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Case Study - Organisational WHS

The Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act, 1986, requires that anyone who can affect health and safety must protect the well-being of themselves and others.

As an early childhood educator in a childcare centre, you have an important role to play in this and should be aware that your actions at work directly influence the safety of you, your work mates, the children and their families.

Scenario 1:
You have been taking the lead in providing care for Tim and Kevin since they started going to the centre. In two weeks, you will be taking a 3-day vacation leave.

Your task: Using your own experience as an early childhood educator in your vocational workplace, answer the questionnaire below to reflect on your own levels of stress and fatigue at work:

Scenario 2:
Letting the designated person know your concerns relevant to work-related stress and fatigue is an essential step in resolving potential safe work issues in the future.

Your task: Review the relevant workplace procedures in the link provided below and follow the outlined reporting process. Use the template below to document your completion of this task:

Scenario 3:
Maintaining currency of relevant safe work practices in the workplace is another excellent way of ensuring your own safety. As such, Sparkling Stars makes sure that all employees maintain their currency by conducting an annual safe work practice currency check among all its employees.

Your task: Identify ways to maintain currency of safe work practices by listing your strategies according to the different categories and contexts outlined below: An example is provided for your reference

Scenario 4:
As an early childhood educator, it is also your responsibility to raise the children's awareness of safety. The centre ensures that there are enough programs and activities that promote safety awareness among the children in the centre.

Your task: Create a poster to help promote safety awareness among the children in the centre. You may choose any topic or theme relevant to child safety or promoting safety awareness among children. Below are some examples of topics or themes you may use for your poster:
• Stranger danger
• Safety in the kitchen
• Safety in the bathroom
• Safety in the park
• Safety in the beach
• Safety in crossing streets
• Handwashing

Attachment:- Childrens Health and Safety.rar