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Level 6 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Cultivating a Positive Safety Culture

HSC604 · Health and Safety in Health and Social Care Settings — Week 10 of 16

CourseHSC604
Week10 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Cultivating a Positive Safety Culture

  1. Just culture versus blame culture
  2. Leadership styles and staff engagement
  3. Measuring safety climate and psychological safety
  4. The Blame Game. Practicing accountability without blame in care homes.

What you will be able to do

  • 3.2 Analyse the effectiveness of health and safety policies and practices in the workplace in promoting a positive, healthy and safe culture.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the effectiveness of health and safety policies and practices in the workplace in promoting a positive, healthy and safe culture.

Study materials

Videos

  • The Blame Game. Practicing accountability without blame in care homes. · YouTube · We Lead · 12 min · for registered students
  • To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture - Professor Martin Elliott · YouTube · Gresham College · 60 min · for registered students
  • The importance of psychological safety: Amy Edmondson · YouTube · The King's Fund · 3 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • A promise to learn – a commitment to act (Berwick review into patient safety, 2013) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
  • Leading health and safety at work (HSE/IoD, INDG417) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry (Francis Report, 2013) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks
  • Week 2: Management Responsibilities and Governance
  • Week 3: Setting-Specific Safety Priorities
  • Week 4: Principles of Risk Assessment
  • Week 5: Risk Assessment in Care Planning
  • Week 6: Policy Implementation and Operational Impact
  • Week 7: Individual Responsibilities and Accountability
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Monitoring and Audit Systems
  • Week 10: Cultivating a Positive Safety Culture
  • Week 11: Continuous Improvement and Policy Review
  • Week 12: Applying Health and Safety in Health and Social Care Settin…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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