OTHM Level 6 T/618/5502 Health and Safety in Health and Social Care Settings Assignment

Level 6 Assignment Front Sheet

Qualification: OTHM Level 6 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Unit number and title: T/618/5502 – Health and Safety in Health and Social Care Settings

Assignment title: Health and Safety in Health and Social Care Settings

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ understanding of management responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of the health and social care workplace and the people within it.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this assignment learners should:

LO1: Understand how health and safety legislation is implemented in health and social care settings.

LO2: Understand the role of risk assessment in health and social care service provision.

LO3: Understand the monitoring and review of health and safety in health and social care settings.

Word Count: Approximately 3000 words. Spread the word count across the assessment criteria, accordingly.

Styling Guideline

Please strictly follow these formatting guidelines to avoid assignment rejection.

Font Style: Calibri (Body)

Font Size: 11

Heading: 13 (Bold)

Subheading: 12 (Bold)

Bullets: Use consistent bullet style

Document type: Word Document (.docx)

Assessment criteria to be assessed in this assignment

Pass: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 are all assessed.

Helping Notes are present in the Assignment worksheet that will aid you with your assignment. Moreover, you can summon tutor support.

Task 1

• Summarise legislation, policies and procedures underpinning health and safety in the health and social care workplace.
• Examine the responsibilities of management in relation to health and safety.
• Analyse health and safety priorities for a specific health and social care setting.

The above discussion will help you to achieve the following Assessment Criteria:

1.1 Summarise legislation, policies and procedures underpinning health and safety in the health and social care workplace.
1.2 Examine the responsibilities of management in relation to health and safety.
1.3 Analyse health and safety priorities for a specific health and social care setting.

Task 2

• Explain the principles of risk assessment for health and social care.
• Analyse how information from risk assessments informs care planning.
• Analyse the impact of one aspect of health and safety policy on health and social care practice.

The above discussion will help you to achieve the following Assessment Criteria:

• 2.1 Explain the principles of risk assessment for health and social care.
• 2.2 Analyse how information from risk assessments informs care planning.
• 2.3 Analyse the impact of one aspect of health and safety policy on health and social care practice.

Task 3

• Explain how health and safety policies and practices are monitored and reviewed.
• Analyse the effectiveness of health and safety policies and practices in the workplace in promoting a positive, healthy and safe culture.
• Examine the responsibilities of individuals in relation to health and safety.

The above discussion will help you to achieve the following Assessment Criteria:

• 3.1 Explain how health and safety policies and practices are monitored and reviewed.
• 3.2 Analyse the effectiveness of health and safety policies and practices in the workplace in promoting a positive, healthy and safe culture.
• 3.3 Examine the responsibilities of individuals in relation to health and safety.

Guidelines for Completion and Submission

Plagiarism and Collusion

In submitting the assignment, learners must complete a statement of authenticity confirming that the work submitted for all tasks is their own. The statement should also include the word count.

ILC recommends the following to check plagiarism/similarity:

Learners are required to attach the similarity report in the submission slot or email it to the tutor.

Plagiarism and collusion are treated very seriously. Plagiarism involves presenting work, excerpts, ideas or passages of another author without appropriate referencing and attribution. Collusion occurs when two or more learners submit work which is so alike in ideas, content, wording and/or structure that the similarity goes beyond what might have been mere coincidence.

Referencing

A professional approach to work is expected from all learners. Learners must therefore identify and acknowledge ALL sources/methodologies/applications used. The learner must use the Harvard Referencing system to achieve this. Marks are not awarded for the use of English; however, the learner must express ideas clearly and ensure that appropriate terminology is used to convey accuracy in meaning.

Appendices

You may include appendices to support your work, however appendices must only contain additional supporting information, and must be clearly referenced in your assignment.

You may also include tables, graphs, diagrams, Gantt chart and flowcharts that support the main report, which should be incorporated into the end of the assignment report that is submitted.

Any published secondary information such as annual reports and company literature should be referenced in the main text of the assignment, in accordance with Harvard Style Referencing, and referenced at the end of the assignment.

Word Count Policy

Learners must comply with the required word count, within a margin of ±10%. These rules exclude the index, headings, tables, images, footnotes, appendices and information contained within references and bibliographies. When an assessment task requires learners to produce presentation slides with supporting notes, the word count applies to the supporting notes only.

Submission of Assignments

All work to be submitted on the due date. All work must be submitted in a single electronic document (.docx file).

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