1.2 - Analyse how policies, procedures and practices in own setting meet health, safety and risk management requirements
Heathville Residential Care has organisational policies including a number of procedures and processes which contain information in relation to health and safety. It is the duty of the employer to safeguard the health, safety and welfare, if there are five or more employees, the employer must provide a written health and safety policy and ensure that all staff have seen it.
These can be located at each office the policies are updated and reviewed on an annual basis - it is the responsibility of management to update them. In my own setting it is my responsibility to identify if any changes are necessary, especially regarding risk management and also to be aware of when the folders need updating. All staff should …show more content…
Fire is a topic discussed in each house meeting with residents as a reminder of the procedure of how to raise an alarm and any concerns staff may have in regards to taking extra precautions, additionally where necessary referrals to the fire service to come out and have a check of the house a useful practice to ensuring the organisation are meeting standards to safeguard employees and clients. When the drills are completed they are recorded in the fire folder at each home to identify what happened, what went well and areas of improvement - for example a resident does not leave their room when they hear the alarm - therefore a risk assessment is put in place in line with the stay put policy to cover the resident and employee, if a fire occurs and the resident is in the building the fire service are aware that the particular resident is in their room in case of evacuation. As a company, a legal requirement is that assessments of risks to employees, visitors and residents are put in place and should be suitable and