Health & Safety Manager

Five Rivers Child Care; Salisbury; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's services provider in the UK is seeking a Health & Safety Manager to oversee the safety and well-being of staff and children across their services. You will be responsible for implementing health and safety policies, managing audits, and providing expert advice to the board. The ideal candidate will possess IOSH qualifications and have experience in the care sector, with a commitment to regular travel across England. This is a full‑time role offering various benefits, including 25 days holiday and a company pension scheme.

Benefits

25 Days Holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Car Allowance

Company Pension scheme

Simply Health Medical Cash Back Scheme

Blue Light Card

Employee Support Programmes

Monthly professional one2one's and Supervisions

Team Meetings

Refer a Friend Scheme

Continued professional development

Qualifications

• Experience in the care sector is desirable.
• Ability to relate to and support teams in health and safety practices.
• Proven record in systems management and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage health and safety systems, policies, and procedures.
• Provide proactive advice to the board on health and safety matters.
• Keep records and produce reports to inform improvement.

Skills

Health and Safety legislation knowledge

Auditing experience

IOSH Qualifications

NEBOSH General Certificate

Job description

We are looking to appoint a Health & Safety Manager supporting our children's services and central support teams nationwide. Five Rivers Child Care is one of the UK's most experienced practitioners in turning around the lives of vulnerable children and young people. We provide a range of services for looked‑after children, including fostering, residential care, education, and clinical services. Ensuring safe and healthy workplaces and residential homes for our staff and the children we care for is our highest priority, and we need you to join us in taking the lead in managing our Health and Safety. All our staff understand the importance of this role, and your guidance will be sought after and valued. We can offer you the opportunity to develop your career in a friendly, multi‑site social enterprise with strong values at its core (in our recent Employee Survey, 96% of employees said they were proud to be a member of their team). You will be responsible for our systems, policies and procedures, to ensure the health, safety and well‑being of all employees, contractors, visitors and young people in our care. Experience in our care sector is helpful; however, your ability to relate to our teams and support them successfully in their health and safety practices is more important to us. You'll be the direct link with our managers and Appointed Persons across the country and recommend appropriate training where needed. We’ll need you to keep records, produce reports and tell us how we are doing and what we need to do to improve (we take our systems and improvements seriously and are ISO9001 accredited). You will need full IOSH Qualifications and auditing experience, or ideally NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent qualifications, along with knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation, Health & Safety policies and procedures and how to operate best practice. The Health & Safety manager will provide proactive and expert advice to the board on all health and safety matters, as well as inspiring, motivating, and responsible individuals to take ownership of health & safety at their sites. To read the full role profile 20251120_Role Profile_ Health Safety Manager.pdf. To see the work that we do: Five Rivers Child Care | Independent Fostering Agency. This is a full‑time role, 37 hours per week, Monday to Thursday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, and Fridays, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm. The role is open nationwide, and you will be appointed to a service or location to work from as a base depending on your location; however, you need to be able to commit to regular travel across England and to our head office based in Salisbury.

Benefits

• 25 Days Holiday plus 8 bank holidays.
• Car Allowance
• Company Pension scheme.
• Simply Health Medical Cash Back Scheme.
• Blue Light Card
• Employee Support Programmes.
• Monthly professional one2one's and Supervisions
• Team Meetings
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Continued professional development.

Five Rivers Child Care is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and Young People. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate child protection screening, including employment references and a DBS check.