Health & Safety

POLICIES & PROCEDURES:
HEALTH & SAFETY

POLICY

It is the policy of the company to do all that is reasonably practicable to prevent personal injury and to provide and maintain a healthy and safe working environment for all staff and service users, allowing for learning difficulties and /or disabilities and language difficulties.

It is the responsibility of Management to implement this policy and to obtain the co-operation of employees in its implementation.

PROCEDURES

1. The company will ensure that:

Managers are aware of and accept their responsibilities for health and safety.

Employees are aware of and are encouraged to accept their individual responsibilities for the health and safety of themselves and others.

Visitors, customers, clients and suppliers of goods and services who enter the company’s premises are made aware of the relevant Health & Safety rules or procedures.

Consultative procedures facilitate this involvement and commitment of employees at all levels.

Appropriate training on company Health and Safety procedures is provided for all new employees.

2. Machines, Materials & Methods:
Health and safety factors are taken fully into account:

In the design of the buildings, equipment and procedures used by the company: and

In the selection of the materials and articles used by the company: and

In the selection of placement companies used by the company.

3. Offsite Activities:

Employees and clients understand that they must make themselves aware of the Health and Safety rules and procedures pertaining to premises and operations external to the company, which they may visit during the normal course of their time with the company.

4. Injury and Dangerous Occurrence Investigations:

All such incidents are fully investigated with the object of establishing causes and preventing a recurrence.

5. Fire:

The company aims:

To maintain adequate provisions for fire prevention, fire fighting and control in co-operation with the local Fire Authority Advisor

To maintain and practice satisfactory alarm and evacuation procedures involving all occupants of the company’s premises.

6. Health & Hygiene:

We will ensure access to medical services and first aid facilities. At least one member of the company’s staff is a qualified first aider.

7. Information & Knowledge:

The company will make available detailed health and safety information, which may be required on relevant legislation.

8. Review of Policy/Objectives:

Each year to review this Policy and Objectives and revise as required.

9. Senior Management Responsibility

The overall policy is the collective responsibility of the Senior Management team . The company’s General Manager is responsible for establishing Health and Safety practices within the company. Is

This policy is supported by and should be read in conjunction with the Crosby Training:

• Safeguarding and PREVENT policy

• PREVENT Action Plan

• Business Continuity, Incident and Disaster Recovery Plan

This policy forms part of the Crosby Training Safeguarding Handbook.

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