Providing you a service of: ‘Excellence’ and ‘Virtue’

Facilitated by professional skilled practitioners. Qualified and experienced Training Advisors.

Director and Health & Safety Training Consultant:-

Pauline Harbron Mobile: 07814045348

Interim e - mail: paulineharbron@virginmedia.com

DO YOU REQUIRE:

•  Micro-workshops?

•  Half or full day events?

•  Compliance with your training responsibilities?

•  Bespoke and tailored ‘General’ and ‘Specialist’ training?

•  Advice and guidance with your risk assessments,Policies or Procedures? If your answer is yes… ‘we can’ provide you this service, and also…

•  Enable learners to achieve their full potential, whilst providing stimulating teaching and learning activities.

OUR VALUES ARE TO: •  Provide a caring and professional service

•  Provide high ethical standards of integrity

•  Provide passion, enthuse and motivate our learners’

•  Provide an excellent bespoke service – ‘fit for purpose’

OUR PHILOSOPHY IS:

•  ‘To provide a training service that will inspire learners’ to address safety behaviour with a common sense approach’.

•  ‘To promote sensible risk assessment advice, not to promote risk aversion’.

•  ‘An overall aim; for the workforce to unite and promote a strong and positive health and safety culture’.

ARETE PROVIDE’s SOLUTIONS IN:

•  Ensuring you remain compliant with all School/Business Governance.

•  Identifying key learning issues, and therefore providing supportive strategies and

interventions bespoke to your organizations needs

•  Ensuring you remain compliant with your Health & Safety responsibilities

•  Designing your events in line with your (TNA) outcomes and requirements, strengthening

professional development.

•  Helping you achieve your required training standards for Ofsted/CQC Inspectorate.

•  Promoting sensible and practical risk management practices we (assess, plan, do, review)

*Some previous Clients: The Kings Academy, Rose Wood, Priory Woods, Beverley, Holmewood, Sunnyside

Schools, Bede College and The Cleveland Unit – James Cook Hospital

ARETE’s MISSION STATEMENT…….

We are here to provide a fully inclusive, professional and caring health and safety training and advisory service, to all of our Clients. A ‘One stop shop’ portfolio of

services, where the Clients role is simplified. We will… •  Provide you with professional multi-skilled practitioners’ who have a wealth of local experience and

knowledge •  Ensure your training and advisory services are ‘fit for purpose’ and ‘value for money’ •  Help you to achieve your learning outcomes’ and required training standards in health and safety •  Provide a responsive and flexible service, whilst bringing expertise and improvement to your organization •  Aim to empower your staff to encourage them to promote, influence and lead on all aspects of safety

behaviour in your workplace •  Look after you! Our Clients are important to us, and we appreciate your diversity of needs and

requirement’s

Arete: ‘The act of living up to one’s full potential’

*Some previous Clients: The Kings Academy, Rose Wood, Priory Woods, Beverley, Holmwood, Sunnyside Schools, Bede College and The Cleveland Unit – James Cook Hospital

POPULAR TRAINING PROGRAMMES:

•  Risk Assessment – General, Manual Handling, COSHH, Violence, (D.S.E.) Workstation

•  Induction Awareness - Ideal for new, volunteers or casual/temporary staff

•  Fire Safety Awareness - Includes best practise, use of your PEEP Plan, also… Fire Warden responsibilities

•  Coshh Awareness – Includes recent updated CHIP hazard label details

•  Load Management of Objects – Manual Handling of Objects – bespoke prop’s

•  People Handling & Hoist & Slings - Manual Handling of People (Children or Adults)

•  Conflict Management - Includes the provision of ‘Breakaway – Techniques’

•  Working at Height Safely - Includes the use of steps and ladders

•  Mental Health First Aid - Interventions, solutions and support mechanisms?

‘Arete’ works in partnership with…. ‘We do Health and Safety’

SO FAR AS IS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE’

TIME, EFFORT,

COST

RISK

A GOOD WORKING ENVIRONMENT SHOULD CONSIST OF:

•  Sufficient space, light, quiet, comfortable temperature

•  Access to equipment and materials in order to do the job

•  Sufficient information and instruction for all employees

•  Hazards – avoided or minimised

•  Sufficient training & supervision

•  Good Housekeeping

•  Risk Assessments in writing

RISK ASSESSMENT FORMS – COMPETENT PERSONS

•  List general ‘activities’- tasks carried out at work and identify the

(Hazard) & (Risks) associated ?

•  Indicate ‘who’ might be harmed?

•  Identify what precautions are already in place

•  Identify any additional measures?

•  Record your findings

•  Share your findings!

GENERAL RISK ASSESSMENT RECORD SHEET

Assessment: Assessor:

Date: Review Date:

What are the hazards?

Who might be harmed and how?

What are you already doing?

What further action is necessary?

Action by Whom?

Action by When

Completed

Slips and trips Staff and visitors may be injured if they trip over objects or slip on spillages.

General good housekeeping is carried out. All areas well lit, including stairs. No trailing leads or cables. Staff keep work areas clear, eg no boxes left in walkways, deliveries stored immediately.

Better housekeeping in staff kitchen needed, eg on spills. Arrange for loose carpet tile on second floor to be repaired/replaced.

All staff, supervisor to monitor Manager

From now on xx/xx/xx

xx/xx/xx xx/xx/xx

Signature Date

RISK ASSESSMENT

First Aid

•  Organisations need to ensure they fulfil the

requirements of the Health and Safety (First-Aid)

Regulations 2014 in providing trained staff to

administer first aid when needed.

•  Numbers are based upon the level of risk identified

in your risk assessment and staff should be trained

in either;

•  Emergency First Aid at Work – 1 day course

•  First Aid at Work – 3 day course

•  Paediatric First Aid at Work – 2 day course

•  All courses are accredited courses and are

nationally recognised through the QCF.

