Health and Safety Manager

Location: Alderley Edge SK9 7UD

37.5 hours per week

Salary: £35,000 - £43,000

(Dependent on qualifications, skills and experience)

David Lewis is an employer of choice. 

This is an exciting opportunity to act as the lead Health and Safety Professional and ensure that David Lewis has robust Health and Safety Policies and a Safety Management System that is effectively implemented in all services throughout the Charity.

The Health and Safety Manager will provide professional advice and support across all sites and services to ensure that David Lewis Health and Safety Policies, framework, systems and practices are in place to enable full legislative compliance and to ensure that we provide a consistently safe environment for residents, students, service users, staff, contractors and visitors.

The successful candidate will:-

• Hold a relevant qualification in health and safety e.g. diploma recognised by IOSH or NEBOSH and be an IOSH member. 
• Ideally be able to demonstrate competence in Fire Safety and Risk Assessment.
• Have a number of years’ experience leading and building a Health and Safety culture, ideally in the health and social care sector. 
• Demonstrate continuing professional development.  
• Demonstrate knowledge of current health, safety, fire and environmental legislative and regulatory requirements and the ability to apply these in a practical manner.
• Demonstrate that they can deliver effective Health and Safety training tailored to audience at all levels of the organisation.
• Have a successful track records of audit, plan, do, check in relation to organisation wide health and safety.
• Be IT literate and have a knowledge of Health and Safety incident reporting systems.

As well as the opportunity to work across a picturesque large site in a rural setting with beautiful gardens and small farm area, other benefits include:-

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service) plus public holidays
• An occupational pension (up to 6% employer contribution)
• Free DBS and Update Service Registration
• Up to 12 weeks full sick pay
• Life Assurance Cover (3 x basic annual salary)
• Xmas Pay Award
• Further Education Sponsorship
• Career Progression
• A comprehensive health and wellbeing provision including:-
• An Employee Assistance Programme
• Occupational Health services
• A Physio service for staff
• A Staff Counsellor
• On site pharmacy
• On site gym and swimming pool
• Free parking
• Employee Referral and Reward Scheme

Closing date: Wednesday 22nd February 2024.

David Lewis provides care 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Hence, the post requires occasional working outside of usual business hours.

About Us:

David Lewis is dedicated to improving the life experiences of people with complex epilepsy, autism, learning disabilities and other complex support needs from across the UK. We have a successful record of accomplishment built up over 100 years with expertise in specialist residential, education, day opportunities and clinical and therapeutic services. Our specialist school and college is part of an education, day opportunities and residential community.

Our School is for 11-19 year olds and rated GOOD by Ofsted. We also have a college onsite for 16-25 year olds with an Ofsted rating of OUTSTANDING Residential services for adults, either living in accommodation at our 165 acres in Warford or in one of our houses in a local town or village in Cheshire.

Adult day opportunities, which develop social and vocational skills with the potential to lead to employment opportunities.

Access to therapy, nursing, medical and behaviour support if appropriate to an individual’s needs. David Lewis is dedicated to improving the life experiences of people with complex epilepsy, autism, learning disabilities and other complex support needs from across the UK.

David Lewis welcomes applications from a diverse talent pool.

This post, due to its nature, duties and responsibilities, will be subject to an enhanced check by the DBS. David Lewis funds this