Our commitment
We are committed to ensuring that our residents stay safe and well in their own homes. To achieve this, we maintain our schemes to a high safety standard. This involves the following activities:
- Undertaking annual gas safety checks where gas is installed in your home (this is a legal requirement, for more details please see our Gas Safety factsheet)
- Undertaking regular health and safety inspections of communal areas
- Ensuring fire and smoke detection equipment is regularly maintained (we ask that you test all smoke detectors in your own home on a monthly basis, and if the smoke alarm starts to make a slow beeping noise it is time for you to change the batteries)
- Completing a person-centred risk assessment with residents, who require one, to assess their individual safety needs (we will complete one with all our Extra care scheme residents)
- Working with other agencies such as the Fire and Rescue service and Adult social care where it is deemed necessary
- Helping residents stay safe in their homes either by putting support mechanisms in place or signposting to other agencies
- Investigating any reports of Hoarding (an inability to throw away or part with possessions to the extent that it becomes a health and safety risk to themselves or others) and working with residents where hoarding is a problem. See (link to factsheet) for more information
Click here to Find out more about what we and our local partners are doing to help support independent living across the county.