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Health and Safety in Residential Homes & Nursing Homes and Domiciliary Services
Half-day briefings either 0900-1300 or 1200-1600
26th March 2007 RoSPA Training Suite
- Programme
- Speaker Profiles
- Venue
- Booking Form
Download and print the booking form in PDF format (160kb) and fax back now on 0121 248 2094. Alternatively, Book Online Now! - Fees
Key issues covered at this briefing will include:
- HSE's developing work with the Commission for Social Care Inspection on Better Regulation
- Fire risk assessments
- Effective management of lifting equipment
- Stress, violence and aggression
This new event is targeted at owners and managers of care homes, as well as employees and safety representatives. It aims to update them on key issues and help them understand and meet their duties under health and safety legislation. It will cover some of the main risks found in care homes and guidance given on what should be done to safeguard both workers and service users.
Managers, supervisors and team leaders in the care sector need to be able to demonstrate good compliance with health and safety legislation in a complex and highly regulated environment.
Programme
Morning briefing
09:30 – 12:30
Registration & Coffee 09:00
Afternoon briefing
13:00 – 16:00
Registration & Lunch 12:00
Chair’s Introduction
Janice Cave, Director of Public Affairs, RoSPA
Health and Safety in Social Care – HSE Update
Vicky Fletcher, HM Inspector of Health and Safety, Health and Safety Executive
● Developing work with the Commission for Social Care Inspection on Better Regulation
● HSE's public sector priority objective in seeking improved workplace sickness absence management by looking at the main causes of staff absenteeism and how this fits with the care sector, namely: • Stress • Moving and handling issues • Violence and aggression • Slips and trips
Legal Update – Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order
Dave Smith, Training Manager, West Midlands Fire Service
● Responsibility for complying with the reforms
● The requirements of the fire risk assessment
● Means of escape
● Fire fighting equipment
● People at risk
● Reviewing and updating risk assessments.
Refreshments & Networking
Effective Management of Lifting Equipment
Tony Hamer, Technical Compliance Manager, ARJO
● Overview of the current regulations
● Selection and use of equipment
● Training
● System of work and documentation.
Tackling Stress and Violence
Paul Collins, Safety Trainer, RoSPA
● The effects of stress and violence on victims
● Relationship between stress and performance
● Symptoms to be alert for
● How to manage violent incidents
● Implementation of strategies to control and tackle stress
● Creation of a violence action plan.
Speaker Profiles
JANICE CAVE
RoSPA Director of Public Affairs
Janice is now responsible for RoSPA's communications and marketing division, but has a long and strong association with home safety.
In the early 1990s she was the Society’s Safety Operations Adviser, with particular responsibility for all home safety activity in the UK. During this period Janice co-ordinated the development of the National Home Safety Strategy which was published in 1997.
A year later she became RoSPA’s Public Affairs Adviser, promoting safety issues with politicians and government departments throughout the UK and in Brussels – a role she still maintains. She is president of the European Public Health Alliance and a member of the steering group of the European Child Safety Alliance.
Janice also sits on the Department of Health NGO Public Health Forum and regularly speaks at conferences on safety issues.
She currently edits Staying Alive, Safety Education and Care on the Road, RoSPA's public safety journals and is also responsible for the information centre, press office and website.
PAUL COLLINS BSc
While at Staffordshire University in 1999/2000 Paul chose to do his final year dissertation on a particularly hot topic of that time, mobile phone use while driving. In researching this, he had his first contact with RoSPA, using the extensive Library and On-Line sources to help him complete his dissertation entitled ‘Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Types of Mobile Phone Use While Driving’.
After Graduating Paul worked as an Account Manager in London before returning to Birmingham where he worked in the Financial Sector. Through various jobs both temporary and permanent Paul has gained a broad understanding of different industries and companies. This has enabled him to draw on these experiences in his role as an Occupational Health and Safety Consultant.
