Group Health and Safety Advisor

17 hours ago


Taunton, United Kingdom Somerset Care Full time

**Job Title**:Group Health and Safety Advisor**

**Hours**:Full Time 37 hours, Monday - Friday

**Salary**:up to £35,000 per annum DOE

**Location**:Taunton - (Travel to other sites will include Somerset, Wiltshire, and Devon)

Are you a Health and Safety Advisor that likes to make a difference to people’s lives?

Somerset Care is an award-winning provider of care across the Southwest. When people think about care, they think of the Somerset Care Group.

**The Role**

We are looking to recruit a **Group Health & Safety Advisor** based at our Taunton Support Centre, and regularly visit our wonderful residents and teams in our care homes as well as office-based colleagues. This is an excellent opportunity for a positive and collaborative individual to support the H&S side of our business to meet the relevant standards required and make sure our colleagues are supported with health and safety matters. This role would suit an organised and solution focused individual looking to take the next steps on their health and safety career.

**Main Duties include**:

- Supporting Somerset Care in meeting its Health and Safety obligations and aims
- Building and maintaining productive relationships with stakeholders to influence and promote good H&S practice.
- Providing advice, support and guidance to managers and colleagues to ensure their understanding of key H&S policies and procedures (e.g. The H&S management system, risk assessment requirements, safety updates and notices etc)
- Dealing with reports and project activities which will include maintaining action plans.
- Maintaining understanding and knowledge of current relevant legislation
- Working with our Learning and Development teams to provide health and safety training.
- Working closely with and contributing to the Health & Safety Sub Committee
- Arranging visits for inspections by statutory agencies
- Working collaboratively with colleagues and external stakeholders to achieve a positive H&S culture and commitment to continuous improvement.
- Supporting operational managers with incident investigations and reports

**About you**
- Experience working in a Health & Safety environment/role.
- NEBOSH National General Certificate / TechIOSH is a **minimum requirement.**
- Experience in the care sector is desirable.
- Good communication skills which show an understanding of how to engage with key stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes, including influencing/coaching skills and an ability to develop managers and their team's approach to safety.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills
- A keen eye for detail
- A good knowledge of audit
- As this role required the post holder to visit our care homes and offices, a full UK driving license and their own transport is essential.

**We really care about our staff and offer a range of excellent benefits**:

- We have partnered with Wagestream so you can access your earned wages before payday
- So Much More Rewarding - provides access to discounts at 1000’s of high street retailers. Make So Much More Rewarding a part of the way you shop and you could save on average £1,000 per year
- Excellent training & development opportunities with recognised qualifications.
- Access to The Hub online learning platform - our one stop shops for learning & development
- Free counselling service - 24-hour helpline for staff and their families
- Fully paid induction and DBS paid by Somerset Care
- And so much more_
- “I have always felt very proud to work for Somerset Care and feel very grateful for the career opportunities & support I have been given.”_
- We reserve the right to close this advert early if we can appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £35,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Taunton: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you live in Somerset or surrounding areas?

Licence/Certification:

- NEBOSH (required)
- TechIOSH (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 849



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