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Understand legislation and guidelines for health and safety in Early Years Settings

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In this tutorial you will learn:

That everyone is responsible for health and safety
That it is important all practitioners show an awareness of health and safety risks
That legislation and guidelines for health and safety provide a framework through which a setting must operate

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'Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage: Setting the standards for learning, development and care for children from birth to five’ from the Department for Education
'Health and safety in the Nursery’ from Teach Early Years
'Health and safety legislation relevant to an early years setting’ from the Wales government website.
'Health and safety regulation…a short guide’ from the Health and Safety Executive.
‘Childcare: significant events to notify Ofsted about’ from Ofsted

Watch ‘Nursery safety is no accident’ produced by Complete Childcare. This video contains information about some information about health and safety at work.

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