Health and Safety Update

Client Panel26th September 2013

What Does The H&S Team Do?

The Media View…

Fun Police !!

Jobsworths

Stifle Business and Innovation

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 DirectorWayne Cole - Gosforth

H&S ManagerAndrew Grant - Gosforth

H&S Co-ordinator

Eemie Wong - Gosforth

H&S Business Partners

Mark Mcloughlin – Gosforth

(NE, NW and Scotland)

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