Employment with Medway Council

Health and safety work for all employees of the council is administered centrally by the Health and Safety Team in the Business Support Department to achieve cohesive and efficient service delivery. The team's focus is on the key areas for risk assessment and management within the council and it has a programme of activities, including:

• audits and inspections of all council offices and schools,
• risk assessments for all work-based activities,
• the provision of health and safety training,
• the provision of advice to directorates on health and safety legislation and good practice.

Other measures are being taken to unify and strengthen the council's approach to occupational health and safety:

• special effort is being put into increasing levels of employee participation in health and safety initiatives and training,
• the corporate health and safety policy and statement of intent is being refreshed,
• health and safety policies and training for managers and supervisors in each directorate are being relaunched.

To enhance the liaison between the corporate Health and Safety Team and the rest of the council, each directorate has a named lead contact officer.

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