Health and Safety Update Client Panel 26 th September 2013

What Does The H&S Team Do? The Media View… Fun Police !! Jobsworths Stifle Business and Innovation Just say ‘No’ Create unnecessary paperwork and bureaucracy

The Reality… Set H&S Policy and develop procedures to help Home Group understand and meet its legal responsibilities to protect staff, customers and clients Monitor H&S Performance across the business Provide a source of competent H&S advice and support Work with all parts of the business to identify and manage risks Enable the business – The answer is ‘Yes’…now lets work out how… Good Health and Safety is Good Business

The H&S Team H&S Director Wayne Cole - Gosforth H&S Manager Andrew Grant - Gosforth H&S Co-ordinator Eemie Wong - Gosforth H&S Business Partners Mark Mcloughlin – Gosforth (NE, NW and Scotland) Tony Howard – Birmingham (Central Regions and SW) Sara Winterburn – Eastcote (London and SE)

H&S Audits Planned review of risk management controls Focus on ‘real issues’, including: ­ Fire precautions ­ Hazardous substances ­ Lone working ­ Manual handling ­ Welfare and first aid H&S Business Partners work with colleagues to address any issues Idenitfy themes and trends

Compliance Reporting Fire Risk Gas Safety Asbestos Surveys Water RiskElectrical SafetyLift Inspections

Incident Investigation Initial investigations are completed by Home Group managers H&S team investigates serious or complex incidents Investigations identify incident causation and corrective actions Learning from incidents is shared across the business

Property Health and Safety File Currently developing a standardised Property H&S File to help schemes demonstrate compliance with H&S requirements File includes sections for a range of different H&S aspects relating to the management of a building, and incorporates guidance for operational colleagues to help them compile the required information.

And Finally… Over to You