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Nights Away - Session 7During The Residential Experience

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By the end of the sessions participants will be able to detail the Scout Associations rules in respect of Residential Events within the following areas:

• Child protection

• Safety

• Health & Welfare

Module 16 Nights Away Objectives

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Use your experts!• Cook• First Aider• Transport• Activities

The camp leaders role is not to do everything themselves but ensure everything gets done by the right person

Module 16 Nights Away Using The Team

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• CRB - and briefing of Parent Helpers

• Sleeping Arrangements– Segregating Young People– Segregating Adults

• Security– At Night– During the day

Module 16 Nights Away Child Protection

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• Risk Assessment - review during event– Be prepared to stop or modify your programme

• Accident reporting - what and when - Home Contact• Fire precautions, alarms and procedures• Supervision and the programme• Check equipment before and During Use• Train and Refresh• Expect the unexpected

– By the Young People and Adults

Module 16 Nights Away Safety

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Medicines - Transient illness• Noted on Health form by parents• Medicine labelled with name and clear

instructions of dosage by the parent• Medicine handed to First Aider - administered and

recorded by them• Handed back to parent at end of event

Module 16 Nights Away Health & Welfare

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Medicines - Seasonal (i.e. Hay Fever)• Depending on age and maturity of young person

may be self administered - take advice from parents - have details of use/dosage

• Ensure parents give you a labelled and named spare

Module 16 Nights Away Health & Welfare

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Medicines - Long Term (Diabetes, Epilepsy)• Depending on age and maturity of young person

may be self administered - take advice from parents - but still check they have administered - have details of use/dosage

• Ensure all leaders can recognise signs - including Parent Helpers

• For younger children/not yet under control conditions parents may need to attend event

Module 16 Nights Away Health & Welfare

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Event Related• Tiredness• Home Sickness• Bulling and/or Peer Pressure• Leaving Site• Bed wetting• Hygiene - not washing or reluctance to use loos• Minor injuries - Sun and Sea

Module 16 Nights Away Health & Welfare

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Security of Money and belongings – Stipulate what they can/cannot bring

– Run Camp Bank

Family Camps– Child Protection (check rules)

– Adults do not bounce

– Not all parents are good role models - keep them active as you would any young person

Module 16 Nights Away Health & Welfare