School Safety - Option 4

Uses the School Visit Leaders Toolkit to support the Course

This course is still incomplete

When used in conjunction with the online eBriefings delivered by email the following resources form the Training Materials and Assessments which provide structured training.

Resources

The following are the Resources which you will find either online or within the School Risk Assessor's Pack which will help you to manage your Visits including Risk Assessments and to provide records of how and when you were deemed to be a competent to Lead or Coordinate School Visits.

Leading School Visits is deemed as a safety sensitive task for which it is most advisable to have competent staff appointed in writing and with the records of the basis on which the employer deemed them competent.

Resources – School Safety II - Option 4 Educational Visits Co-ordination

Resource	Contents	Further information and suggestions
1. Am I qualified to start this course?	Online Form	Prior Online Check for Information and online recording.
2. School Safety Management Review	Online Form	Assessment for online completion.
3. Hazard Identification Risk Assessment	Online Form	Assessment for online completion.
4. Accident/Incident Reporting	Online Form	Assessment for online completion.
5. Have I completed my Assessments?	Online Form	Assessment for online recording.
6. Reading /Research Assignments	Online Form	Assessment for online recording.
7. Portfolio eBriefing	Training instructions materials and information
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9. Identifying Risk a Model System	This resource outlines what risks and hazards are and gives a simple method to quantify and prioritise the risks in a school.	The school needs some form of rational methodology to identify risks and to ensure that all risks are addressed appropriately. This system gives a clear and simple framework in which the risk assessor can work.
10. Risk Areas in a school	This resource outlines and then gives more detail in the various areas which need to be addressed I the school’s HIRA	This resource should be used in conjunction with the Risk Assessment Checklists
11. Blank Risk Assessment Form	Risk Assessment Model Form for use in the School Risk Assessment System	Freely to copy and modifiable for use within your school.
12. Completed Example Risk Assessment Form	Example only
13. Checklist for Risk Assessment Process and Management	Identifies strengths and weaknesses in the school RA System	Use this Checklist to consider what System you have in place i.e. what you are doing now and what you may need to do.
14. Checklist forVisits	Identifies existing and required Visits Risk Assessments for a specific visit.	Use this Checklist to consider what RAs you have now and what you may need.
15. Visits Briefing Papers	These are specific background information papers relating to visits and include: · Planning · Preparation · Educational Justification · Parental Consent · Transport · Finance and Insurances · Vetting the location · Supervision · Code of Conduct · Risk Assessments · On going RAs · Activities and Instructors · Centres · Overseas Visits · Emeergency Plan · Communications · First Aid	You must be registered on the YAHOO Group Safer Schools to access some materials and to take part in a Forum.
16. Legislation	H&S and Educational Legislation and Regulations as they affect safety either directly or indirectly with comments.
17. Links	Links to many documents including HSE Free Downloadable documents referring to Risk Assessments	Commentary is also given for many of these links.

18. Glossary	A full Glossary of Safety and other terms as they apply to schools