Hello.
any help on this question would be great.
An explanation of how health and safety policies and procedures protect people who work in social care setting????
iv goggled it and searched but had no luck with finding some idea of correct answer.

Hi, are you able to refer to your workplaces' h & s policies & procedures as this should help you answer the question. Think about moving & handling, COSHH, Risk Assessments, Fire Safety, First Aid, etc, etc

milly2203
Thank you..
My work place is a ladies private home and we dont have written policies and procedures so am unable to refer to them.
I know about the different policies but unsure how they protect people??...
they set out guidelines for care workers to follow,which i understand but dont understand how they protect???..maybe its way they word the question.
any more help towards the answer would be much appreciated.
thanks.

Hi Lucy,

For example - Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 says that Employers have to provide M/H training, instruction, and such - Maintain the equipment that you use in your daily work and this in turn minimises the risk of harm to you and service users (Therefore protecting you) - in this Legislation, you will also have responsibilities.....Which protects yourself and others - Individual Risk assessments protect people as they are put in place - Mrs smith for example requires support to transfer from wheelchair to dining chair - A risk assessment would have the method of transfer in place on risk assessment which would ensure that this is done correctly and safely - (Protecting Mrs Smith and yourself) if risk assessment wasnt in place you would put her and yourself at risk of harm by not applying correct technique.....

This info may be totally wrong, but this is how I would be answering it based on what you have written

Sarah50
Sarah50
that's great help...thank you.
finding this unit quite difficult at mo..
Iv also got to answer the same question for people USING the service provided and how there protected by policies and procedures?...would it be the same reasons as you have given me above ???...
any other help would be much appreciated

Exactly - Fire safety for example - Organisational responsibilities to ensure safe environment (Fire regulations, adequate fire safety systems, fire training, regular fire drills) - Individual risk assessments again - - First aid training for sure - COSHH - Infection control...(What would happen if you used the same gloves for personal care on more than one service user).....

Sarah50
thank you for your help!..iv just finished answering the first question i give you and now added it to my folder so thank you!...gonna make a start on next one now..
iv posted another question im stuck on on here dont know if your able-to view it and maybe help again please?.
thanks again for all your help Sarah50.very appreciated

Could any one help me please with this question.. give an explanation of how health and safety policies and procedures protect people who use the social care setting .. Any help would be appreciated thankyou

Hello,
You need to choose some points from your workplace's policies and procedures then explain how they protect people.
Foe example, what does policy say about using ppe? and by using this policy how does this protect people? What do policies say about fire doors, using hoists, what about Risk Assessments.
You need to give some examples.
Steadysue