Health and Safety Policy

POLICY STATEMENT

Part 1: Statement of Intent

This is the health and safety policy statement of Neurodelicious CIC.

Our health and safety policy is to:

  • prevent accidents and cases of work-related ill health

  • manage health and safety risks in the workplaces where are activities take place

  • provide personal protective equipment where needed

  • consult with our employees, contractors and volunteers who use our spaces and facilities on matters affecting their health and safety

  • provide and maintain safe equipment

  • maintain safe and healthy working conditions

  • implement emergency procedures, including evacuation in case of fire or other significant incident

  • review and revise this policy regularly

Part 2: Responsibilities for health and safety

1 Overall and final responsibility for health and safety: Oliver Squirrell

2 Day-to-day responsibility for ensuring this policy is put into practice: Oliver Squirrell

3 To ensure health and safety standards are maintained/improved, the following people have responsibility in the following areas: Oliver Squirrell, Helen Oldfield and Hannah Aria- accidents and work-related ill health.

Oliver Squirrell – safety, risk assessments, consulting employees and volunteers who we engage, monitoring, accident and ill-health investigation, emergency procedures, maintaining equipment, information, instruction and supervision, training.

4 All employees and volunteers should:

  • cooperate with supervisors and managers on health and safety matters;

  • take reasonable care of their own health and safety; and

  • report all health and safety concerns to an appropriate person (as detailed above).

Part 3: Arrangements for health and safety

Risk assessment

  • We will complete relevant risk assessments and take action.

  • We will review risk assessments when working habits or conditions change.

Training

  • We will give staff, contractors and volunteers health and safety induction and provide appropriate training.

  • We will provide personal protective equipment where needed.

Consultation

  • We will consult staff routinely on health and safety matters as they arise and formally when we review health and safety.

Evacuation

  • We will make sure escape routes are well signed and kept clear at all times.

  • Evacuation plans are tested from time to time and updated if necessary.

Date Of Last Review of Policy:

23rd January 2024