Unit 6 - Health and Safety
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|Qualification |Unit number and title |
|Edexcel BTEC Level 1 Certificate in Introduction to Health, Social |Unit 6: Introductory Awareness of Health and Safety in Health, Social Care and Children’s |
|Care and Children’s and Young People’s Settings (QCF) |and Young People’s Settings |
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|Assignment title |Health and Safety in the Workplace |
|In this example assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria. |
|Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found. |
|Criteria |To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that | |Task no. | |Evidence |
|reference |the student is able to: | | | | |
|1.1 |Outline key areas of health and safety related to a work setting | |1 | | |
|1.2 |Outline employers’ responsibilities for health and safety | |1 | | |
|1.3 |Outline workers’ responsibilities for health and safety | |1 | | |
|1.4 |Give examples of health and safety training required in the work setting | |1 | | |
|2.1 |Outline what is meant by risk | |2 | | |
|2.2 |Give examples of hazards and their associated risks | |2 | | |
|2.3 |Outline the purpose of a risk assessment | |2 | | |
|2.4 |Identify occasions when a risk assessment is necessary | |2 | | |
|3.1 |Outline the importance of protecting your own security and the security of others in the work | |3 | | |
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|3.2 |Outline the importance of safe moving and handling principles | |3 | | |
|3.3 |Identify accidents and sudden illness that may occur in a health, social care, children’s or young| |3 | | |
| |people’s setting | | | | |
|3.4 |Identify who might deal with accidents and sudden illness in the work setting | |3 | | |
|4.1 |Describe how infection is spread | |4 | | |
|4.2 |Identify methods that reduce the spread of infection | |4 | | |
|4.3 |Describe the standard method of washing hands | |4 | | |
|4.4 |Identify when personal protective equipment should be used | |4 | | |
|Learner declaration |
|I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully acknowledged. |
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|Learner signature: Date: |
|Assignment brief |
|Qualification |BTEC Level 1 Certificate in Introduction to Health, Social Care and Children and Young People’s Settings (QCF) |
|Unit number and title |Unit 6: Introductory awareness of health and safety in health, social care and children’s and young people’s |
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|Assignment title |Health and Safety in the Workplace |
|The purpose of this assignment is to: develop your knowledge and awareness of health and safety, including the importance of recognising risks, preventing the |
|spread of infection and understanding your own responsibilities for health and safety. |
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|You have been asked to help with a programme of staff training and development about health and safety. The aims of the training programme are to: |
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|improve workers’ understanding about their responsibilities in relation to health and safety |
|promote best practice in the principles of moving and handling, assessing risks and preventing the spread of infection in the workplace |
|develop workers’ awareness of security issues and dealing with accidents and sudden illness |
|Task 1 |
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|Produce an illustrated poster, which could be used in a staffroom to inform workers about key areas of health and safety. Your poster should: |
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|outline four key areas of health and safety, related to work settings in health and social care or children and young people |
|outline three responsibilities of the employer for health and safety |
|outline two responsibilities of workers for health and safety |
|give four examples of health and safety training requirements for workers in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings |
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|Complete the table below, which is designed to help staff improve their knowledge and understanding about hazards and risks. |
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|Outline what is meant by risk. |
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|Give four examples of hazards in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings (photographs can be used to illustrate the hazards). |
|What are the risks from these hazards? |
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|Outline the purpose of a risk assessment in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings. |
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|Identify three occasions when a risk assessment would be necessary in a health, social care or children’s and young people’s setting. |
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|Task 3 |
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|Write an instruction sheet, which could be used as part of a training manual about health and safety for staff in an adult health or care setting, or a |
|children’s care setting. Your instruction sheet should: |
|outline two reasons why it is important to protect your own security and the security of others in the work setting. Identify what the consequences could be if |
|security measures are not in place |
|outline the importance of safe moving and handling procedures for people or objects. Give two examples of the effects on health if safe procedures are not |
|followed |
|identify four examples of accidents and four examples of sudden illness that can occur in a health, social care or children’s and young people’s setting |
|identify the job titles of individuals who might deal with accidents or sudden illness in a health, social care or children’s and young people’s setting |
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|Prepare a short presentation that could be used as part of a staff training session about preventing the spread of infection. Your presentation should: |
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|describe four different ways that infection can be spread |
|identify methods that can reduce the spread of infection for each of the four ways mentioned above |
|identify when personal protective equipment should be used to prevent the spread of infection |
|describe the standard method for washing hands |
|You can use illustrations, handouts, PowerPoint, physical demonstrations or other suitable aids as part of your presentation. |
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|You will need to submit your notes and any other support materials used in your presentation as evidence towards your assessment. |
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|Note to tutors |
|This task could involve some element of peer assessment to enable learners to review and reflect on their own work and that of their colleagues. |
|Learners could be encouraged to carry out a practical hand washing demonstration and to provide a commentary as part of their assessment for this task. (This |
|could be taped in addition to being witnessed by the tutor.) |
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|Case studies, |
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|Professional magazines |
|Visits to settings |
|Training DVDs |
|This brief has been verified as being fit for purpose |
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Notes
Instead of producing a poster for Task 1 or the producing a written instruction sheet for Task 3, learners could carry out a verbal presentation, accompanied by an authenticated observation record/witness statement and PowerPoint presentation notes printed on A4 or over-head projector slides.
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