper and appropriate risk assessment.

Organisational decision-making – They have to attain maximum information by doing
assessment of risk so that they can know about the policies as well as procedures related to
health and social care. They have to make appropriate decisions regarding the type of services
they have to provide for service users or clients (Lerssi-Uskelin, Hopsu and Salmi, 2014).
Potential
hazards
Who is at risk Existing
control
measures
Risk rating Preventive
measures
Responsibilitie
s
Physical Computer
equipment,
machinery etc.
2 Using
equipment at
particular
point of time
Employers are
responsible for
using the high
standards of
equipment
Mental The
employees are
working with
high need-
clients
At peak time
work loads are
divided and
training are
provided
4 The work is
divided when
the work load
is too much
High authority
is responsible
for not
allocating so
much for
employers and
employees
Chemical Cleaning
fluids,
aerosols etc.
Less use of
fluids or any
other
chemicals
which cannot
cause
infections
3 The chemist
department is
responsible
Biological Infectious
diseases which
are faced by
Clean and
working
environment
3 Keep people
away from
who are
It is the
responsibility
of chemist

health care
workers, home
staff
and standard
products are
being used
(Karanikolos
and et. al.,
2013).
suffering from
the injury or
any kind of
diseases.
department
that does not
supply those
medicines
which can
cause infection
to people
2.2 Selecting an aspect of health and safety policy and analysing its impacts
There are various kinds of policies related to health and safety in Sunlight nursing home.
These policies are having different aspects related to health and social care. These policies
having positive as well as negative impacts. Some of the policies are:
Health and safety regulations 1981 – According to this, employees have to ensure that
they should use proper equipment related to first aid. They have to provide proper training at
health and social care workplace and employees have to provide proper arrangements so that
they can provide the best services.
Food Safety Act 1990, Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995 and Food
Safety (Temperature Control) Regulations 1995 – It offers as well as delivers the services of
food, preparation and storage for business of food so that they can earn maximum profits.
According to these legislations, local authorities of Sunlight nursing home are responsible for the
enforcement (Li and et.al., 2014).
The staff members of Sunlight nursing home have to provide proper services so that
disable person would not face any issues. Sometimes, for the discrimination based on race,
colour, region, etc., they have to use appropriate policies which must be taken to restrict the
same. The employers have to get ensured for offering healthy and safety environment along with
establishing guidelines for safety standards. The laws which have been applied in Wellington
hospital have to investigate complaints towards safety violations at workplace. At the workplace,
it is important to conduct the programme which can prevent injury and illness. By conducting the
health programmes, it helps employers and employees to understand the potential hazards that
will harm them in their daily life. They should use proper information as well as training so that
they can control the risk

2.3 Addressing dilemmas that might be encountered while implementing policies and health
systems
Dilemma refer to a situation in which they have to make a choice among the two or more
alternatives. Different types of dilemma in safety includes resource implication, risk to self and
others, rights of the services users as well as different priorities between distinct stakeholders.
The workers of Sunlight nursing home who are providing services to disabled people sometimes
face a dilemma in making a decision related to health and social care. Different dilemmas are:
Ethical Dilemma – In this, dilemma must be confronted by the health and social care
service providers as well as users. Ethical dilemma can be confronted in different ways which
include that they have to manage own values and apply ethics related to social work. Along with
this, accountability as well as risk assessment also come under the same (Lin, 2013).
Another dilemma is law versus human right. In this, workers of Sunlight nursing home
face conflicts related to the values as well as ethics of services users. They have to provide
proper support as well as accommodation for those people who are facing the health issues. They
have to provide better services so that they can meet the needs and provide proper satisfaction.
For example: At work, if disputes arise at different matters then there is higher authority
to solve these issues by any how and find out the obstacles which are involved in that the same.
Employers have to follow guiding principles of self-discrimination that at the work place, they
have to respect the patients’ rights for self-determination. Difficult dilemma is also created by
the social workers in health and social care organisation that aims to work in the best interest of
clients.
2.4 Analysing the impact of non-compliance with health and safety legislations in Sunlight
Nursing Home
The staff members of Sunlight nursing home have to maintain trust with disable person
and have to ensure that they have to use proper legislation that involve legal, time and money.
Some major impacts of non-compliance are:
Political impacts: There are various impacts which is related with political aspects.
Some taxation policies which is related with Sunlight Nursing Home are needs to be taken into
considerations.

Financial impact – They have to use the best equipment so that any accidents cannot
occur and can take care for the safety of employees of Sunlight nursing home (Lingard and et.al.,
2014).
Legal impact – They have to use appropriate laws which help in providing better services
to those people who are suffering from health issue.
Moral impact – As per this, if employees would not implement proper measures related
to health and safety, morale of staff members would become low. They have to implement
proper policies which help in providing encouragement to the workers by making high
contribution at the workplace.
Physical impact – According to this, there is lack of security which hampers the
employees as well as quality of work. For enhancing the quality, security measures need to be
adopted.
Health impact – In this, there is lack of compliance which leads to bad health of workers
and also, having a high risk (Loeppke and et.al., 2015).
The workload should not be there on employees so that they will be able to provide
quality of services. Training to new and existing employees will be given on time through this so
that skills and knowledge will get improved. The manager has to address organisational and
situational issues as well as he should promote the compliance with Standard operating
procedure for finding a wide range of solutions.
Legislation: There are various rules and regulation which will be helpful for every health
case department to control various mistake those are making huge impacts on the departments.
M2
Sunlight Hospital is providing their services to the old patients as they have made health
and safety policies according to them. These safety checks are not appropriate for a children
home because both are having huge difference. They are having distinction in between the target
people.
D2
Management can learn from the dilemmas which are making trouble in the execution of
services. They can use their innovative ideas to resolve the issues in their services (Nadvi and
Raj‐Reichert, 2015).

