Exploring hazards and risks

Care delivery in a person’s home environment should be delivered in the least intrusive way possible to the recipient and the household members.

The worker and the Participant both have a right to be safe during a service.

To achieve this, you will need to consider hazards, risk factorsand risks.

• A hazard is something that has the potential to cause harm.
• A risk factor is something or someone that creates or adds to a hazard.
• Risk is the expected level of harm that may occur from a hazard.

This section of the web site groups hazards by:

• Participant
• Carer
• Support Worker
• Task
• Environment in the home
• Equipment
• In the community
• Disasters and emergencies
  

For each hazard there are risk factors.

For each risk factor there are things you can consider in order to minimise the risk.