POLICY STATEMENT

v2 Dated 12/7/22

PART 1

This is the Health & Safety Policy Statement for Heene Community Association

Our Health & Safety Policy is to:

• Prevent accidents and cases of work-related ill health
• Manage Health & Safety risks in our workplace
• Provide clear instructions and information plus adequate training, to ensure all employees are competent to do their work
• Provide personal protective clothing when cleaning
• Consult with employees on matters affecting their health & Safety
• Provide and maintain safe equipment
• Ensure safe handling and use of substances
• Maintain safe and healthy working conditions
• Ensure staff are fully aware of the emergency procedures, including the evacuation in case of fire or other significant incident
• Review and revise this policy regularly

PART 2

Overall and final responsibility for Health & Safety in the Centre

Joanna Barden

To ensure Health & Safety are maintained/improved in the Centre

Joanna Barden

PART 3 – CafeOne22

Day to day Responsibility for ensuring this policy is put in practice regarding Café one22   Joanne Lewis

Overall and Final Responsibility for Health & Safety for Café one22      Joanna Barden

To ensure Health & Safety in Café one22 are maintained/improved, the following people have responsibility in the following areas:

Safety, Risk Assessments, Consulting employees, Accidents, First Aid and Work-related Health  Joanna Barden & Joanne Lewis

Monitoring, Accident and Ill Health Investigation, Emergency Procedures, Fire and Evacuation  Joanna Barden & Joanne Lewis

Maintaining Equipment, Information, Instruction and Supervision, Training Joanne Lewis

All employees should:

• Co-operate with supervisors and managers on Health & Safety matters
• Take reasonable care of their own Health & Safety
• Report all Health & Safety concerns to an appropriate person as detailed in Number 3, as above.

PART 4

Risk Assessment

• We will complete relevant risk assessments and take appropriate action
• We will review risk assessments when working habits or conditions change

Training

• We will give staff Health & Safety Induction and provide appropriate training
• We will provide personal protective clothing

Consultation

• We will consult staff routinely on Health & Safety matters as they arise and formally when we review Health & 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.