Free member benefit
Health & Safety Advisory Service
Introducing a new benefit of your ERNLLCA membership: the Health & Safety Advisory Service, giving you access to free, confidential advice from leading Health & Safety specialists, WorkNest.
WorkNest enjoys a strong reputation for providing sensible, proportionate and solutions-focused health and safety advice. Its team of experienced consultants are professionally qualified, sector-savvy and have an acute understanding of the specific compliance challenges local councils face.
This means that whenever you pick up the phone for advice on risk management matters, you can be sure you’re speaking to somebody who not only understands the intricacies of health and safety law but who has your best interests and operational needs in mind.
Preferential rates on WorkNest services for ERNLLCA members and local councils.
Submit your details and one of our team will be in touch. Or call us on 0345 226 8393.
Health & Safety Advisory Service
Health and safety should be a top priority for any employer. As well as protecting your employees and others, a proactive approach to risk management will help your council to avoid the financial and reputational consequences of failing to comply with health and safety law.
Thankfully, the Health & Safety Advisory Service is here to provide straightforward, practical advice on essential areas of health and safety compliance, including:
- Risk assessing your environment
- Your health and safety policy and procedures
- Asbestos and Legionella
- Manual handling
- Slips, trips and falls
- Violence and aggression
- Lone working
- Fire
- Statutory inspections (gas, fixed wiring, fire prevention, etc.)
- Ongoing COVID-related risk management
Whether you’re facing an immediate issue or would benefit from the reassurance of a second opinion, the ability to talk matters through with a professional will save valuable time and give you the confidence that you’re operating safely and compliantly.
For Health & Safety Enquires:
Call 01652 661617
To find out more over email, please contact enquiries@ernllca.info
How it works
To access expert support over the phone or via email you need to contact the ERNLLCA team who will then put you in touch with WorkNest:
- To enquire about WorkNest’s Health & Safety service and to request extra help please call 01652 661617
- To contact the team over email use enquiries@ernllca.info
Need extra support?
ERNLLCA members can benefit from great savings on WorkNest's One2One service
If you require more hands-on help with your health and safety responsibilities, WorkNest’s Health & Safety One2One service is the perfect solution, giving you unlimited personalised advice and assistance from named professionals at a highly preferential fixed fee.
By upgrading your support, you’ll benefit from:
WorkNest will act as one of your legally required competent persons. You will be assigned a highly qualified, DBS-checked, field-based Health & Safety Consultant who will visit your premises and serve as your main point of contact. This close relationship enables WorkNest to act as one of your competent persons, something all employers must appoint to help them meet the requirements of health and safety law.
A tailored health and safety policy and handbook. If you employ five or more people, you are legally required to prepare a written policy outlining your health and safety arrangements and share it with your employees, usually in the form of a health and safety handbook. We’ll handle both of these requirements for you.
Health and safety audits, with flexibility as you evolve. During our first visit, we will conduct a General Risk Assessment (GRA) to identify any areas of non-compliance. After our GRA visit, we will provide you with a detailed written report and a prioritised action plan to address any issues. We’ll help you resolve these issues and offer ongoing advice and support for key actions and challenges.
Real-time Risk Management Software. This platform allows you to: View the status of all of your results and improvement actions, see who is responsible for each action, which remain open and which have been closed, have complete control and visibility of where you are up to in your health and safety journey and watch your overall safety score improve as you progress through the actions and use the software to proactively manage your day-to-day needs.
Helpdesk support. You will have access to a dedicated team of qualified, office-based Health & Safety Advisors who are on hand to provide unlimited telephone and email support during the working day.
Incident support and out of hours emergency assistance. We will be there to help mitigate damage, guide you and support you. Additionally, we offer an out-of-hours emergency helpline available 24/7 for urgent assistance, should you need it
Health & Safety One2One is the ultimate way to ensure the wellbeing of your employees and members of the public, achieve compliance with relevant regulations, and operate with complete peace of mind.
To find out more about WorkNest’s Health & Safety One2One service and the preferential rates available to your organisation, call 0345 226 8393 or email enquiries@worknest.com and quote ERNLLCA.
Assured Health & Safety advice you can trust
WorkNest is the first Health & Safety Consultancy in the UK to achieve assured advice status from an enforcing authority, known as a Primary Authority. This means its advice can be used with confidence across all sites within your organisation, providing a consistent approach to health and safety compliance.