TASK 3
3.1 Explaining safety and health practices as well as policies that are reviewed and monitored in
the selected organisation
There are different health and safety policies which need to be properly implemented by
the firm. Along with this, they have to do appropriate monitoring which helps in attaining
effective results. The employees of Sunlight care home can do analysis and make evaluation by
using the relevant criteria:
Care planning – It helps in ensuring effective strategy so that they can implement the
best policies (Nielsen, 2014).
Dilemma – Effectiveness of all policies which are used by staff members of Sunlight
nursing home depends on the efficiency of communication. It includes personal risk, analysis of
same and benefits along with the hazards to other individuals. The staff members have to use
proper resources according to cause or disease which the person is having.
Own practice – They have to use appropriate procedure according to the needs as well as
responsibilities of individuals. Along with this, they have to maintain the relation between
employees and clients (Shekelle and et.al., 2013).
Monitoring as well as reviewing the policies and practices: It includes different factors
which help in reviewing the practices. Along with this, they have to do proper auditing of risk as
well as threats so that they can update the policies along with procedure in order to make
employees learn different and new things with experience. For increasing effectiveness of
policies and developing strategies that can minimize the recurrence, employees of the firm
should use appropriate acts, laws as well as rules and regulations which help in providing the
best services to their patients. As supported by Gao (2015, p.25), rise in awareness among
workers of organisation helps in better support in the coming years. As inferred by Lin (2013,
p.252), maintaining support to the workers of organisation play a significant role to keep them
satisfied and perform business in the long run.
The manager can monitor activities by two ways i.e. in active and reactive method. In
active method, manager has to monitor the development and operations of management in a
proper way. On the other side, in reactive method, manager has to collect the evidence of poor
health and safety practices. Along with this, they have to identify the best practices which help
them to deliver high quality of services to customers.

3.2 Effectiveness of health policies in promoting a culture
Effectiveness of health and safety policies depends on the promotion of the workplace
where they are providing the services which are related to the health and social care. For
promoting the services health the employees of Sunlight nursing home have to focus on the
different factors which includes the organisational environment as well as promotion of the
healthy lifestyle and the factors that relates to non-occupational. Non-occupational factors
include the welfare of family, community as well as conditions of home. The policies which are
used by Sunlight nursing home have to comply with the structure and processes of the health
care organisation (The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, 2017).
Care Planning – The employees of Sunlight nursing home have to do proper planning so
that they can provide the appropriate care to their patients. Along with this by providing the best
services so that they can meet their needs and requirements of the service users. Effective
communication is the biggest dilemma which is faced by the service users. Risk benefit analysis
helps in ensuring the effectiveness of the entire process.
Own practice – The staff members of Sunlight nursing home have to do effective
communication with the service users. Along with this they have to use effective procedure.
They have to make proper contribution as well as expectation of each level so that they can make
proper formulation along with the implementation of the policy (Sittig and Singh, 2010). They
have to attain the proper training so that they can so better work.
Management of safety and health – It is the responsibility of managers that they have to
evaluate and analyse policies which are implemented on providing services and also, they have
to do proper management by using appropriate structure.
Good communication between all levels of employees – To promote the positive impact
on health and safety in organisation then there should be good communication between all the
levels of management. If conversation between employees and employers is good then they will
provide high quality of services to customers.
Various theories:
 Positivism theory.
 Functionalism.
 Social construction.
 Postmodernism.

3.3 Evaluating the own contribution to place the needs of individuals
The employees of Sunlight nursing home have to do evaluation for the contribution
which they are doing in providing the services. Analysis of my contributions to the institutions so
that they can do the implementation of health, safety and security measure may be classified into
benefits for the organisation as well as employees (Steege and et.al., 2014).
Benefits for the organisation include improvement in staff’s morale along with the
reduction in staff turnover. When employees of firm provides best services then this helps in
reducing the rate of absenteeism and on the basis of that, productivity will be increased.
Moreover, it helps in reducing the cost of health care as well as insurance and build a positive
and caring image (Workplace Health, 2017).
Benefits for the employees include safe and healthy work environment as well as it helps
in reducing the stress. Along with this, it helps in providing proper job satisfaction and
improving the health and sense of wellbeing.
All these factors help in improving the productivity as well as they succour in decreasing
the attribution rate of employees. My role involves addressing the grievances of staff members of
Sunlight Nursing Home so that they can implement proper policies and practices effectually.
They have to do effective communication as well as need to manage the risk that affect the
employees and service users who are attaining these services (Yorio, Willmer and Moore, 2015).
They have to provide regular updates on the issues which they are facing and on the basis of
same, they have to change the policies. Occupational safety as well as hazards are also included
in my contribution to this role.
The staff members have to perform reflective practices by using Gibbs cycle so that they
can provide opportunities to employees to work more and in a better manner. They have to attain
proper experience as well as make proper sense critically so that they can identify that what they
have to do in the future. Reflection includes thinking which hard systematic as well as soft
initiatives is so that they can lead a proper plan and on that, they can provide a proper evidence.
D3
We have to participate in the promotion of health and safety management at care home.
At personal level, I can start an awareness program in between the patients to increase their
mental level for this (Zhang and et.al., 2014).

CONCLUSION
After summing up the report, it has been inferred that staff members have to implement
proper policies related to health and safety so that patients would not face any issues related to
health. The manager of Sunlight nursing home has to provide proper training and development to
employees so that they can provide the best services to those who are suffering from health
issues. They have to analyse the effectiveness of health care policies along with the services so
that they can find the positive as well as negative impact on promoting same as well as it will
help in maintaining health and safety work culture within Sunlight nursing home.

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