Equality impact assessment - health and safety policy youth offending service

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1. What is the name of the policy or service that is being assessed?

Health and Safety Policy (includes lone working policy) Wiltshire Youth Offending Service

2. What are the aims of the policy or service? Whose needs is it designed to meet? What are the current priorities?

To ensure the health and safety of staff, volunteers, clients and visitors to YOS premises

3. In what ways might this policy or service affect some groups of people differently? Might some groups find it harder to access the service? Do some groups have particular needs that are not well met by the current policy or service?

None known

4. What evidence do you have for your judgement? Is there evidence of public concern (e.g. complaints)? Have staff raised concerns? Is there local or national research to suggest that there could be a problem?

There have been no complaints about the policy, although there have been complaints by staff, specifically in relation to health and safety issues in respect of YOS premises. All of these complaints have been taken seriously and the YOS has on a case by case basis made all reasonable adjustments/improvements that are possible. The health and safety issues, in particular at Salisbury YOS will only be entirely dealt with by a move of premises. The YOS continues to explore all possible options in this regard.

5. Who have you consulted with as part of your assessment? What were the results? Have you published the results of that consultation? If so, where?

YOS staff

6. If you have found that the policy or service might have an adverse impact on a particular group of people, can you justify this?

See section 4

7. If the impact cannot be justified, what do you intend to do about this? Are there changes that you could introduce which would make the policy or service work better for this group of people? Is further research or consultation required?

See section 4

8. How will you monitor the take-up or impact of the policy or service in future?

YOS health and safety group will continue to meet regularly, which will provide oversight of the policy. Health and safety will continue to be a standing agenda item on YOS Management meeting agenda’s.

9. What actions do you plan to take as a result of this equality impact assessment? Please state any resource implications

See section 4

10. There is a legal requirement to publish the outcomes of Equality Impact Assessments. Please outline how / where this will happen

Via the YOS website

11. Name of person completing form

Head of Youth Offending Team

Date assessment completed

29.03.07

12. Senior manager approval

Assistant Director Resources, Improvement and Young People

Date

2 April 2007

Last updated: 14 May 2009