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Understand risk assessment and its role in supporting the babysitter

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In this tutorial you will learn:

About the role of risk assessment in ensuring that children remain safe
How to conduct a risk assessment
What information you will need, and how to ensure that you are prepared to deal with potential problems

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Search the internet and find a suitable risk assessment table that you can use as guidance to create your own checklist.
Click on the icon to be directed to a forum which features a real life safety dilemma that has been shared by a concerned carer on the Netmums website. Consider the hazards and then read the answers provided by the other forum members. Write down how you would deal with the risks and compare your ideas to the other suggestions.
The Mother and Baby website has an article ‘7 common childhood accidents and how to prevent them’.

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