Risk
assessment policy
Aim of policy
To
give guidance on how and when to complete risk assessments.
Points to
consider
Risk
assessments are to assess hazards to anyone on the nursery premises, or in case
of external trips to the children, staff and parents in our care.
The
HSE considers risk assessment to be:
“a
careful examination of what, in your work, could cause harm to people to enable
you to decide whether you have taken enough precautions or you should do more.
It should identify and take into account all significant factors that can
affect the chance and extent of harm and reach a conclusion on whether and how
the management of such factors needs to be improved to eliminate or lessen that
chance”.
There
are five points to consider when carrying out a risk assessment:
Identify
the hazard
Decide
who may be harmed and how
Evaluate
the risks and decide on precautions
Record
your findings and implement them
Review
your assessment and update if necessary
Castle Daycare
and Preschool aim to achieve this by:
Carrying
out thorough and regular risk assessments on all aspects and areas of the
nursery.
The person responsible for
carrying out risk assessments in this nursery is
Daily
Health and Safety checks should also be made to ensure no hazards arise between
risk assessments.
The
person/people responsible for carrying out these daily checks is: All staff
More
information on how to complete risk assessments can be found at:
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