Health and Safety in Care Settings
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Explain the main health and safety responsibilities of employers and workers and spot hazards and use risk assessments.
- Assign to
- All staff
- Duration
- 25 minutes
- Evidence
- 12-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Explain the main health and safety responsibilities of employers and workers.
- Spot hazards and use risk assessments.
- Work safely alone and with hazardous substances.
- Report accidents, incidents and near misses.
The course
- 01Law and responsibilities
- 02Risk assessment
- 03Hazards in care
- 04Reporting and you
The decision they practise
In the main activity, “Fix Dennis’s home risk assessment”, learners fix a realistic form and see the effect of each choice. Short animations show “Two ways Friday night could go” and “What happened after Beth reported it”.
How you know they finished
The 12-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
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Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 12-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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