L5ADCARE13-1
In this tutorial you will learn:
- That the employer has overall responsibility for health and safety in the workplace
- About the legal requirements for health and safety
- About risk assessments, insurance, and health and safety policies
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Health and social care services' webpage on the Health and Safety Executive website
- ‘Health and safety law: What you need to know’
- ‘Guidance for providers on meeting the regulations' by the Care Quality Commission
- ‘Health and safety’ webpage on the Social Care Institute for Excellence website
- ‘Workplace hazards' webpage on the Healthy Working Lives website
- ‘Health and safety in businesses that provide care services' webpage on the NI Business Info website
- ‘How the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations apply to health and social care’ by HSE
- ‘Falls in older people’ by the National Institute for health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- ‘Sensible risk assessment in care settings' webpage on the Health and Safety Executive website
- ‘Back in work back pack’ by NHS Employers
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on ‘Health and safety for managers’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation on ‘Responding to risk’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s third presentation ‘Monitoring safely’.
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- NCFE CACHEIf you are studying the 'NCFE CACHE Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care' qualification, please click to open this 'Evidence opportunities' sheet.
- PearsonIf you are studying the 'Pearson BTEC Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (England)' qualification, please click to open this 'Evidence opportunities' sheet.
- HighfieldIf you are studying the 'Highfield Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF)' qualification, please click to open this 'Evidence opportunities' sheet.
- TQUKIf you are studying the 'TQUK Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care' qualification, please click to open this 'Evidence opportunities' sheet.
- iCQ If you are studying the 'iCQ Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care' qualification, please click to open this 'Evidence opportunities' sheet.
- Extended Learning
- ‘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.
- Click to read ‘Work smart, work safe’ by Skills for Care.
- Click to read ‘Getting to grips with manual handling – A short guide’ by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
- Think And Challenge
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