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Watch this video which was produced by Teachers TV.The 45-minute video shows a panel debate on the potential long-term implications of health and safety laws and not allowing children to take risks. Although the debate centres around pupils in schools, much of the debate equally applies to other health, care and education settings.Watch the video and make notes. Consider the arguments for and against taking a balanced approach to risk management?
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Fire safety risk assessment’ from the UK government
- ‘Check it!: health and safety policies’ on the Nursery World website
- ‘Health and safety: responsibilities and duties for schools’ by the Department for Education
- ‘Managing safety in schools & colleges’ by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
- The HSE is an invaluable source of information on managing health and safety in the workplace. The following resources were written by the HSE or feature on their website.
- Writing a health and safety policy
- ‘The health and safety toolbox: How to control risks at work’
- ‘Risk assessment: A brief guide to controlling risks in the workplace’
- ‘Leading health and safety at work’
- ‘First aid at work legislation’
- ‘Reporting accidents and incidents at work’
- ‘Harmful substances’
- PAT-Portable appliance testing FAQ’s
- Work with display screen equipment
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation on ‘Monitoring safety’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentaion on ‘Health and safety for managers’.
- Good Practice Example
- Watch this video which was produced by Teachers TV.The 45-minute video shows a panel debate on the potential long-term implications of health and safety laws and not allowing children to take risks. Although the debate centres around pupils in schools, much of the debate equally applies to other health, care and education settings.Watch the video and make notes. Consider the arguments for and against taking a balanced approach to risk management?
- Watch this video which was produced by Teachers TV.The 45-minute video shows a panel debate on the potential long-term implications of health and safety laws and not allowing children to take risks. Although the debate centres around pupils in schools, much of the debate equally applies to other health, care and education settings.Watch the video and make notes. Consider the arguments for and against taking a balanced approach to risk management?
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Explore the website of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Familiarise yourself with the subjects covered and search for any additional guidance available for your industry sector.
- Obtain a copy of Managing Risk in Play Provision - Implementation Guide. Available from Play England and endorsed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
- Explore the website of Public Health England.
- Visit the Government’s fire home safety website
- Explore the website of ROSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents).
- Begin your own collection of health and safety information and guidance that you can refer to in order to support your own work and your colleagues. Remember to ensure that your reference materials will need to be updated on a regular basis.
- Explore the website of Child Accident Prevention Trust
- ‘Fire Safety’ from the HSE offers general advice on fire safety and provides guidance on substances that cause fire and explosion.
- Click to read 'Health and wellbeing at work: a resource guide' by the Public Health Agency.
- Think And Challenge
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