Colleague Handbook
Colleague Handbook
Our commitment, approach and arrangements in regard to how we manage health and safety is set out in our health and safety policy statement.
All colleagues are required to undertake mandatory training on Health and Safety accessible via the Learning Pathway on the Moodle eLearning site and as identified at service level.
There is also a dedicated area on Inside.Barnardo's which contains information on all matters relating to health and safety at work Health & Safety Policies and Safety Health and Fire
The health and safety duties of a worker, whether they are a Barnardo’s colleagues, seconded from another employer, or other person at work, include:
â– Taking reasonable care of their own health, safety and welfare and that of others who may be affected by what they do or do not do.
■Co-operating with Barnardo’s on health and safety to ensure there is compliance with any legal or local health, safety or welfare at work requirement.
■Correctly using work items provided by Barnardo’s, including personal protective equipment, tools and IT equipment, in accordance with training, instructions or information provided.
â– Not interfering with or misusing, either intentionally or recklessly, anything provided for health, safety or welfare.
â– Where they have been delegated a special health and safety task by their manager, performing it to an acceptable standard, and notifying the manager in the event of them experiencing any difficulty in carrying out that task.
The Health and Safety Executive/Trade Union Congress leaflet ‘Your health, your safety: A guide for Workers’ is available on content server.
Also available is translations of other Health and Safety Executive guidance.
Colleagues must always inform their line manager or use the Whistleblowing policy if they have any concerns in regards to health and safety.
Colleagues are required to make themselves aware of the fire precautions, and also to make themselves available for fire drills or fire training which may be arranged in the interests not only of themselves but also of service users and their colleagues.
Any colleague who believes that they may need additional assistance to either be made aware that there is a fire or assistance in evacuating the building they are in must bring this to the attention of their manager and the person in charge of the fire arrangements for their building. A Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) will then be produced to support that individual.
Equipment with naked flames including portable gas appliances, space heaters, camping stoves, BBQs, blow lamps, oil lamps, candles etc. must not be used in any premises controlled by Barnardo’s without permission or risk assessments.
Barnardo’s has a responsibility to respond to the environmental challenge. We must meet legal duties under the relevant legislation, and our environmental management is an increasingly important requirement in tender documents for local authorities.
We also want to demonstrate our social responsibility to preserve the environment for our children and future generations.