Support Children and Young Peoples Health and Safety

CU1521- Support babyren and one-year-old peoples health and estimablety. 1. 1 pick up the f correspondors to take into account when planning heavy and safe indoor and open-air(prenominal) environments and services. The factors that you would desire to take into account include * Individual needs depending on their age or abilities, for utilization a boor of two eld may not be able to do the physical things of a peasant who id five years old. So you would pass water to set egress different activities for different ages. Specific needs such as arresting impairment, for example if a nestling is partly sighted you would expect to return ab step forward extra support for the tiddler as they play. * You need to be profit on what the children slew and cant play on, what they can do in the environment, explain to them about health and safety. * Risk assessments have to be c ard out to insure the area is safe for both children and cock-a-hoops. * Practitioners need to h ave a clear considering of the role during the activities. * What the aim and physical object is, for example you might set out two bicycles so that the children accept about sharing and being patient. The outcome, did you achieve what you set out to and did the children get laid it. 1. 2 Explain how health and safety is overseeed and maintained in field of study telescope are make aware of risks and hazards and encouraged to work safely. rise upness safety is monitored and maintained in work setting are made aware of risks and hazards and encouraged to work safely this is done by having galvanising checks, room checks e. g. risk assessment, hazards checks, visitors checks etc these are done in different conviction some are done daily, weekly, monthly and yearly.Everyone in the setting is creditworthy for their safety, its vital that settings are regularly checked for safety concerns. Ensuring that the alarms are working, visitors disks and badges are in the correct plac e, ensuring that at that place are clear instructions for spillages, substances, hygiene equipment and visitors, making sure that there are no broken equipment which could harm the children and other member of staff as nearly as parent and visitors. 1. 3- Identify sources of current guidance for planning healthy and safe environments and services EYFS. * Health and safety executive. Department for schools and families. * Workplace policies and procedures. * pincer cam stroke prevention trust. * Health and safety at work act 1974. * The management of health and safety at work regulations 1999. * The electricity at work regulations 1989. * The control of substances hazardous to health regulations 2002. 1. 4- explain how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in own work setting or services. In my work setting we insure that current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are carried out by. Ensuring we all have read and unders tand the health and safety policies and procedures. * Making sure that the setting is clean and safe, that the expression is well maintained. * Any harmful substances or keep away from childrens and locked and used safely. * Food is stored correctly and warmed to the correct temperature. * If a child has an mishap we follow the procedures, by dealing with the accident, recording it and describe it to the parents/carers. * Equipment is safe and stored safely. Protective clothing is worn when changing nappies and dealing with food * We visualize that we take care of our own health and safety as well as children. 2. 4- explain how health and safety risk assessment are monitored and reviewed. When you have risk assessed the occupation that is taking place you essential monitor the risk you have identified and if it changes you would have to change and review the plan. When the activity is finished you review the assessment to see if you correctly identified the hazards and if the re were any that you didnt manage to identify.This will help next term you carry out the same activity. 3. 1-Explain why it is important to take a balance approach to risk management. It is important to take a equilibrise approach to risk management because children set by exploring their environment. Every activity has a risk and as a practitioner you have to meditate up the risk of an activity against the benefits and safety of the child. 3. 2-Explain the dilemma between the rights and choices of children and young people and health and safety requirements. The UN Convention on he rights of the child alleges the rights of children and young people to learn and develop into adults and be protected from harm. Children learn by exploring and trying out new experiences. However, they dont have the skills and judgment to make safe choices. This is why they need the guidance of an adult to identify potential hazards and whether or not it is safe to allow the child to undertake an a ctivity. 4. 1- Explain the policies and procedures of the setting in response to accidents, sequents, emergencies and disease.Accidents- If a child has an accident for example a cut on the knee, it would be treated, a picture would be taken, the person who dealt with it would write in the accident book and sign and so would the person who saw the accident and the parent would be inform and would have to sign. Incidents- If there was an incident with a parent or employee and they wanted to make a formal complaint, they would write it in the incident book and the manager would be informed then and a closing would be made from there.Emergencies- If a child has had a serious accident in the nursery the ambulance would be called and if the child is able to be travel they would be put in a buggy and two adults would go with the child to St. Marys hospital and the parents would be called immediately. Illness- If a child becomes ill while at the setting their temperature would be taken a nd if it was high the parents would be called and the child would be picked up. 4. 2- Identify the correct procedures for recording and reporting accidents, incidents, signs of illness and other emergencies.All minor accidents should be recorded in the accident book and reported to parents. If it is something serious an accident report is filled out and a copy is sent to health and safety section of county planetary house if they think it needs referring to RIDDER they will do so. Incidents should be recorded in the incident book, you would write down the date and time of the incident, the nature of event, who was cause and what was done about it. Injuries recorded in the injury book should say what happened, where, the time and date and how it was dealt with.Illness a child must not be allowed into the setting if they are sick or have diarrhea or an infectious illness such as chicken pox. If an infectious illness is noticed in the setting such a head lice parents must be notifie d and the child must be picked up and other parents should be informed. Procedures should be displayed around the setting in case of an emergency for example a fire everyone must evacuate, children and adults should be counted and names called at the come across point.