Despite the size, the nature and the scope of service, social service agency would have the responsibilities to ensure the health and safety at work of employees and the person in their premises. This course is specially designed for the management staff working in the social service agency.

This course aims at enhance their basic knowledge in occupational safety and health, basic risk assessment skill and strengthen their ability in conduct risk assessment when assigning the job to frontline staff. Thus, the safety level of social service sector could be raised up and the number of accident could be reduced.

This course would be divided into two lessons. The first lesson would include the introduction of occupational safety and health legislation and work hazards related to social service sector, basic risk assessment principle and technique. Candidate should apply the knowledge learnt from the first lesson to conduct risk assessment on the work carried out in the social service agency. The second lesson would include case studies and hierarchy of risk control. Candidate should also report the result of risk assessment in the second lesson and the lecturer would provide suggestion for further improvement.