Health & Safety Advisor

I have a FANTASTIC opportunity for a Health & Safety Advisor to join one of the UK's most established Children's Residential Service providers to undertake a programme of regular, extensive health and safety audits and reviews across the organisation to ensure continual improvement with health and safety performance.

Role: Health & Safety Advisor

Salary: �42,000

Location: Remote - Working from home with travel to sites across South and Mid Wales

Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm

Contract Type: Full time - Permanent

**The location of the services that you will be responsible for will be in South & Mid Wales, however there will be a requirement for you to occasionally attend head office in Birmingham so you must be flexible to travel to these locations**

Benefits:

• Car Allowance
• 33 Days Annual Leave Entitlement (inc. Bank Holidays)
• Matched company pension contribution
• Company Sick Pay
• Access to Benefits Package (Retail, Leisure, Entertainment Discounts, Access to Employee Assistance Program, Health & Eye Care)

Duties of the Health & Safety Advisor:

• To be flexible in approach to workload to enable responsiveness to issues as they arise.
• To prepare clear, robust and constructive written reports and action plans following audit, reviews and conduct support visits. Monitor action plan progress.
• Where required, provide support for Service Managers in developing and managing their health and safety management systems (e.g. new manager induction, risk assessment development, action plan progress).
• To assist the Head of Risk Management in the development and review of health and safety policies, procedures, risk assessments, documentation, and audit templates.
• To undertake robust investigations relating to accidents and incidents where required.
• To maintain an awareness and understanding of current and proposed health and safety (and related) statutory requirements and to maintain personal continuing professional development (CPD).
• To assist in incident investigations including following RIDDOR reportable incidents.
• To support with answering health and safety queries in a timely manner.
• To provide advice, guidance and support to operations.
• To assist in the training and development of our people as required.
• Attend and contribute to meetings as and when required both internal and external.
• Be involved in project work such as health and safety projects such as learning lessons, campaigns etc.
• Be able to work with honesty and transparency, sharing results from audits and learnings from untoward events.

Requirements:

• Minimum of Level 3 Certificate in Health & Safety
• Relevant experience in a H&S related role

If you want to fulfil your passion for Health & Safety whilst making a difference in the lives of children & young people, please click "Apply" today!