Health, safety and wellbeing As we progress through each of the four phases of the Scottish Government’s route map, Quarriers will continue to follow the relevant guidance issued by Government bodies such as Health Protection Scotland and the Health and Safety Executive with regards to the health, safety and wellbeing of staff, people we support and volunteers. To achieve this, we will supply you with as much support and information as is necessary, and will carry out all reasonably practicable measures to ensure the safety of staff, the people we support, volunteers and any visitors to our service or departments.
There will be regular communications as this guidance will change as we progress through each Phase and Government guidance evolves. No single piece of guidance issued will fit all aspects of Quarriers’ services. Therefore, our aim is to adapt any guidance and risk assessment locally, depending on the needs of the people you support and your service’s support model. We will support you in the following areas: • New guidance: From Thursday 25 NEW June, staff on shift will be required to wear medical grade face masks at all times within:
• Quarriers’ adult and children’s care homes • All Quarriers’ respite services • All Quarriers’ HMOs • The William Quarrier Scottish Epilepsy Centre
• PPE: We will continue to invest in and provide essential and approved PPE. •
COVID-19 checklists: These checklists set out actions which need to be completed before services and office bases can reopen, and implemented by those which have remained in operation. Services may already be carrying out several of these checks and this serves as a standardised prompt to ensure good and consistent practice across all services and departments.
Quarriers route map through and out of the coronavirus crisis • Page 6