FIRST AID

The following syllabus meets the HSE requirements laid down for course content as follows: •  First Aid at Work Regulations and Rules •  Initial Assessment •  Unconscious Breathing and Recovery Position •  The Heart, Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attacks and CPR •  CPR and CPR Handover to a Second Rescuer •  Adult Choking, Conscious and Unconscious •  Serious Bleeding Management and Wounds •  Spinal Injury Management •  Burns Scalds and Shock •  Anaphylactic Shock and Allergies •  Seizures and Epilepsy

HEALTH & SAFETY SUPPORT

Developing a positive H&S culture

• Make it simple but effective

• Understand how the employees think

A range of packages that can help you meet your requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and other regulations

Aiming for Excellence through; •  Full Health & Safety Audit •  Policies, Risk assessments, COSHH & RIDDOR •  Full service on-site support •  Training in-house or…. on-line

COSHH REG’S - HAZARD WARNING LABELS

Replaced subsequently by

*Label designations in compliance with the amended (CHIP) regulations 2015

WORKING AT HEIGHT REG’S – USE OF ACCESS AIDS

HANDLING ANGRY CUSTOMERS

•  Let the customer blow off steam

•  Be diplomatic even if the customer is at fault

•  Be empathetic/sympathetic to the situation

•  Don’t take it personally

•  Stay calm and speak calmly

•  Explain you wish to help

•  Remain impartial

•  Take notes to establish the facts

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

There are five basic principles to remember:

•  Surprise the aggressor •  Speed •  Utilise their body weight! •  Technique – simple to follow and

apply Break - away and run intervention!

•  Use ‘reasonable force’ when you have a duty of care for the potential aggressor!

LOAD MANAGEMENT LEGISLATION

•  Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

•  L.O.L.E.R. and P.U.W.E.R Reg’s 1998

•  Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992

‘Responsibilities are placed on both Employers and Employees’

MANUAL HANDLING

Definition - Any transporting or supporting of a load, via physical force applied either directly or indirectly to a load.

Load - Object, Person or Animal Method - Moving by hand or bodily force including:

»  Carrying, and statically supporting a load »  Lifting »  Lowering, »  Pushing, »  Pulling,

HANDLING AIDS AND HANDLING TECHNIQUES

OXFORD VOYAGER OVERHEAD HOIST-MOBILE HOISTS

THE IMPACT OF FIRE DAMAGE

CAUSES OF FIRE – FIRE AWARENESS/WARDEN TRAINING

•  Electrical equipment •  Naked flames •  Hot surfaces •  Mechanical sparks

•  Spontaneous ignition •  Chemicals •  Smoking •  Arson •  People

•  Welding & Cutting equipment •  Portable Heaters •  Bitumen Boilers •  Static Electricity •  Cooking

FIRST AID RATES

First Aid At Work – 3 day event… £150.00

First Aid at Work Requalification – 2 Day event… £120.00

Emergency First Aid at Work – 1 Day event… £62.50

Annual First Aid Refresher – ½ day event… £50.00

Paediatric First Aid – 2 Day event… £62.50 All prices are non - inclusive of Vat

Contact Bob Harris: E mail: rharris@wedohealthandsafety.co.uk

Mobile:07813 624969

STANDARD TRAINING DAY RATES

One day event for 10-14 delegates £750.00 - £75.00 per person > (10) & VAT

£53.60 > 14 delegates (larger group)

Half day event for 10-14 delegates £350.00 - £35.00 per person > (10) & VAT

£25.00 > 14 delegates

Bespoke and Tailored events, or larger group events (Prices are to be negotiated by ‘Arete and We do’)

All prices are non - inclusive of Vat

STANDARD TRAINING DAY RATES

One day event for 1 – 6 delegates (small peer group)

£600.00 (£100 per person) & VAT

Half day event for 1 – 6 delegates

£300.00 (£50.00 per person) & VAT

Bespoke and Tailored events, or larger group events (Prices are to be negotiated by ‘Arete and We do’)

All prices are non - inclusive of Vat

DO YOU ALSO REQUIRE ? •  Health and Safety Policies – bespoke to your organisations

requirements

•  Health and Safety Audits and Inspections

•  Fire Risk Assessments – Fire Safety Package

•  Bronze Package - expertise

•  Silver Package - expertise

•  Gold Package - expertise

•  Legionella Testing

•  Drug & Alcohol Testing If your answer is yes… ‘We do Health & Safety’ can provide you this service

MISSION STATEMENT

By providing a common-sense, honest and practical approach to safety, we help you to achieve a legally compliant yet productive and profitable workplace

We do Health & Safety does this by inspiring

acceptance and engagement by all employees towards their responsibilities, resulting in a change

in behaviour and attitude towards safety, thus encouraging a workplace where employees feel

empowered, safe at work and who positively contribute to your overall business success.

We  do  Health  &  Safety  Limited,  1  Blackwell  Lane,  Darlington,  DL3  8QF Email:  enquiries@wedohealthandsafety.co.uk    

 Web:  www.wedohealthandsafety.co.uk

Ask yourself this……..

•  Do your employee’s have the knowledge and skills to become autonomous thinkers?

•  Are your staff safety conscious?

•  Are there signs in your workplace of employees displaying re-active or pro-active safety behaviour?

•  Are you leaving yourself open to litigation?

Thank you for your attention and time!

A Partnership of expertise providing your organisation with a fully inclusive Health and Safety Service

Qualified and experienced Training Advisors.

IOSH, IFL, SEN, Members

Providing accredited courses from the QCF Framework (Ofqual) Or non - accredited Training Qualifications