Assessment : Safe working practices in health and social care settings

Question 1

List five key pieces of legislation which relate to general health and safety in a social care settings.

Question 2

Describe four main points of health and safety policies and procedures.

Question 3

Outline the main health and safety responsibilities of:

Question 4

Identify four tasks relating to the health and safety that should only be carried out with specialist training in a workplace.

Question 5

Describe how to access additional support and information relating to health and safety.

Question 6

Define the term ‘hazard’ and ‘risk’.

Question 7

Describe how to use a healt and safety risk assessment.

Question 8

Explain when and how you would report potential health and safety risks that have been identified.

Question 9

List and describe three reasons why risk assessments can help to address dilemmas between an individual service user’s rights and health and safety concerns.

Question 10

List and describe three different types of accidents and three sudden illnesses that may occur in an adult social care setting.

Question 10

List and describe three different types of accidents and three sudden illnesses that may occur in an adult social care setting.

Question 11

Outline the procedures which you should follow if any of these accidents orsudden illnesses should occur.

Question 12

Explain why it is important for emergency first aid tasks to be carried out qualified first-aiders only.

Question 13

List three routes by which an infection can get into a person’s body.

Question 14

Describe two ways in which your own health or hygiene might pose a risk to an individual or to others at work.

Question 15

Explain the five stages of the most thorough method for hand washing.

Question 16

Describe when to use different types of personal protective equipment. Give four examples.

Question 17

Identyfy legislation thet relates to moving and handling in a workplace.

Question 18

List three principles for safe moving and handling of objects or havy equipment.

Question 19

Explain why it is important to follow specialist training before carrying out moving and handling of equipment and objects.

Question 20

Explain three reasons as to why it is important to have specialist training before assisting and moving an individual.

Question 21

Explain the importance of following an individual’s care plan, and fully engaging with them when assisting and moving.

Question 22

Identify four hazards substances that may be found in a social care settings.

Question 23

Describe safe practices for:

Question 24

Outline procedures which you would follow in a social care settings to prevent the following from occuring:

Question 25

Outline procedures to be followed in the social care settings in the event of the following occurring:

Question 26

Identify four of the most common signs andindicators of strees that you may encounter in your role as an adult socal care worker.

Question 27

Identify circumstances that tend to trigger strees for workers in social care. Give four examples.

Question 28

Describe three ways to manage stress.

Question 29

Describe the main points of agreed procedures about handling medication.

Question 30

Identify three people who are responsible for medication in social care settings.

Question 31

Explain why medication must only be handled following specialist training.

Question 32

Identify three of the food safety standards that are relevant to a social care setting.

Question 33a

Explain three ways of storing food in an adult social care setting.

Question 33b

Explain three ways of maximising hygiene when handling food in an adult social care setting.

Question 33c

Explain three ways of disposal of food in an adult social care setting.

Question 34

Identify four common hazards when handling and storing food.