Health & Safety Service
Provided by our sister company Judicium Education, this Health & Safety Support Service is designed to support Catholic Schools, firstly, ensuring a safe working and learning environment and secondly, in complying with the legal requirements imposed on them as employers under the various Health & Safety laws and regulations.
Health & Safety Audit
The Audit Report will identify gaps in compliance and set out our recommendations on those improvements necessary to ensure satisfactory health & safety management; it is intended to be a key report to the Headteacher and Governors to enable them to assess how well the vital issue of safety is currently managed and to discharge their management responsibilities.
Policy & Procedure
We draft and keep under review policies and procedures, including: School/Academy Health & Safety Policy, First Aid and Medicines, Managing Contractors and Site Safety Rules, Educational Visits, Fire Management Policy and Model Department Policy.
Risk Assessments
We carry out and document on your behalf a number of assessments of the risks in key areas. These will be based both on our own observations and an assessment of current practice and procedures when benchmarked against best practice measures. Our recommendations for improved control of risks in these areas are then set out in an Action Plan for the school.
Fire Safety
We carry out a full Fire Risk Assessment and review this annually or sooner if there are significant changes. We prepare a dedicated Fire Safety Action Plan and provide advice on a wide range of fire safety issues.
Curriculum Risks
Where appropriate, we meet with the Heads of Department of the higher-risk, practical subjects to assess with them how safety is managed in their department and provide advice as necessary. Again current practice will be benchmarked against best practice measures and our recommendations for improved control of any risks are set out in an Action Plan.
Access to Competent Person
You will be allocated a Lead Consultant, who will be a specialist School Safety Adviser, who you can contact directly for advice on any health & safety matter.
Accident Investigation Support
Should an accident, near-miss or serious incident occur in your school, we will assist you to carry out an investigation to determine the cause of the event and identify any failure in the health and safety management system. Once a cause has been determined, we will provide guidance as to amendments to procedures or behaviour necessary to prevent recurrence.
Online Resources
Clients have access to an online Document Library of risk assessment templates and examples, checklists, guidance documents etc. written specifically for schools. Heads of Department can, for example, find and download detailed risk assessments which they can edit to reflect their own particular circumstances and procedures.
Employee Training
As part of the annual package, all employees of the school will have free, unlimited access to our health and safety eLearning library containing over 25 accredited courses ranging from safety induction to fire warden training. Schools will be advised as to which courses are appropriate to which employees.
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Catholic Schools Recruitment Partnership
07824 145078
