Health and Safety Practitioner

Southdown; Lewes; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A not-for-profit provider of care and support in East Sussex is seeking a Health & Safety Practitioner. The role involves ensuring legal compliance, conducting risk assessments, and promoting a positive health & safety culture. Candidates should have strong knowledge of health and safety regulations, excellent communication skills, and a full driving licence. The position offers various perks including a health cashback scheme, interest-free loans, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Health cost cash-back scheme

Interest-free loans

Access to the Easit Network

Blue Light card

Free advice and counselling service

25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of health and safety regulations and incident management.
• Ability to conduct suitable and sufficient risk assessments.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to provide clear guidance.

Responsibilities

• Promote a healthy workplace and positive health & safety culture.
• Ensure legal compliance and provide health and safety advice.
• Support the development and implementation of risk assessments.
• Conduct internal H&S audits and contribute to policy reviews.

Skills

Strong knowledge of health and safety regulations

Incident management

Conducting risk assessments

Excellent communication skills

Full driving licence

Education

Health & Safety qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Application Deadline: 27 August 2025

Department: Health and Safety

Location: East Sussex - Lewes

Compensation: £33,951 / year

Description

Location: Lewes
Salary: £33,951 per annum plus £1,000 essential car user allowance
Hours: 37 hours per week

Who are we:
Southdown is the largest not-for-profit provider of care, support, and housing in Sussex. We’ve been helping people access stable accommodation, mental health and care services since 1972, now counting over 900 people as part of our team.

What you’ll be doing:
Promoting a healthy workplace and positive health & safety culture is fundamental to doing things the Southdown way and we are looking for someone to join our Operational Support team as the Health & Safety Practitioner.

In this role, you will ensure legal compliance and provide practical, person-centred health and safety advice and support. Reporting to the Health and Safety Manager, you’ll be responsible for assisting with accident and incident management, including assigning severity ratings and supporting colleagues to reduce future risks.

You’ll also support the development and implementation of risk assessments—such as site-specific, COSHH, infection control, lone Working and maternity.

Conducting internal H&S audits and contributing to policy reviews will help you identify improvements and promote best practices.

This role requires travel across Brighton & Hove and East and West Sussex, so having a driving licence and access to a car is essential.

We welcome applications from candidates with experience in roles like Health and Safety Advisor, Officer or Specialist who are passionate about creating safe, supportive environments for our staff, clients and tenants.

Perks and benefits:


· Health cost cash-back scheme: access to our health insurance scheme which covers dental, optical, physical therapies and other medical treatments with the option to add greater levels of cover.
· Interest-free loans: assistance with larger costs that arise such as tenancy deposits, season travel tickets or buying a car.
· Access to the Easit Network: discounts and incentives on train, bus and car journeys such as 15% off eligible daily and season rail tickets.
· Blue Light card: access to discount services for the social care sector with savings across thousands of online shops, restaurants, and high-street vendors.
· Free advice and counselling service: confidential emotional support and practical guidance from our independent telephone service.
· 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays

Knowledge, skills & experience

What you’ll need for the role:

• Strong knowledge of health and safety regulations and incident management
• Ability to conduct suitable and sufficient risk assessments
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to provide clear guidance across teams
• An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which will be paid for by Southdown
• A full driving licence is essential along with access to your own vehicle or a vehicle insured for you

What would be nice:

• A Health & Safety qualification or equivalent experience.

Training:
Our award winning in house training team will help you to gain valuable qualifications, continually develop your skills and build a great career with the largest provider of housing, care and support in Sussex.

How to apply:
Please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button and fill out our simple one-page application form.

The application closing date is 27th August 2025

Please note, if we receive a large number of applications then this position may close before the advertised application closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.