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Week 6: Elements 7.1.2: Management Systems, Policies and Procedures, Risk…
Week 6: Elements 7.1.2: Management Systems, Policies and Procedures, Risk Management, and Occupational Health and Safety
Management Systems
Effective governance demands for the system that facilitates service to run safely, legally, morally, and continuously
Management system includes:
Complaints management
Financial management
Staffing and rostering
Regulatory compliance
WHS systems
Communication systems
Risk management
Quality assurance and review
Record keeping and documentation
Incident management
Policies and procedures
Imortance of Management system
Consistent practice
Accountability
Clear expectations
Risk reduction
Quality assurance
Continuous improvement
Policies and Procedures
Policy
Define what and why, introduce principles and expectations, navigate decision making, relate with legislation and philosophy
Policy comes from legislation, regulations, evidence, and service philosophy
Strong policies promote consistency, accountability, children's safety, staff decision-making, ethical practice, risk management, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement
Procedure
Define how, gives steps for actions, support execution, clarifies responsibilities and processes
Effective policies and procedures should be legally complaint, contemporary, evident-based, applicable to the service setting, available, well-articulated, practical, aligned with service philosophy, regularly reviewed
Risk Management:It is a systematic and ongoing process of identifying potential hazards and organisational risks and using appropriate measures to remove or minimise those risks
Risk management cycle
Execute controls
Communicate responsibilkites
Evaluate risk
Monitor
Identify potenhazards
Review
Types of risks in ECEC
Workforce
Operational
Psychosocial
Regulatory
Health
Financial
Physical
Reputational
Child safety
Workplace wellbeing:Workplace health and wellbeing influence person's emotional, social and psychosocial wellbeing
It is about providing safe working environment for leaders, educators, volunteers and others in the workplace
Work Health and Safety Act 2011 addresses physical and psychological health as work place health
Findings of workplace wellbeing concerns from research conducted by UK's Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) with 2000 employees
Management practices
Work-life balance resulted in stress
Workload causes stress
Common WHS risks in ECEC
Psychosocial
Biological
Physical
Environmental
Analysing workplace hazards
Conducting regular safety audits
Promoting hazard reporting
Track community health information
Monitor food safety practices
Review incident records
Review infection control practices
Daily surrounding checks