Home Sweet Home takes care to provide a safe and healthy work environment in compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). Accordingly, volunteers are expected to comply with all safety and health requirements, whether established by management or by federal, state, or local law.
Accidents/Injuries: Immediately report all accidents resulting in injuries to yourself or clients or damage to property to your supervisor, or to the Director of Residential Services. (It must be reported no later than the end of your shift on the day the injury or accident occurs.)
Emergency procedures, such as where to go in case of a storm or fire, where to find the first aid kit should be explained by staff in your area.
You are required to work safely at all times, to observe all posted safety rules and regulations, and to practice good housekeeping. To be effective, a safety program requires the total commitment of all volunteers. Our program requires that each of you:
Use care and judgment in performing your volunteer job.
Use safety equipment when required for the job.
Operate only the machinery and equipment for which you have been trained.
Report any acts and conditions which appear unsafe.
The following applies only to food service volunteers:
No person, while affected with a communicable disease that can be transmitted by foods (or who is a carrier of organisms that cause such a disease), or while afflicted with a boil or infected wound or an acute respiratory infection, shall work in food service in any capacity in which there is a likelihood of (1) contaminating food or food contact surfaces with pathogenic organisms or (2) transmitting the disease to other persons
Thoroughly wash your hands and the exposed portions of your arms with soap and warm water before starting work, during work as often as is necessary to keep them clean, and after eating, drinking, or using the toilet. Keep fingernails clean and trimmed.
Keep outer clothing clean.
Use effective hair restraints to prevent the contamination of food or food contact surfaces.
Do not use tobacco in any form while engaged in food preparation or service, nor while in any equipment or utensil washing or food preparation areas.
Handle soiled tableware in such a way as to avoid contaminating your hands.
Maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness and conform to good hygienic practices during all working periods in food service.
Wear closed toe shoes and pants or knee length shorts to comply with OSHA standards.
Children under 12 are not allowed in the kitchen for safety reasons.