Course Summary
This training course is specifically designed for professionals who work in the children and young people services and need to have specific knowledge of how health and safety regulations relate to their work practices and procedures. This training course will consider how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the children and young person support setting and how work practices are influenced by legislation.
This training course will clarity how health and safety should be monitored and maintained in the work setting to make people (including children and young people) aware of risks and hazards and encourage people to stay as safe as possible.
This training course will consider the risks associated with in-house and external activities, how to respond to accidents, incidents, emergencies and illness in different situations and will identify specific health, safety and welfare considerations for working within children and young people services including lone working, children missing from care and stranger or intruder occurrences.
This training course will also clarify the requirements in terms of effective recording and reporting from health, safety and wellbeing occurrences. This is a Level 3 accredited course.
Course Learning Outcomes
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- 1.1Summarise key points of the legislative framework for health, safety and risk management in residential childcare settings for children and young people
- 1.2Explain how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the work setting
- 1.3Explain how health and safety is monitored and maintained in the work setting
- 1.4Explain how people in the work setting are made aware of risks and hazards and encouraged to work safely
- 2.1Analyse the value of risk and challenge for a child or young person’s development and enjoyment of life
- 2.2Explain why it is important to take an approach to risk that avoids both excessive risk-taking and excessive risk aversion
- 2.3Describe potential conflicts between the rights and choices of children and young people and legal requirements for health and safety and well-being
- 2.4Work with children or young people and others to establish shared agreement on how to manage risks
- 2.5Support children or young people to manage risk in their own lives, taking into account their age, abilities, needs and stage of development
- 3.1Understand ways to manage risks to health, safety and security in children and young people services
- 3.2Explain how health and safety risk assessments are monitored and reviewe
- 3.3Undertake health and safety risk assessments
- 3.4Use the recommendations of risk assessments to manage hazards within the work settings and in off site visits
- 4.1Explain the policies and procedures to follow in response to accidents, incidents, injuries, illness and other emergencies
- 4.2Describe the procedures for recording and reporting in response to accidents, incidents, injuries, illness and other emergencies
Who is this course for?
This Health and Safety training course is suitable for people working in any sector and need to gain knowledge about health and safety including a broad range of related topics and the responsibilities of employees and employers in ensuring the safety of all persons.
Duration
1 day course - we can be flexible on start and finish times to suit your needs such as school run friendly times.
Availability
This Health and Safety course is offered in two delivery formats:
- Remote Online: Led by a live tutor via Zoom or Microsoft Teams, allowing participants to join remotely. (Also known as virtual classroom training)
- Face-to-Face: Delivered in person at your location or a venue you arrange. (Also referred to as on-site training)
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Certification
Each learner completing this course will receive a digital (PDF) certificate of learning.
Accreditation
The course contents are accredited by the Open College Network (OCN) Credit4Learning as a Level 3 course.
Choose the learning environment that works best for you: our expert-led training is offered in two convenient formats - remote tutor led online or in person face to face.
Flexible start and finish times to suit you. Contact us for available dates.
The course contents are accredited by the Open College Network (OCN) Credit4Learning as a Level 3 course.
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