All employers are required, by law, to have access to competent health & safety advice. We provide Schools and other educational settings with the necessary advice to enable them to comply with the health & safety legislation.
Details of core service offered:
- Support
- A knowledgeable and comprehensive Competent Adviser service, with a dedicated Lead Advisor to support your leadership team. Caoimhe Keenan or 07881 945904
- Telephone/email support to assist with day-to-day enquiries, including a self-service portal.
- Providing support for liaison with enforcement agencies
- Training
- Bespoke training for your Leadership Team to support their understanding of the responsibilities they have for managing health and safety
- Guidance and advice (via the schools H&S Hub)
- Advice on risk assessments including person-specific risk assessments, in order to fulfil legal responsibilities (e.g., Health and Safety, Fire Safety and Equality Act), including where necessary face to face visits.
- Templates for support to manage wellbeing issues such as stress absence, DSE etc., regular articles and updates.
- For access to the schools hub please contact Tamas Sipos
- Policy and procedure
- Provision of model health and safety policies and procedures, management checklists and supporting guidance updated in line with new legislation, case law and good practice.
- RIDDOR management
- Access to the Online Reporting System to enable reporting of all work-related incidents including the management of RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations) reportable incidents/dangerous occurrences and support for investigation and reporting
- Monthly health & safety e-newsletter.
- Site specific inspections
- Exactly what it says on the tin!
Pay as you go services:
- Assisting with the preparation of risk assessments
- Either on-line review of a specific risk assessment or a face-to-face visit for more complex issues
- Undertaking workstation assessments
- A site visit to support you to manage day to day risks associated with computer use for your office based administrative team
- Incident investigations
- Support either over the phone or face to face with investigation of significant incidents
- Initial and on-going support in personal injury claims
- Usually, telephone support to discuss the type of documents you need to collate to support management of any claim
- A range of training courses
- Health, safety & wellbeing management in an educational setting aimed at leaders, site managers or governors. This can include some practical training such as manual handling, working at height or risk assessment.
CLEAPSS
- CLEAPSS Subscription
- Inclusion within the Council’s general membership of CLEAPSS to give access to their advisory service for science, design technology and art.
CHARGES
Maintained school: £250 annual subscription
Academies: Price on application
