Health, Safety and Security in Health and Social Care Unit 3 Sophie Bevan

What topic are we looking at? What did we look at last week?

Hazards Working conditions, practices and security systems

Risk and hazard Task Use the internet to find a definition of a hazard and a risk Hazard = Risk =

Hazard and Risk A hazard is anything that can cause harm to an individual A risk is the likelihood, chance or probability that a hazard will occur

Work Conditions ‘ Include aspects of your job, such as the hours you work, the staffing levels and staff relations’ Reference Whitehouse, M. and Stretch, B. (2010) ‘Health and Social Care Level 3.’ Essex: Pearson Education Limited

Work Practices ‘The jobs you do when caring for people’ 80,000 nurses sustain back injuries at work each year (National Audit Office, 2003) 1/3 of all reported accidents in health care settings result from moving and handling 40% of all sickness absences in the health service are attributed to moving and handling accidents (National Audit Office, )

Task Complete ‘work practices and conditions sheet ’

Security Systems Security systems are fitted in all health, social care and early years settings, to varying degrees Policies and procedures also include the ‘data protection act 1998’ Task In groups, think of as many different security systems/methods/procedures risks as you can Analyse the pro’s and cons of each

Security Systems Task Complete ‘baby snatched from hospital’ worksheet Task Complete ‘avoiding dealing with intruders’ worksheet

Types of Hazard Health hazard: includes incidents leading to illness (infections, substances, waste, work conditions) Safety hazard: includes incidents leading to personal injury or damage to equipment or buildings (physical environment, equipment, work practices) Security hazard: includes intruders, theft of property or information, abductions or consent issues (security )

Assignment 1 Use the rest of the session to get to grips with your first assignment…