Download Activity: Health and Safety Risks for Child Care Staff Case Scenario

Activity: Health and Safety Risks for Child Care Staff Case Scenario
Instructions: Read the following scenario and discuss what might help in this situation.
Linda has been the Director at Sweet Peas Child Care Center for three years. In this
position, she supervises a staff of 20 women between the ages of 18 – 62. Most of the
child care staff have been with the center for at least two years. Linda has noticed that
staff have been missing more days of work due to illness or injury. She is concerned
that Sweet Peas Center is not doing all it can to promote the health of the staff. Linda
calls you (her Child Care Health Consultant) for ideas about promoting the health and
safety of the staff at Sweet Peas.
Keeping in mind your role with regard to consultation, advocacy, policy development,
health education/training, and resource and referral, what ideas do you have for Linda
with regard to preventing:
• Infectious disease transmission?
• Musculoskeletal injuries?
• Falls?
• Exposure to toxic materials?
DL 3 Caring for the Health and Safety of Child Care Staff
Healthy Child Care Texas adapted from The National Training Institute for Child Care Health
Consultants, UNC-CH