Unit 4 - Promote the Health, Safety and Welfare of Young Children

Assessment Task Unit 4
Level 3 Diploma for the
Children’s Workforce (Early
Years Educator) (RQF)

Unit 4 - Assessment Plan
The following planned activities need to be completed to ensure that all
the Assessment Criteria is met to achieve competency of unit 4
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The learner must complete -
Unit assessment
Criteria
Assessment
Method
Written Assessment tasks
Observation
Risk Assessment Template
1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.4;
1.5
3.1; 3.2; 3.3
2.1; 2.3; 2.4;
4.1; 4.2
2.1; 2.2
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Level 3 Diploma for the Children’s Workforce (Early Years
Educator) (RQF)
Unit 4
Unit 4 – Promote the health, safety and welfare of young
children
Outcomes 1.1, 1.2, 1.3; 1.4; 1.5 – By the end of these outcomes
you will understand the legal requirements and guidance for
health and safety within an earlyyears setting

1.1
1.3
Identify key legislation and guidance relating to the health,
safety and welfare of young children
Explain how legislation, policies and procedures are
implemented in an early years setting
Health and Safety
at Work Act 1974
(including RIDDOR
and COSHH)
How is this
implemented in
the setting
The health and safety at work Act 1974 are responsible for
protecting the human being from the risk and injuries at
workplace and also protect the employee and non-employee and
keep a control to use of explosive or flammable substances for
the betterment of the human body. According to the laws and
legislation they have a duty of individual employee to put the
efforts to secure them and provide health and safety at
workplace (Faccin, J.E., Laskoski, and et.al, 2020). This health and
safety measures can be included keeping the environment and
healthy or proper cleanliness of the wet floors so nobody can
slip and fall over. Along with this, this all activities have been
applied due to make sure that the children are kept at safe and
heathy place.
COSHH
COSHH is the law and legislation for the employers to keep a
control on harmful substances which impacts the health and
safety at the workplace. This law covers the hazardous like
chemicals, fumes, dust, vapours and such more. This rule and
regulations helps the employee to not get impacted by dangerous
hazards and chemical substances which affects their health and
safety.
RIDDOR
The term RIDDOR refers as reporting of the issues, diseases and
dangerous occurrence regulations. Under this regulation, a major
injury incident has to be keep the record such as serious fracture
from which the workplace can focus on harmful areas. Keeping
the records of injury and death incidents is must. This law helps
employer to maintain the safe work environment and follows all
the health and safety procedures at the workplace. It holds the
employer to stay attentive and responsible for work health
safety.
The healthy and safe environment can be built by setting of the
safe working practices where it includes the proper information
and training programs for the staff member which helps to
conduct a safe working environment. Also, maintenance of the
equipment, cleaning of all the substances and keeping the
sharpen and harmful things at locked away help to maintain the
safety. If any of the first aid incidents happened, it should be
reported. Using all the health and safety measures like first aid
box, PPR kits, gloves and such more will help to control the
small injuries. The good practise and setting scan be
implemented in some ways like providing the accurate amount
of the time to the children for play, sleep and rest time so that a
good working environment can be developed.
European Standard
for Fixed Play
Equipment
EN1176 is a standard or legislation by the government who
deals with the health and safety needs of the children by
supporting or protecting them with the help of fencing for

How is this
implemented in
the setting
playing areas and grounds so that no children can able to hurt
themselves and can play on grass surface areas without any
hazards risk.
This setting has been implemented by keeping eye on the
playground areas on regular basis so that if they found
something harmful they can replace and can overcome the risk.
Children Act 2006
How is this
implemented in
the setting
The Children Act 2006 has aim and purpose to support the
improvement of every child from birth to five years of age and
providing the benefits by welfare requirements and safe
guarding.
This setting has been applied in such ways:
 Proper training to the staff members in take care of the
children
 To provide hygiene preparation of the food and
management of the staff child ratio.
 Implementation of no smoking and drinking policies
 Only allow the parent to meet the children
 A well-trained staff for the paediatric first aid.
 Keeping of the records of incidents and accidents and
report to Ofsted if it becomes and seems serious.
The nursery has fixed and scheduled the working hours
according to their suitable timing of the families (WOOD,
et.al. 2020). A regular information of changing and
modifications of the rule and policies has been informed
previously to the parent. Also, the nursery is periodically visited
by the Ofsted.
The Regulatory
Reform (Fire
Safety) Order 2005
How is this
implemented in
the setting
The government has implemented a policy order 2005 to
followed the polices by the nurseries.
 Keeping the fire hydrant and smoke alarms detector
 Carrying out the risk assessment
 Hire a person to see the safety and health areas.
The nursery has special employee for keeping the tract of these
safety areas so that they can regularly check and refill the drills
and be aware of the escape ways are not get blocked. Keeping
the firefighting equipment in each rooms to adopt the safety.
Health and Social
Care Act 2012:
Code of Practice
on the prevention
and control of
infections
How is this
implemented in
the setting
This act has been implemented by the government which deliver
the guidance to prevent from infections and its controllable
measures to the staff working in nurseries. Identifying the risk
assessment and applying different measure to control he
infections help to manage the risk which must be reviewed
regularly.
To prevent the infections in nurseries thy can manage the risk
my risk assessment process and can implement the safety
measures by providing the training to the staff.