Lancashire Aikikai - Child Protection Policy
Adopted 7th Dec 2008
Following last year’s AGM (2007) a meeting was held in January and a final draft policy was produced and circulated. A further meeting for feedback on the operation of the draft policy was held in November 2008 and a small number of changes were suggested and adopted.
CRB checks
The policy originally provided that the Child Protection Officer would obtain a copy CRB check from the BAB and a consent form (Form 4) was designed. There have been difficulties in agreeing with BAB that they should disclose this information, even with consent. Our policy now provides that the applicant for a CRB check should send their disclosure result to the Child Protection Officer as part of the Permission process that is applied to all - this is decribed in the panel to the right.
Applying for a CRB Check - the process
Travel Arrangements
Appendix H now includes a requirement to check facilities and ensure as far as practicable that children have privacy when showering and changing.
Letting Under 14s leave unaccompanied
The BAB policy on this is unclear and the draft policy was contradictory. It has therefore been altered to allow children under 14 to leave class unaccompanied if the parent has consented in writing (see form 6)
Information for under 16s
There was a suggestion that the information for under 16s should be reduced to remove the local Police and Social Services. Barbara Barrett strongly disagrees with this suggestion as research shows that children do use the police and social services to get help. She has also recommended including details of Kidscape – an anti-bullying charity.