Category: AWARE-NS News

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INTRODUCTION
In an effort to build on the good work currently taking place in the sector, AWARE-NS has designed a strategy which involves the implementation of a standardized health and safety management system (HSMS) for home care/ home support organizations in Nova Scotia. This initiative is being facilitated through a Communities of Safe Practice approach and will include a customized, standardized and progressive Certificate of Recognition (COR) process aligned with the WCB’s proposed rate incentive program.

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The Community of Safe Practice (COSP) Program serves to establish formal peer to peer safety support networks and is designed to make prevention an integral part of health and community services workplaces in Nova Scotia. The COSP program recognizes organizations that make the prevention of workplace injuries and illnesses a daily habit by building it into their current management systems. It is based on the premise that an integrated workplace health and safety program will promote organizational excellence. A standardized HSMS is an integrated set of organizational elements involved in a continuous cycle of planning, implementation, evaluation and continual improvement, directed toward the reduction of occupational hazards in the workplace.

Individual Safety Champion – Cecil Haughn, Hillside Pines Home for Special Care

A member of the Hillside Pines’ Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee for the past 17 years, and Chair of the Committee for the past five, Cecil Haughn has played an integral role in implementing effective health and safety programs within his organization, such as the official safety and violence policies and developing the Return-to-Work program.
Cecil works hard to instill an environment of open communication at Hillside Pines, where employees can feel comfortable talking about safety concerns. He’s worked tirelessly to bridge the communications gap between management and staff and this collaborative approach has achieved positive results in the form of decreased injuries within the organization.
Cecil has recently been appointed to the Board of Aware NS, an accomplishment that recognizes his dedication to building a safety culture not only within Hillside Pines, but across the province so that all workers can feel safe and secure in the workplace.
Cecil Haughn has been recognized with a Mainstay 2012 Individual Safety Champion Award.