Health and Safety Manager

• 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) preferred, with consideration of part-time or flexible working
• £44,000 - £50,000 per annum (Dependent on hours, qualifications and experience)
• NEBOSH or equivalent qualification with proven Health & Safety experience essential
• One site location – Near Newbury, RG18 9NU
• Car owner/driver (due to location)

The Health and Safety Manager role offers an exciting opportunity for a proactive, innovative professional to play a critical role in using their experience and knowledge to create safe environment for young people who have autism and complex needs as well as staff and visitors across our school and residential healthcare setting, based on a beautiful, rural 52-acre site. You would be working closely with our Operational and Executive Leadership teams, developing and implementing health and safety plans, enforcing policies, assessing risks, and promoting a culture of safety, working for a registered charity. Responsibilities Some of the day-to-day responsibilities include:-

• To ensure all aspects of Health & Safety responsibilities under the HSE, CQC and OFTSED Regulations are met to a high standard and responded to in a timely manner.
• To be responsible for reporting incidents to and liaising with external bodies where required, in line with HSE, CQC and OFSTED, fire authorities and others including submitting RIDDOR notifications.
• To carry out / support Health & Safety inspections, audits, and risk assessments for the whole site, including off-site provisions owned by Priors Court, as required.
• To manage the Health & Safety Tracker to ensure task owner takes responsibility and acts within agreed timeframe. Ensure all actions and recommendations are agreed & assigned to the relevant management team; and to ensure all recommendations and actions are completed (or risk managed) within legislated or recommended time frames.
• To immediately respond and raise concern should a situation impact the safety and wellbeing of the young people residing at Prior’s Court or the staffing team.
• To work closely with the organisations safeguarding team to understand or share any incidents that could affect the safety and wellbeing of the young people residing at Prior’s Court.
• To embed, alongside the Designated Safeguarding Lead, a positive, knowledgeable and proactive relationship between Health & Safety and Safeguarding.
• Providing communication and guidance of Health & Safety expectations across the site, role modelling, promoting, and reinforcing a positive and knowledgeable “don’t walk by” culture.

We would be particularly excited to hear from you if you can demonstrate: Proven experience within a Health & Safety management role with a comprehensive understanding of the legal health and safety guidelines Benefits

• 33 days annual leave, including Bank Holidays.
• Company pension (Combined 8% contributions - Employer 5%, Employee 3%)
• Employee Recognition Schemes, including an annual staff awards programme and Long Service Awards
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to our full Flexible Benefits package including the option of dental insurance, private medical insurance, critical illness, increased life insurance, partner life insurance self-funded health cash plan and many others

About Prior's Court Prior's Court was set up by Founding Patron Dame Stephanie Shirley, whose vision of a centre of excellence for children with autism became reality with the opening of Prior's Court School in 1999. We have since grown to support around 90 young people with autism aged between 5-25 years with the opening of Prior's Court Young Adult Provision in 2011. Since opening, our support team has grown from around 20 to 500 and we have built a reputation as a leading edge educational, vocational, and residential facility for young people with autism. We are situated on 50 acres of parkland with various facilities including accommodation for our young people, a school with a wide range of facilities and offices. Qualifications BSc/BA in safety management or NEBOSH Level 6 Diploma or equivalent qualification in occupational health and safety IOSH Certified training BSI ISO 45001 Additional Information All positions at the school are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, references and receipt of the appropriate Right to Work documents. Prior’s Court Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Prior’s Court is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek and embrace differences in thinking, experience, ethnicity, age, gender, faith, personalities and styles. The different skills, experiences and backgrounds our employees bring to their roles create a workforce as diverse and individual as the young people we support and makes Prior’s Court a special place to work. We strive for an inclusive environment where employees feel safe, engaged and supported to make a difference. Find out more about a career with a difference