Outdoor and adventurous activities SMS

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Outdoor and adventurous activities SMS

• Principal HR Manager (SHAW)
• Lorenzo Visentin

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Writing this SMS

• Lorenzo Visentin BELA
• John Palmer Bryntysilio
• Andy Driver Youth Service
• Peter Whittaker Walsall D of E
• Feedback from colleagues at Sneyd

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Our standards

• This SMS applies to all schools making
  educational visits off site (or even onsite)
• All trips must have educational worth and have
  the written approval of a HT or GB
• All events with an overnight element will be
  logged with EPU
• All health and safety law applies to outdoor and
  adventurous activities in the same way as if you
  were in school
• Caution if you plan your own trips abroad

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National standards

• DfES HASPEV
• DfES Handbook for Group Leaders
• DfES Standards for Adventure
• DfES Standards for LEAs
• Group Safety at Water Margins
• AALA
• CCPR
• DofE

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Planning and achieving the SMS

• Schools EVCs
• OCR RSA Off-site Safety Management Certificate
• Risk assessment, generic, specific, dynamic
• SMS covers weather, behavioural problems, tour
  operators, plan Bs, finance, charging,
  supervision, ratios, using volunteers, head
  counts, buddy systems, circle buddy systems,
  remote supervision, down time, transport, SEN,
  medical needs, sun safety, consent, contact,
  hiring coaches, licences, private cars,
  minibuses, insurance.

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Planning and achieving the SMS

• Then specifics
• Farm visits, field studies, residential visits,
  charity walks, cross country runs, site based
  outdoor activities (fetes, fun days and so on),
  licenced adventure providers, non-licenced
  providers, NGBs, visits and travel abroad,
  vaccinations, foreign laws, language, care orders
  and wards of court, passports, collective
  passports and visa exemptions, host families, CRB
  and other vetting, coastal visits, swimming,
  SCUBA, dinghies boardsailing, canoeing,
  sea-cruising, emergencies, EPU, media, first aid
  and investigating incidents.

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Training

• OCR Off-site Safety Mgt. Certificate (Sandwell
  MBC)
• First Aid for appointed persons (SHAW)
• First Aid at Work (OHSB via SHAW at EDC)
• Mountain First Aid (YS)
• Incident Investigation (SHAW)
• IOSH Managing Safely in Schools (CRM via SHAW)
• CIEH Supervising Safely (SHAW)
• CIEH Principles of Risk Assessment (SHAW)
• CCPR BELA

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Next steps

• Health and safety intranet site
• First status review (or how to begin)
• Use the forms to guide this process
• Although your first contact is David, Lorenzo is
  happy to provide advice and guidance on OAA

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LEA-wide Forms

• Application for approval from HT or GB
• Group leaders visit evaluation
• Checklist for members going on a visit
• Parental consent
• Parental consent (swimming)
• Summary of trip for EPU
• Generic risk assessments
• Camping
• Remote supervision
• Isolated geography field trips (gt30 minutes from
  a road)
• All other off site activities and visits

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Thank you

• Thank you for your attention today
• Any questions or feedback?