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Risk Assessment & Child Protection guidance
The museums do have risk assessments for school visits to the museums and for the workshops. A museums and NHDC child protection policy is also available.
Booked Workshop Holiday Activites
- Each Museum will run up to three, one and half hour planned sessions annually for children under eight who are not accompanied by an adult.
Over eight years old, workshops for unaccompanied children will be no longer then two hours sessions. - The adult/child ratio we advise are:
- Under 5 years - 1:3
- 10 – 13 years - 1:10
- 5 – 9 years - 1:6
- 14 – 18 years - 1-15
There will always be two adults in the building and no single adult will ever put himself or herself in a one to one situation with a child.
- Minimum booking information for an organised workshop will include:
- Name of Child, Emergency telephone number
- Special needs i.e. medical, food allergies
- Permission for photograph to be taken
Drop-in Holiday Activities
All forms of communication must make it clear that children can not be left unaccompanied for these activities if they are under 8 years old.
There will always be two adults in the building and no single adult will ever put himself or herself in a one to one situation with a child.
School Visits
- It is the responsibilty of the teacher in charge to bring sufficient adults for a museum visit and for the teacher to carry out their own risk assessment of the site and activites involved. The museums have their own risk assesments for both sites and workshops but these must be checked against school reports.
- Booking form clearly states arrangement agreed for the visit and includes a section on permission of photographs to be taken. This form is to be signed by the teacher in charge and returned to the Museums Development Officer.
Toilets
- For museum run activities children should go to the toilets in pairs.
- School visits, teacher is reponsible for toilet arrangements.
Photography/videoing - Booked Museums Workshops
- Museum must gain written parental or guardian consent for use of photographs in museum publicity, website or archives.
- Consent can be obtained on the booking form with parent/guardian signing the form giving permission.
Drop-in Museum Workshops
- A sign must be located at the museum shop entrance and where the activity is taking place explaining to visitors that photographs may be taken during the activity for use in museum publicity, website or archives.
School Visits
- The teacher in charge gives permission for use of photography on the booking form.
Volunteers
- Volunteer Policy should be used for all new volunteers.
- All volunteers working with children need to be CRB checked or minimum signed a disclosure form.
- Volunteers need to be made aware of child protection policies.