Safety Flashcards
Discrimination
The unfair treatment of groups of people with particular characteristics
The Equality Act
Legally protect people with the 9 protected characteristics from discrimination
- Age
- Disability
- Gender reassignment
- Race
- Sex
- Marriage and civil partnership
- Pregnancy and maternity
- Religion of belief
- Sexual orientation
Anti-discriminatory Practice
Requires health care workers to
- Address their own prejudice
- Understand and meet individual needs
- Challenge discrimination
- Ensure the setting is welcoming and accessible
- Celebrate the contribution a diverse range of people can bring to society
Empowering Individuals
When people gain greater control over decisions that affect them
- Shared decision-making, equal decision maker with professionals
- Enabling choice
- Personalised care and support planning, service users can edit their care plan
- Supported self management, increasing knowledge they have in managing their own care
Individualised Care
Takes time to find out person’s individual needs, preferences
Make them feel confident enough to say how they would like to be cared for
Promoting Dignity
Not doing anything that embarrasses or humiliate others when carrying out personal care tasks
Health and Safety at Work Act
Guidelines that need to be in place
- Recording in accident books
- Having qualified first aiders
- Provide health and safety equipment
- Regulations, COSHH, RIDDOR
- Fire safety equipment, evacuation procedure
Employer Responsibilities
- Make sure workplace is safe
- Provide safe entrance and exit to work
- Ensure equipment is safe and maintained
- Provide protective clothing and equipment
- Provide first aid facilities
- Keep records of accident
Employee responsibilities
- Take care of their own safety
- Take care of other people’s safety
- Work with employer to maintain safety
Risk Assessments
Being prepared and aware the possibility of risks is minimised
A survey of risks and their severity
Employers’ responsibility to anticipate danger and put measures in place to reduce risks
All staffs responsibility to follow risk assessment
Risk Assessment Steps
Observation- Look for anything that could pose a risk, talk to staff about what they think are risks
Who- Certain people may face more risk
Evaluate- Consider the level of risk posed to each person and determine what measure will lower risk
Record- Keep record of risk assessments, identify who it affects, address all obvious hazards, implement precautions
Review- Change occurs over time, must be reviewed to remain effective
Types of Hazards
- The physical environment
- Equipment
- Infectious substances
- Working conditions and practices
- Security Systems
Safeguarding
Protect from harm as service users have a right to feel safe
Legal duty to protect service users, work in a way that doesn’t put people at risk, must know their responsibilities, and receive training
How are people kept safe?
- Carry out risk assessments
- Record and report incidents
- Keep up to date with legislation
- Report and record concerns
- Promote anti-discrimiantory practice
- Empower individuals
- Maintain confidentiality
- Follow infection control procedures
Secure Settings
- One main entrance, secure door, CCTV
- Stand to secure door, restrict entry
- Families informed of unknown people visiting
- No resident details discussed on the phone
- Windows have restricted opening from inside
- Fire doors shouldn’t open from outside
