Safety Information

Health and Safety

• We have our own Health & Safety adviser who has been trained.  The adviser carries out risk assessment on any new area of work prior to it being introduced to our students.
• Each student is also risk assessed, and we make sure all our staff are fully trained and informed.
• All our staff are fully trained in Health & Safety to ensure that our students work in a safe environment.
• Our own Health & Safety adviser is regularly training staff and students on site.
• We encourage our staff to relay the importance of Health & Safety to our students, so they understand the hazards while working on the farm, and to ensure we maintain a safe and secure environment.

Risk Assessments

• All our students are risks assessed individually to make sure all staff are aware of the students’ needs and difficulties.
• Risks assessments are reviewed every year or if there is a change in the student’s needs.
• We also carry out risk assessment for each area of the Centre, and we make sure staff are aware of the procedure to avoid putting our students at risks.

Farm Working & Visitors

• All our students working on the farm are counted and registered every day.
• The farm is also well secured as we do have a very strict policy about students and visitors going in and out. 
• Visitors are always greeted by our receptionist and follow a strict policy while they are on site.

Tetanus Immunisation

• Anyone working in the day centre, staff, and students, must have their tetanus immunisation done and up to date.
• It is a requirement that students must be up-to-date with their tetanus immunisation before starting at The John Graham Centre as they will be working in a farming environment.