Unit 6 - Health and Safety - Edexcel



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|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 | | |

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|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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|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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|Sources of information |

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|Case studies, |

|Newspapers |

|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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