PWCS

1. Introduction awareness of health and
safety in health, social care and
children’s and young people’s settings
Week 2

2.  Times Table Christmas Bingo

3.  Identify the purpose of a risk assessment
 Describe the importance of safe moving
and handling principles
 Outline the importance of manual handling
training
 Produce a PowerPoint to explain a key area
of health and safety
 Explain the importance of health and safety
in a work setting
 Identify your own role in minimising the
risk to a service user

4.  What is a hazard?
 Why do we need to do a risk assessment?

5.  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

6.  Moving and Handling
It is important to consider your own safety- why?
Can you remember the legislation?

7.  Employers must ensure health and safety
training is available and adequate.
 In health, social care and early years setting
when might you need to move people or
equipment?

8.  Care workers might need to:-
 Help older aged adults to get out of bed
 Get them into the bath
 To help them stand if they have fallen over
 Move equipment
 Nursery workers:-
 Lift babies out of highchairs
 Nappy Changing
 Get babies out of a cot

10.  You will be given a key area of health and safety,
please prepare a PowerPoint which you will
present back to the group.
 Remember to use your own words.
 Think about Spelling, Punctuation and grammar.
 Can you use visual images to enhance your
presentation?

13.  Did you know every year there is a Global
Handwashing day?
Water Aid

14. Introduction awareness of health and
safety in health, social care and
children’s and young people’s settings
Tuesday 15th December

15.  Kahoot Christmas Quiz Kahoot

16.  Identify basic health and safety that
employees should follow
 Recognise the reasons for protecting
your own safety and security
 Reflect on health and safety measures in
a HCEY setting

17.  Why is safe moving and handling important
for care workers?

18.  Small group activity-What are the employees
responsibilities?

19.  Being responsible for following policies and
procedures
 Co-operating with their employer- reporting
any health and safety concerns
 Using the correct equipment- wearing PPE
 Using work items correctly and asking if
unsure

21.  Avon Cliff Nursing Home is just across the
road from Bournemouth beach. Three members
of staff are going to take the service users on a
trip to walk along the beach and have a picnic.
 What are the hazards that would exist in a trip
of this nature?
 What precautions do you need to take to
reduce the risk of the hazards?

22.  Christmas Creative fun
 Use the resources to be creative
 Complete a risk assessment for your activity