• Accident and emergency
• Alcohol and substance
• Behaviour
• Complaints
• Confidentiality
• Equal opportunities
• Food and drink
• Illness and disease
• Lost child
• Medicines
• Outings
• Safeguarding children
• Smoking
• Uncollected child
• Working with parents

Outings

It is my policy to keep children safe on outings whilst in my care.

In order to do this I will ensure that:

• the ratio of adults to children on any outing will never be less than one adult to four children
• I carry out a trial run and full risk assessment of the proposed outing
• I obtain written parental permission for children to take part in regular, local outings whilst in my care and specific written permission for a longer or more involved outing
• I take essential records and equipment for each child on outings as necessary, including contact telephone numbers for parents, a first-aid kit and a mobile telephone
• I keep records for parental inspection of any vehicles in which children are transported, including insurance details and a list of named drivers
• I will ensure that any driver transporting children in their own vehicle has adequate insurance cover
• I adhere to my lost child procedure and make parents aware of the procedures in that procedure