This one day course will enable you to find out how the role of the Health & Safety Rep can achieve positive change in the workplace.
This course is for elected NEU health and safety representatives at workplace level and runs over five days.
This briefing lists the most common sorts of school infestation, together with control measures that should be in place in all schools.
Advice on working through the menopause, guides and checklists for leaders and school reps and the NEU's model menopause policy.
Advice on your legal rights and NEU union policy on the maximum and minimum temperatures under which staff and pupils should be expected to work in schools.
It is important to understand the extent of governing body’s responsibilities for managing health, safety and welfare of teachers and ways in which the NEU and governors can work together to safeguard the mental health of teachers.
Advice on radon and preventative measures that should be taken in schools to avoid exposure.
This advice explains the ‘resilience’ approach, why it does not lead to meaningful improvements for employees and how safety reps should instead seek to tackle work related stress in their school or college.
This advice gives NEU guidance on the law’s requirements on assessing the safety of practical activities and on taking steps to ensure that these do not pose risks to the safety of staff or pupils.
This advice considers a number of health and social issues which may affect older school staff and suggests sources of further information and support.
This advice sets out advice and guidance on playground supervision to allow children to play safely.
This advice contains advice about health and safety matters which both newly qualified and student teachers should be aware of when entering the profession.
Mould is a health and safety issue as it can cause a variety of health problems.
This advice focuses on the potential of mobile phone photography to lead to bullying and harassment of others within the school community.
This is a guide to using the data which has been made available via the DfE Asbestos Management Assurance Process (AMAP). It aims to assist local officers in extracting information about asbestos in schools in their area, and in seeking to fill in some of the gaps.
The menopause is an occupational health issue for women educators, as well as being an equality issue. It is important that schools and colleges are suitable workplaces for menopausal women. The purpose of this guide and checklist for reps is to signpost you to advice, and to support you in improving workplace conditions for menopausal women.
NEU leadership members are key to supporting women going through the menopause in the workplace. As a leader, you’re not alone. Collaboration between leaders, governors, workplace reps, health and safety reps and a staff support network can go a long way towards creating a supportive environment for women experiencing menopause symptoms at work.
The purpose of this guidance is to suggest practical ways in which the school and college environment can be improved for women who are going through the menopause.
NEU advice on risks of lone working and what can be done to counter them.
This model policy sets out how employer will seek to prevent workplace violence in its schools, and the procedures that will be followed if a violent incident occurs.
This briefing gives information about tuberculosis (TB) and steps to be taken when cases arise in schools among students or teachers.
It is essential that health and safety in schools should be gender sensitive and appropriate.
How to deal with cases of harassment and bullying of NEU members.
Employers must seek to ensure, again ‘so far as is reasonably practicable’, that non-employees are not exposed to risks to their health or safety.
Health and safety issues for supply teachers, including those employed directly by local authorities, schools and academy trusts and those employed via supply agencies.
Advice for teachers on voice care, including spotting problems, simple preventative measures and information on how and when to seek appropriate specialist help
Excessive workload and working hours are continually cited by teachers as one of the main causes of their workplace stress. This advice explains how to tackle stress at a local level in your workplace.
Advice about violence issues in schools, in particular how this should be tackled by employers.
It is common for teachers to offer private tuition to students. Before doing so, there are several important issues to consider, such as legal and insurance protection and health and safety issues.
A quick guide on what to do in severe winter conditions or adverse weather.
Advice for teachers and school staff who teach swimming or supervise swimming, including qualifications, training and safety.
A stress risk assessment is a careful examination of what in a workplace could cause staff to suffer from work-related stress, so that you can weigh up whether you have done enough, or should do more to prevent harm.
Every year, many schools are damaged or destroyed by fires, affecting the education of thousands of pupils, and causing millions of pounds worth of damage. The impact of fires is significantly reduced by fitting sprinklers in schools.
How to reduce the incidence of accidents and injuries in schools due to slips, trips and falls.
The basic framework of health and safety law for sixth form colleges
Information for school staff who transport children in their own car on the law and regulations regarding child car seats and seatbelts.
Advice about health and safety on school trips, including legal rights and obligations.
Excessive workload is a key cause of mental health problems among teachers and education professionals. This advice explains what to do if you are struggling with mental health and outlines the different ways you can get support.
Who is responsible for the management of health and safety in schools and colleges and the respective roles of the employer, governing body, head teacher and other staff of the school.
As teachers and school staff often work on their own, there are some key health and safety issues that employers must consider.
Advice on the health and safety issues relating to lifting and handling that school staff face while at work
The symptoms, treatments and preventative measures that should be taken in schools to avoid outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease.
Advice for teachers and support staff on the administration of medicines
Advice on what to do when reporting accidents and injuries which happen in schools.
General advice about how to manage cases of infectious illness in schools, including when children should be absent.
Advice on the role of the Health and Safety Executive in schools
Advice on the appropriate hygiene procedures for schools which will help to prevent the spread of blood-borne viruses such as HIV and hepatitis A, B and C, and conditions such as dysentery.
Hot summers bring regular queries about the maximum temperatures under which staff and pupils should be expected to work in schools.
Advice on the requirements for first aid provision in schools
Advice on the procedures for dealing with emergencies in schools.
At least 86 per cent of schools contain asbestos, all of it old and much of it deteriorating. Unless your school was wholly built after 1999, it is extremely likely that it contains asbestos.
Advice on dealing with asbestos problems in schools, including the law on asbestos removal and management in schools.
Supporting NEU members in schools which suffer particularly badly in times of extreme heat.
A model health and safety policy for academy trusts, where no such policy is in place or where the existing policy is considered to be inadequate.
Advice on legal requirements and good practice for construction work in schools and a stage-by-stage guide to the role of safety representatives.
NEU guidance on the law and practical advice on electrical safety in schools
NEU guidance on health and safety issues with safe preparation of food in schools.
Precautions to be taken to avoid discomfort and possible damage to the eye when using data projectors
Advice on what employers need to do to protect staff from the problems caused by wood dust and MDF dust.
The issues around ergonomics in classrooms and good practices for school staff.
Frequently asked questions in relation to staff car parking on school premises. It includes information on provision of school car parks, charges for car parking, car park safety and malicious damage to cars.
Guidance on maximum class and room sizes
A guide to what anaphylaxis is, and how to support pupils at risk
Advice on the main health, safety, welfare and legal factors surrounding animals in schools.
Information and guidance for school staff to support the uninterrupted education of children with diabetes.
With more than 2,000 schools and nurseries across the country located close to roads with illegal levels of pollution, the National Education Union (NEU) has joined forces with the British Lung Foundation (BLF), and today publish guidance warning school staff and pupils about the dangers of air pollution.
This two-day course is suitable for NEU health and safety reps who have completed the induction course.
Many issues that members face in the workplace, for example workload, have a health and safety perspective.
This is a one-day induction course for all new NEU H&S representatives and will provide initial training on the role and responsibilities of the rep as well as an update on current issues.
The 2019 Health and Safety Advisers briefing will be held from 20 – 22 November at the McDonald Hotel in Manchester, near to Manchester Piccadilly Station.
