Health and Safety Update
Client Panel
26th September 2013
What Does The H&S Team Do?
The Media View…
Stifle Business
and Innovation
Fun Police !!
Jobsworths
Just say ‘No’
Create unnecessary
paperwork and
bureaucracy
The Reality…
• Set H&S Policy and develop procedures to help Home Group
understand and meet its legal responsibilities to protect staff,
customers and clients
• Monitor H&S Performance across the business
• Provide a source of competent H&S advice and support
• Work with all parts of the business to identify and manage risks
• Enable the business – The answer is ‘Yes’…now lets work out
how…
Good Health and Safety is Good Business
The H&S Team
H&S Director
Wayne Cole - Gosforth
H&S Business Partners
Mark Mcloughlin – Gosforth
(NE, NW and Scotland)
H&S Manager
Andrew Grant - Gosforth
H&S Co-ordinator
Eemie Wong - Gosforth
Tony Howard – Birmingham
(Central Regions and SW)
Sara Winterburn – Eastcote
(London and SE)
H&S Audits
• Planned review of risk management
controls
• Focus on ‘real issues’, including:
-
Fire precautions
Hazardous substances
Lone working
Manual handling
Welfare and first aid
• H&S Business Partners work with
colleagues to address any issues
• Idenitfy themes and trends
Compliance Reporting
Fire Risk
Gas Safety
Asbestos Surveys
Water Risk
Electrical Safety
Lift Inspections
Incident Investigation
• Initial investigations are
completed by Home Group
managers
• H&S team investigates
serious or complex incidents
• Investigations identify
incident causation and
corrective actions
• Learning from incidents is
shared across the business
Property Health and Safety File
• Currently developing a
standardised Property H&S File to
help schemes demonstrate
compliance with H&S
requirements
• File includes sections for a range
of different H&S aspects relating
to the management of a building,
and incorporates guidance for
operational colleagues to help
them compile the required
information.
And Finally…
Over to You