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Responsibilities: - Coggle Diagram
Responsibilities:
Employers:
Promoting health and social care policies:
Ensuring all relevant health and safety policies are in place
Ensuring all staff are aware of their responsibilities as stated in the relevant policies
Ensuring health and safety training is provided
Ensuring appropriate staff are recruited (DBS checks, suitably qualified and/or experienced)
Maintaining health and safety policies:
Keeping up to date with legislation
Updating policies regularly
Recording and following up any incidents and accidents
Providing induction training for new staff
Providing ongoing training
Checking the setting for health and safety issues (carrying out risk assessments, doing safety walks
Staff supervision
Enforcing health and safety policies:
Regular fire drill evacuation practices
Ongoing monitoring and supervision; training
Managing response to external checks (CQC or Ofsted inspections)
Monitoring whether policies for staff ratios, levels of supervision and working hours are being complied with
Implementing disciplinary procedures as and when required
Employees:
Using equipment or substances:
using only accordance with training
taking care of themselves and others around them
Co-operating with wearing PPE as required and provided
Not tampering with or misusing any equipment provided to meet health and safety regulations (fire extinguishers)
Reporting serious or imminent danger:
Communicating hazards and anything dangerous to the employer immediately
Implementing safeguarding procedures
Reporting shortcomings:
In health and safety arrangements and safety instructions
Individuals who require care and support:
Understanding health and safety policies:
Taking part in fire evacuation drills as necessary
Reporting any hazards they become aware of
Co-operating with risk assessments and safety instructions