We want all our staff at Safe Families & Home for Good to work safely and effectively in the workplace. To ensure this is possible we provide new starters with information regarding our Health and Safety process which is listed in their induction record. This includes:
Health and Safety Welcome Meeting
When a new staff member starts with us the office lead (or line manager if agreed locally) should meet with them within the first week or two to have a Health and Safety Welcome Meeting. This is an opportunity to share key pieces of health and safety information. When you meet, talk through the Template provided and record any comments / questions.
Once completed please upload onto the staff database using the document type 'Health and Safety Meeting Record' (if the office lead completes the meeting it will need to be the line manager / People and Culture Team who upload this record)
Designated Home Working
When a staff member is designated home working the Health and Safety lead from the People and Culture Team will meet with them for a check in. This meeting will be booked into their calendar in Outlook in the first week of starting their role. In this meeting they will:
- Check in with them to hear about their first few days of work and how their set up is working for them
- Complete a DSE assessment with the staff member (more info reagrding DSE can be found here)
- Discover any adjustments or necessary equipment to support them in their working environment
- Share home working guidelines with them
For staff members who are office based the line manager will complete the DSE assessment.
Health and Safety Training
We ask all new members of staff to complete Manual Handling training through an online platform called 'TES Develop'. Each staff member should receive an email inviting them to create a log in with Develop. Once this has been completed they will be able to complete the online training.
Once the Manual Handling training has been completed the staff member will then need to upload their certificate to the staff database.