1.1 Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a care work setting
AC M9 Health and safety (general) (T/651/9998)
Unit summary |
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This unit is aimed at those working in care settings. It provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to carry out responsibilities in relation to health, safety and wellbeing in their work setting. |
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Assessment |
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This unit is internally assessed via a portfolio of evidence. |
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Mandatory |
Achieved/not yet achieved |
Level 3 |
3 credits |
25 GLH |
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Learning outcomes The learner will: |
Assessment criteria The learner can: |
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1. Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety |
1.1 Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a care work setting |
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1.2 Explain the main points of health and safety policies and procedures agreed with the employer |
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1.3 Analyse the main health and safety responsibilities of:
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1.4 Identify specific tasks in the work setting that should not be carried out without special training |
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2. Be able to carry out own responsibilities for health and safety |
2.1 Use policies and procedures or other agreed ways of working that relate to health and safety |
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2.2 Support others’ understanding of health and safety and follow safe practices |
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2.3 Monitor potential health and safety risks |
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2.4 Use risk assessment in relation to health and safety |
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2.5 Minimise and manage potential risks and hazards |
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2.6 Access additional support or information relating to health and safety |
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3. Understand procedures for responding to accidents and sudden illness |
3.1 Describe different types of accidents and sudden illness that may occur in own work setting |
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3.2 Explain procedures to be followed if an accident or sudden illness does occur |
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Range |
1. Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety |
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1.1 Work setting: This may include one specific location or a range of locations, depending on the context of a particular work role. 1.2 Policies and procedures: This may include other agreed ways of working, as well as formal policies and procedures. |
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1.3 Others could include:
1.4 Tasks could include:
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2. Be able to carry out own responsibilities for health and safety |
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2.2 Support others’: Could include either formal (for example, in a formal leadership role) or informal (for example, informal supervising and mentoring) support and guidance. |
Delivery and assessment guidance |
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This unit must be assessed in line with Skills for Care and Development assessment principles guidance. This is a knowledge and skill-based unit. Knowledge evidence may be generated outside of the work environment, but the final assessment and decision must show application of knowledge within the real work environment. LO 2 is skill-based, and primary evidence should include observation of direct practice in the workplace. Due to the nature of this unit and scenarios where this evidence is likely to be gained, for example, in direct practice whilst providing care and support to individuals, this observation should be in person and not carried out remotely. |
AC M9 Health and Safety (General) (T/651/9998) – NCFE Level 3 Adult Care
LO1: Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety
AC 1.1 Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a care work setting
A damaged hoist, an unsafe transfer and a hazardous cleaning chemical can all put someone at risk in a care home. But they do not all fall under the same specific regulations.
For AC 1.1, knowing the name of an Act is only the starting point. The important distinction is which legislation applies to the work being carried out and what that law requires.
| Situation in a care setting | Relevant UK legislation |
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| Keeping staff, residents and visitors safe | Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 |
| Assessing risks before supporting someone with mobility difficulties | Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 |
| Checking a patient hoist is suitable and safe to use | Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) and Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) |
| Handling hazardous disinfectants or contaminated materials | Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) |
A detail worth checking: Reporting an accident to a care manager is not necessarily the same as reporting it to the HSE under RIDDOR 2013. Only incidents meeting the legal reporting criteria must be reported under RIDDOR.
This AC M9 unit also needs to be distinguished from the older NCFE Adult Care qualification, where AC M9 covered safeguarding. Check the reference T/651/9998 before using existing notes or answers.
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