Health and Safety Workbook: Children's Health and Safety Practices

This workbook provides a comprehensive overview of health and safety practices for children and young people. It addresses key aspects such as planning safe indoor and outdoor environments, monitoring and maintaining health and safety, and educating staff about risks and hazards. The assignment delves into sources of guidance, health and safety legislation, and the implementation of policies and procedures within a work setting. It also covers risk assessment, balancing children's rights with safety requirements, and supporting children in assessing and managing risks. Furthermore, it outlines procedures for responding to accidents, incidents, emergencies, and illnesses, including recording and reporting protocols. The workbook emphasizes the importance of a balanced approach to risk management and provides practical examples to illustrate the concepts discussed. It is a valuable resource for childcare professionals and students seeking to understand and implement effective health and safety measures.

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Support Children and Young People's Health and
Safety
THIS WORKBOOK COVERS THE FOLLOWING:
Unit 4: CYP Core 3.4: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4,
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2
Questions Answers
Learning
Outcome/Assessment
criteria
1.1 describe the factors to
take into account when
planning healthy and safe
indoor and outdoor
environments and services
It is important to take account at the time of planning health and
safety planning in indoor and outdoor environment or services.
On the other hand, many factors are important at the time of
planning and preparing the strategy of health and safety.
The individual needs, age and abilities are self-important setting
up the environment, which should be taken into consideration
with the age and abilities of each individual child.
1.1.1

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1.2 explain how health and
safety is monitored and
maintained and how
people in the work setting
are made aware of risks
and hazards and
encouraged
to work safely
Health and safety is based on the environmental factors which
should be checked according to each and every equipment which
is suitable and safe. On the other hand, guiding children about
safety and how to use such equipment’. They should provide first
aid course training for improvement in health and safety.
1.1.2
1.3 identify sources of
current guidance for
planning healthy and safe
environments and services
Health and social care is depended on providing guidance about
legislation and procedures to be used. Health & safety
enforcement: HSE is the national independent watchdog for
work-related health, condition and wellness. In addition,
interdependent health or regular safety improves health issue.
1.1.3
1.4 explain how current
health and safety
legislation, policies and
procedures are
implemented in own
work setting or service
There are some respective key parts of legislation that describe
how schools negotiate the health and safety of both employees
and different people who come into interaction with the school
which supports person and progenitor. This act places the
responsibility to ensure heath and other factors.
1.1.4
2.4 explain how health and
safety risk assessments are
monitored and reviewed
In order to assess health and safety at work place it is required
effective monitoring. Guidelines are important in order to
manage work place safety that helps to monitor different
activities.
2.2.4
3.1 explain why it is
important to take a
balanced approach to risk
management
As professional, our main involvement is to keep children aware
of harmless activities. If our efforts to reduces all hazards from
children’s lives are effective than it will help to reduce risk
according to limit of their basic cognitive process experiences.
3.3.1
3.2 explain the dilemma
between the rights and
choices of children and
young people and health
and safety requirements
Children acquire new experiences and devising choices. They do
not have the accomplishment and legal opinion to make safe
prime. Careers have the obligation to identify possible hazards in
any state of affairs and to judge when it is difficult to allow a child
to set an activity or to make a choice. Some children need this
state in order to investigate risk.
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3.3 give example from own
practice of supporting
children or young people to
assess and manage risk
There are many examples from which it can be understand that
practices will help to assess and manage risk factors involved in
children activities. In order to manage such risks, educational
practices will help to make strategies and plans that help to
assess difficulties involved in a child work and other activities
effectively.
3.3.3
4.1 explain the policies and
procedures of the setting
or
service in response to
accidents, incidents,
emergencies and illness
There are some policies and process which are important part of
the implementation process related to any activity in
organisation.. The same activity can be happen to a child in terms
of illness and other issues which prevent to provide positive
response for emergency situations. In this case parents are
involved in such activates in order to provide evidence of seeking
illness or any other situation through cell phone.
4.4.1
4.2 identify the correct
procedures for recording
and reporting accidents,
incidents, injuries, signs of
illness and other
emergencies
There are some correct procedures used in health care
programmes which help manager to understand duty and
responsibility towards implementation process of every single
activity in health care.
4.4.2
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