Health & Safety in Childcare Settings

This title shows how to promote your own health and safety and that of others. It will help to make you more aware of the many hazards in childcare settings and explains your responsibilities and legal obligations for health and safety.

Taking reasonable care for your own safety and that of others means that you must: know about the policies and reporting procedures in your place of work; recognise general safety issues and risk assessment; be aware of equipment and fire safety issues; promote infection control and personal hygiene.

Consultant: Carolyn Meggitt

Peer Review: The Daycare Trust

Standards:

National Standard 6 & 7 and new NOS Unit CCLD202

Subjects covered include:

The Law • Your Role and Responsibilities • Risk Assessment • Hazards in Childcare Settings • Moving and Handling • COSHH • Infection Control • Your Personal Hygiene • Cross Infection from Animals • Equipment and Electrical Safety • Security Issues and Violence • Fire Safety • Reporting Illness, Injury or Accident • Pregnancy and Infectious Diseases • The Accident Report Book

Supporting Material:

An accompanying CD-ROM contains a Training Pack, which includes a Lesson Plan, 6 group and/or individual exercises and discussions and 4 handouts. The CD-ROM also contains Question and Answer sheets a Trainer’s Guide and other supporting materials, all designed to help you prepare and run an effective training session.

Duration:

24 minute DVD/video in 15 sections to be used in a suggested 2 hour training session.