Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health, social care or children and young people's settings

Ai: Imagine you are a newly appointed supervisor/manager within your service. You need to update your staff handbook to reflect current employment law. Identify three different sources of information you could use to enable you to do this.

This helps practitioner’s work together for the welfare of children. It promotes the Every Child Matters outcomes to reinforcing how important it is for all child careers to work together.

Explain how current and relevant legislation and policy affects work with children and young people.

Explain how the procedures of the work setting protect both children and young people and practitioners.

Explain the roles and responsibilities of two members of the children’s workforce in relation to looked after children and young people.

10. Explain how play work organisations seek to balance the health, safety and security of the play environment with children and young people’s need for stimulation, risk and challenge. A play work provision

My job role includes ensuring the happiness, wellbeing and safety of all the children I work with and to make sure that I help, together as a team with the other practioners that I work with to provide a stimulating environment where the children can learn and thrive from.

Biv - Describe the procedure to follow if you wanted to raise a grievance at work. You may describe this in writing or produce a flow chart or diagram.

This work book has been designed for learners to help them provide the evidence needed to achieve unit R/602/2954 Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health, social or children and young people’s settings, which has been added to the following qualifications

Human Rights Act 1998 covers all of the Human Rights and ensures that all individuals have rights on their side and that they can take legal actions against any other individual or any organisation that disrespects their Human Rights; this includes the health and social care settings. This act came into force in England and Wales. This enables children, young people and adults to seek protection of their rights both nationally and internationally through the European court of human rights. It gives people the power to challenge perceived discrimination by public bodies. As an employee within the health and social care sector you would have to be aware of the human rights issues. You would need to know how to report any incidents. This act looks at individual’s rights. It also ensures vulnerable people are being cared for, and have rights to protection and privacy.

1. Explain how legislation and codes of practice relating to equality, diversity and discrimination apply to own work role

Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health, social care or children and young people’s settings

Give examples of legislation that impact on. Employee holidays, rest periods, working hours and night working. Explain why these are important for both the employee and employer

Employment legislation exists to protect both Employee and Employer and must be adhered to at all times. Legislation assists in regulating the relationship between Employers and Employees in order to ensure that abuse does not take place. It gives the employee a sense of security, and ensures we receive all the benefits we are entitled to.

2:1 Give examples of legislation that impact on: employee holidays, rest periods, working hours and night working and explain why these are important for both employee and organisation: