School Safety II - Option 3

This course is incomplete

Using the School Safety Management Toolkits for Training.

This Option with its'associated Pack provides a set of tools for the School to develop and put in place it’s own systems including School Health Safety Security and Environment Policies. It also contains Checklists to help identify areas of weakness and strengths and to help prioritise and begin to manage its’ Policy development and review.

This will help the school respond to its’ responsibilities under the H&S law and Regulations, prove it manages safety .. and especially show that it is responding to the HSC Staff Consultation Policy.

When used in conjunction with the online eBriefings delivered by email the following resources form the Training Materials and Assessments which provide structured training.

Resources

The following are the Resources which you will find either online or within the School Safety Committee Pack which will help you to manage your school safety training and to provide records to prove compliance with good practice and legal requiremnts for safety training.

Resources – COES – Option 3 School Safety Committee

Resource	Contents	Further information and suggestions
1. Am I qualified to take this course?	Online Form	Prior Online Check for Information and online recording.
2. School Safety Management Review	Online Form	Assessment for online completion.
3. Accident/Incident Monitoring Form	Online Form	Assessment for online completion.
4. Staff Questionnaire	Online Form re Safety Communication	Assessment for online completion.
5. Have I completed my Assessments?	Online Form	Assessment for online recording.
6. Reading /Research Assignments	Online Form	Assessment for online recording.
7. Briefings and Articles	Training instructions materials and information	You must be registered on the YAHOO Group Safer Schools to access some materials and to take part in a Forum.
8. Model School Safety Management System.	This resource comprises of integrated system to help manage Health and Safety within the school. It contains all the structures for : · Health and Safety Training · Risk Assessment · Duties and Responsibilities · School Safety Committee · Governors · Competency and Staff · Monitoring, Review and Evauation for Plan In one document and integrated with the School Management Plan, Training Plan and System, Risk Assessment System etc	It is suggested that this System form a basis for staff comment, modification and input to develop the school’s own version. It is meant to provide a framework and models but the school and its’ staff need to have “ownership” of any School System.
9. Checklist 2 for Policy and Procedures	Identifies strengths and weaknesses in the school current system of Procedures.	Use this Checklist to consider what System you have in place i.e. what you are doing now and what you may need to do.
10. Checklist 8 for Staff Participation and Consultation	Identifies strengths and weaknesses in the school current system of Staff Participation.	Bear in mind HSE’s current policy on Staff participation and Consultation and the need for Policies to be “owned “ by the school. Use this Checklist to consider what System you have in place i.e. what you are doing now and what you may need to do.
11. Checklist 3 for Planning, Review and Evaluation	Identifies strengths and weaknesses in the school current system of Planning.	Use this Checklist to consider what System you have in place i.e. what you are doing now and what you may need to do.
12. Model School Emergency Plan	Base line diagnosis and checklist with suggested actions and starting points for a school with little background in H&S management.	Use only in emergency situations and as an aide memoire for diagnosis and as an indicator for possible actions.
13. 12 Month Model Safety Management Plan	A completed model for Safety Planning for a school with deadlines expected outcomes and actions.	Can be used as a model in most situations and provides evidence of H&S Planning.
14. Monitoring,Evaluation,Review and Incident/Accident Analysis and Reporting Forms	Separate quantifiable Accident Incident Analysis and Report forms for : · Pupils · Staff · Visitors/Contractors To track , record and analyse accidents and incidents over time periods within the school	These three forms are devised to be used to help identify areas for improvement and to specify improvements to be made and then incorporated into the Plan. They are also integrated reports for use in reporting to a School Safety Committee and/or to Governors.
15. Legislation	H&S and Educational Legislation and Regulations as they affect safety either directly or indirectly with comments.
16. Links	Links to many documents including HSE Free Downloadable documents referring to Risk Assessments	Commentary is also given for many of these links.

18. Glossary	A full Glossary of Safety and other terms as they apply to schools