Section: People in Housing
ON THE MOVE
- Dave Carter was appointed by Adactus Group as Head of Group Sustainability. He was previously a Programme Manager at the Commission for
Architecture and the Built Environment.
- David Chalmers joined the management board of Communities Scotland as a Non-executive Director.
He was formerly Chief Executive of Dunfermline Building Society.
- Richard D'Cruz was appointed Head of Development at ASRA Greater
London. He moves there from Brent Council, where he was Head of Affordable Housing Development.
- Suzanne Eynon joined Wirral Partnership
Homes as Head of Supported Housing. Previously, she was with Liverpool Housing Trust, where she spent nine years as Supported Housing
Co-ordinator.
- Paula Logan is moving from Genesis Group to take up a new post as Director of Corporate Services at Network
Group.
- Jakki Moxham was moving from her role as Interim Chief Executive at Hillside HT, to join Network Group as Group Director of
Operations.
- Nigel Poole moved from Shaftesbury HA, where he was Operations Director, to Kelsey HA as Director of Housing
Services.
- Adrienne Reid was promoted from Performance Director to Chief Executive at 1066 HA, replacing Gary Thurston who has taken early
retirement.
HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE SURVEY
A survey conducted by Access Matrix found that 60% of housing
associations had not complied with the legal requirement to carry out a risk assessment to assess the risk of staff suffering physically or mentally
as a result of their work.
The survey by the consultants, which is a subsidiary of Sadeh Lok Housing Group, also found that only 50% of
those surveyed had knowledge of the Health and Safety Executive's stress management standards, which sets the level of support that should be
offered to employees. An even lower percentage of 38% had made any progress towards meeting the standards. The findings indicate that by ignoring
the standards, many associations may be at risk of expensive legal action from staff suffering high levels of stress in the workplace.
