We start with a compliance audit.
We review your current arrangements to understand where the business stands and what needs attention. The audit is the starting point for practical support.
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Retained Health & Safety
Your external
Health & Safety team.
A service built around your business. We start with a compliance audit, develop a practical action plan and work with you to close out actions and manage health and safety going forward.
Advice and capacity, where you need them
You know there’s work to do.
We help you take it forward.
Many businesses recognise the issues they need to address. Finding the time, resources and expertise to deal with them is the difficult part.
Our retained service gives you an ongoing Health & Safety relationship, shaped around your organisation. We help establish your priorities, work with your team on the actions and provide support as new requirements arise.
For some clients, we become their external Health & Safety department.
How the relationship starts and develops
From understanding the gaps
to getting things done.
We build an action plan.
We turn the findings into a workable plan, helping you understand priorities, responsibilities and the steps needed to move forward.
We work with you to close actions.
We support your team in progressing the plan. Where you need additional delivery capacity, we agree the work Embark will take on and how it will be delivered.
We support you going forward.
As activities and requirements change, we provide ongoing support relevant to your business, including areas such as contractor management.
Tailored to your business
The right level of support depends on the work.
Business size
The scale of your organisation, its locations and the way management responsibilities are organised.
Your people
The number of people in the business and the internal capacity available to manage health and safety.
Your risk profile
The activities you undertake, the risks they present and the support needed to manage them.
We agree a retained service around those needs. Where an audit identifies additional work beyond that agreement, we discuss and scope the extra support with you before proceeding.
When you need a team to help deliver the plan.
The audit can be the beginning of a wider programme of work. If your team does not have the time or resource to deliver the improvements, Embark can provide additional implementation support under an agreed scope.
Explore implementation support ↗Your competent adviser appointment
The support behind
your certificate.
As a retained client, you receive a competent adviser certificate as part of your appointment with Embark.
The certificate records the advisory relationship. The ongoing service is the practical support: understanding your business, helping your team address findings and advising on the health and safety matters that arise.
We discuss the working arrangements and service scope with you, so you know how Embark fits into your organisation.
Before you appoint us
How the service is agreed.
Is there a standard package for every client?
No. The arrangement is tailored to the size of your business, the number of people and the level of risk. The initial audit helps identify where support is needed.
Will you help us complete the work identified by the audit?
Yes. We work with clients to close out actions. The agreed retainer defines the ongoing support; additional implementation work can be scoped where you need us to take on more delivery.
Can Embark act as our Health & Safety department?
For some clients, that is how the relationship develops. We work with your management team and agree how our advice, coordination and delivery support will operate.
Is the competent adviser certificate a separate service?
The certificate is provided when you are retained with Embark. It sits within the retained advisory appointment.
Let’s build the support your business needs.
Tell us about your people, activities and the work you need help taking forward.
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