LO3: Roles and responsibilites ivolved in health and safety and security in health, social care and childcare environments

Question 1

What is the role of an employer?

Answer 1

To ensure compliance with the health and safety legislation, must provide:
- a safe place to work
- any necessary training
- appropriate and safe working equipment

Question 2

What is the role of the NHS?

Answer 2

Provide environments that are secure and healthy to work and visit in, must provide staff with training, information and supervision to be able to work safely

Question 3

What is the role of the local authorities?

Answer 3

Promote health and safety they provide guidance and raise awareness of health and safety in health and social care settings by providing information about roles and responsibilities
Enforce health and safety standards, they can carry out inspection and make reccommendations for improvement, can send advisory letters, re-inspect or prosecute premises if they do not maintain adequate standards

Question 4

What is the role of care manager/ private care home owner?

Answer 4

Must develop, review and update care homes health and safety or health safety and security policies and procidures, mjust ensure effective safe systems for recording, reporting and investigating accidents, injuries and incidents under RIDDOR

Question 5

What is the role of the Headteacher and Board of Governors?

Answer 5

Oversight and management of roles to ensure safeguarding to protect the welfare of staff, students and visitors s the school site and other activities that take place are healthy, safe and secure

Question 6

What is the role of the Third sector?

Answer 6

Charitable organisations that have a role to play in safeguarding and promoting health, safety and securityfor their employeesas well as individuals who require their help and support

Question 7

What is the role of Employees?

Answer 7

Use safe working practices to maintain their on and others safety, attend health and safety training, use PPE provided and report hazards in the workplace

Question 8

What is the role of individuals who require care and support?

Answer 8

Should follow any health and safety instructions provided verbally by staff eg. during an emergency evacuation

Question 9

Responsibilites of employers promoting health and safety policies

Answer 9

Ensuring all relevant health and safety polcies are provided
Ensuring all staff are aware of their responsibilities as stated in the relevant policies
Ensuring health and safety training is provided

Question 10

Responsibilities of employers maintaining health and safety policies

Answer 10

Keeping up to date with legislation
Updating policies regularly
Providing induction training for new staff

Question 11

Responsibilites of employers enforcing health and safty policies

Answer 11

Regular fire drill practices
Ongoing monitoring and supervision
Managing response to external checks eg. CQC

Question 12

Responsibilities of employees using equipment or substances

Answer 12

Using only in accordance with training
Cooperating with wearing PPE when required and provided
Not tampering with or misusing any equipment provided to meet health and safety regulations eg. fire extinguishers

Question 13

Responsibilites of employees reporting serious or imminent danger

Answer 13

Communicating hazards and anything dangerous to the employer immediately
Implementing safeguarding procedures

Question 14

Responsibilities of employees reporting shortcomings

Answer 14

In health and safety arrangements or procedures

Question 15

Responsibilites of indivduals who require care and support in understanding health and safty policies

Answer 15

Taking part in fire evacuation drills as necessary
Reporting hazards they become aware of
Cooperating with risk assessments and safety instructions

Question 16

Direct costs of not meeting responsibilities

Answer 16

Setting sued for negligence by patients, family or staff
Compensation claims
Insujrance may not pay out if legal obligtions were not complied with/ procedures not followed

Question 17

Indirect costs of not meeting responsibilities

Answer 17

Poor reputation for care setting may result in closure
Lower staff morale
High staff turnover

Question 18

Disciplinary action for not meeting responsibilities

Answer 18

Dissmissal of those reponsible
Management chnages
Increased monitoring of setting eg. Ofsted, CQC

Question 19

Civil or criminal prosecution for not meeting responsibilities

Answer 19

Civil law- sued for compensation

Question 20

Criminal law if repsonsibilits not being met

Answer 20

Prosecution for breaching regulations
If serious injury/ death has occurred in cases of negligence
Could lead to custodial sentencing in very serious cases

Question 21

Causing injury/ harm/ being injured/ harmed if responsibilities not being met

Answer 21

Injury, harm, death of residents, staff or visitors
Fractured limbs, food poisioning, disease, exposure to infections and burns
Poor standards of care eg. neglect/ abuse

Question 22

What is removal from professional registers?

Answer 22

Regulators of health, social care and teaching professions hold registers of those qualified to practce eg. nurses, teachers
Individuals can be struck off their professional register due to “fitness to pracise” concerns, designed to protect the public from those who are not fit to practise safely and effectively eg. dishonest, violence

Question 23

What does removal involve?

Answer 23

Being struck off and not allowed to practce at all
Practse being restricted- limited in what they are allowed to do
Loss of professional status and reputation