PWCS 04

1. Introduction awareness of health and
safety in health, social care and
children’s and young people’s settings
Monday 4th January 2016

2.  How many words from the letters in:-
 OSTEOPOROSIS

3.  Outline key areas of health and safety relating
to a work setting
 Outline employers and employees
responsibilities
 Identify examples of health and safety training

4.  Welcome Amy and Chloe
 First Aid presentation

5.  Fire Safety
 Moving and handling
 First Aid
 Security
 Storage and disposal of hazardous substances
 Medication storage and administration
 Infection prevention and control

6.  Start work on your PWCS 04 assignment- there
are four tasks to this assignment.

7.  Identify four ways infection spreads
 Describe actions that should be taken to
reduce the spread of infection
 Outline the accidents and sudden
illnesses that may occur in a setting
 Reflect on health and safety measures in
a work place setting

8. How does
infection
spread?

9.  How can we stop infection spreading?
 Feedback
 Remember -Important to be aware of up to
date information about infectious diseases.

11.  Do you know the symptoms of a stroke?
Stroke
What other accidents or sudden illnesses
might you come across in a health and
social care setting?

12. Choking
The-chokeables

13.  Paired activity-
 You will be given a case study.
 Answer the questions and complete an
accident or incident record form if required.

16.  Complete the Health and Safety Quiz

17. Introduction awareness of health and
safety in health, social care and
children’s and young people’s settings
Tuesday 5th January 2016

18.  Wordsearch

19.  Identify four pieces of Personal Protection
Equipment
 Describe the importance of PPE in a HCEY
setting
 Outline the correct nappy changing
procedure
 Explain the importance of PPE in a work
setting
 Evaluate the consequences of not using PPE
in a HCEY setting.

20.  To prevent infection, there must be constant
monitoring of the care environment.
 How can we do this?

23.  Put together a poster showing PPE equipment
and identify when it would be used and what
the employers and employees responsibilities
are.

25.  Think, pair, share
 What needs to be considered for the prevention
and control of infection when nappy changing?
 Can you remember the standard method of
washing hands?

26.  Your turn to change a nappy!

27.  Write up the nappy changing procedure with
particular reference to PPE and why this is
important. Also include how nappies need to
be disposed of.
 Write up when in a health care setting PPE
would be used. Also include what special bins
would be required.
 Ask a peer to check your spelling, punctuation
and grammar

29.  Think of a question to ask a peer about today’s
learning

30.  Find out what the word incubation means.
 What campaigns have there been to stop the
spread of infections?

31. Introduction awareness of health and
safety in health, social care and
children’s and young people’s settings
Friday 8th January 2016

32.  How quick can you complete the multiplication
wheels
Timer

33.  Outline the purpose of a risk assessment
 Identify potential hazards in a HCEY setting
 Outline employers and employees
responsibilities in relation to risk assessments
 Identify three occasions when a risk
assessment is required in a HCEY setting
 Describe how independence develops
throughout childhood and adolescence and the
potential difficulties for those who are disabled

34.  Sudden illnesses
 What does incubation mean?
Shake it off

35.  A hazard is something that can cause injury or
harm to a person. A risk is what can happen as
a result of a hazard.
 A risk assessment is an investigation into what
can harm people in a particular situation or
circumstance

37.  Assessment of an outdoor environment when
going on a trip
 Assessment of a living area- layout, furniture
 If an adult or a child has a different need-
pregnancy
 New equipment is bought to use in a care
home
 If an accident happens in a HCEY setting

38.  Portable appliance testing (PAT)
 The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
require that any electrical equipment that has
the potential to cause injury is maintained in a
safe condition

40.  It is important to recognise the safety signs
used in a health and social care setting.

41.  Employer:-
 Identifying the hazards
 Recording the findings on a risk assessment
 Reviewing the risk assessment
 Undertake a Risk Assessment of the
workplace- warning signs
 What are the employees responsibilities?

42.  John is 17 years old and has a learning
disability and epilepsy. He would like to live in
a shared house with his friends who have
similar difficulties.
 His parents feel that he is capable of going to
the shops on his own for basic supplies.
However, they are anxious about the things
that could go wrong.

43.  Make a poster showing the purpose of a risk
assessment and what you would need to do in
the case of John.