Paul first joined RoSPA in 2005 as a Business Development Manager and had great success in this role, helping RoSPA to achieve record levels in their Training and Consultancy Courses before adapting this first-hand health and safety industry experience to his new role as an Occupational Health and Safety Consultant. Paul is currently undertaking NEBOSH and City & Guilds Training and is focusing on the psychological training courses for RoSPA, especially Managing Stress, Violence and Behavioural Safety.
VICKY FLETCHER
I graduated from Leicester Polytechnic with a BA (HONs) degree in Public Administration in 1989. I Joined HSE as an Inspector in 1991 and was awarded a Post Graduate Diploma in Health and Safety in 1993. Between 1991 and 1994 I worked in a general manufacturing group, with responsibility for a wide range of industries. I joined the construction, asbestos and gas safety group in 1994 where I stayed until 1999. Between 2000-2003 I worked in the services group, with responsibilities for the NHS, Local Authorities, care homes, airports, fire and police. In 2003 I joined the Public Services Programme as a Policy Adviser, initially for prisons and the probation service, taking on responsibility for social care in 2004.
TONY HAMER
Tony Hamer is employed by a leading manufacturer of patient handling, hygiene and disinfection equipment as Technical Compliance Manager and his main responsibilities are for Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs. Tony is a qualified engineer and Licentiate of the City and Guilds Institute (LCGI) who served a mechanical engineering apprenticeship and worked in the machine tool industry before specialising in medical devices for the last 23 years. Further qualification and experience as a Technical Author has led to membership of The Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (MISTC). Additional management responsibility for health and safety is supported by a qualification in Managing Safely from the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
As a registered member of British Healthcare Trades Association for the Rehabilitation Products section and Decontamination section, Tony has produced guidance documents for BHTA on the subjects of LOLER for patient lifting equipment, HTM 2030 for washer-disinfectors and, more recently, on the new Waste Electrical, Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations.
Tony has also sat on other committees for the Water Regulations Advisory Scheme for TMV3 thermo-static mixer valves and the British Standards Institute for the new washer-disinfectors standard BS EN ISO 15883, and is currently an e-committee member for BSI.
DAVE SMITH
Hi my name is Dave Smith and I am the Commercial Training Manager within the West Midlands Fire Service. I joined the West Midlands Fire Service way back in 1979, Prior to that I worked in the Construction Industry on many building sites in and around the Midlands. During my time in the Fire Service I have served on several stations around the Birmingham area, some of my fondest memories are from the 12 years I served at Highgate Fire Station, a very busy station with regard to fires and other incidents were I learned my trade as a firefighter. I continued my career gaining promotion and experience along the way with a total of 21 years operational service at one station or another. In 2000 I transferred to the Commercial and Industrial Training Unit and started teaching fire safety to the general public. For a number of years now Fire Authorities have realized that prevention is better than cure and this is why fire deaths and injuries have fallen year after year. My department is responsible for training companies in all aspects of fire safety including Fire Risk Assessment, Fire Legislation, Fire Evacuation, Fire Management etc. I am of the firm belief that education is the key to creating a safer environment for us all. One of the most important factors in any company is the role that management have to play and how they manage the day-to-day fire safety procedures. This is one of the topics I will be talking about at the meeting so I hope to see you all there.
Venue
RoSPA Training Suite, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Situated in the leafy suburb of Edgbaston, Birmingham and benefiting from good transport links. The centre is in walking distance from University and Selly Oak railway stations and a short taxi ride from Birmingham New Street Station.
Location Map (
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Fees
£85 + VAT for RoSPA Members and £99 + VAT for non-members.
Payment Details
A completed booking form indicating one of the following payment methods will denote acceptance of the cancellation clause below.
Cheque: A cheque drawn on a UK bank is the preferred method of payment. Cheques should be made payable to ‘RoSPA Enterprises Ltd’.
Credit Card: We are happy to accept payment by Mastercard/Visa/Amex.
Invoice: If you wish to be invoiced prior to payment, an order number must be quoted on the booking form. Invoices are payable on receipt.
Cancellation: Delegates who cancel prior to 15th February 2007 will have their fees refunded, less a 25% administration charge.
No refunds will be made after this date but replacement delegates may be nominated.
