Health and Safety Coordinator

4 months ago


Kirkby Lonsdale, United Kingdom Acorn Education and Care Full time

**Full Job Description**:
**How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?**

**Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).**

**If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group - so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG**

**Job Title: Health & Safety Co-ordinator**

**Location: Underley Gardens School, Kirkby Lonsdale**

**Salary: Salary dependent on experience**

**Hours: 9am - 5pm, One day per month**

**Contract: Permanent**

**Are you committed to improving the lives of pupils and young people? Underley Garden seeks an experienced Health and Safety Coordinator to join our team.**

**About the Role**

The Health and Safety Co-ordinator will support the Facilities Manager in their role of ensuring that the facilities team deliver a high quality, efficient, and collaborative support service to the Care and Education teams.

**Responsibilities**:

- To chair the organisation’s monthly Health & Safety Committee and ensure that named actions are carried out and reported upon.
- To hold the Facilities Manager to account for ensuring operational compliance with all necessary standards and legislation regarding the operation of the site.
- In conjunction with the Facilities Manager, ensure statutory checks are undertaken on boilers, plant etc. when required and that the required paperwork is in place for internal and external audits
- Ensure that the site is compliant in relation to the Independent School Standards as published by the Department for Education.
- To support the Facilities Manager in ensuring that appropriate Risk Assessments are in place across the site and that they are updated as per the organisations Health & Safety Policy. Our pupils and young people, staff, parents and other stakeholders.
- To support the operational teams in the delivery of an outstanding provision and ensuring that a comprehensive preventative planned maintenance programme is undertaken.

**About Us**

Underley Garden School is a large school with small class sizes, focusing on pupils and young people, aged 5-19, who have a range of complex needs associated with autism and learning disabilities, including complex communication, sensory and behavioural needs associated with their disabilities.

Our School adopts a holistic, person-centred approach to the development of our young people and endeavours to ensure that they achieve as high a standard as possible. We offer a comprehensive portfolio of education, care and therapy to meet the individual requirements of young people with complex special educational needs.

At Underley Garden, we aim to make a positive difference to the personal, social and learning lives of the people entrusted to our care.

Located near the market town of Kirkby Lonsdale on the edge of the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales in a commutable distance of Lancaster, Cumbria and surrounding areas.

For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to pupils, young people and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

**Why join Options Autism?**

**Benefits**

**Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including**:

- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

**And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including**:

- A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
- 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover

**Additional School Benefits**
- Gym Membership at Whoop Hall
- Birthday Chocolates
- Gift Voucher at Christmas
- BUPA Wellbeing Health Expenses including Employee Assistance Programme and Anytime Healthline
- Team Building Days

**And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.**
- **_You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy._**

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