{"id":727,"date":"2023-01-11T22:18:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T22:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wandccameraclub.org.uk\/public\/?page_id=727"},"modified":"2023-01-11T22:18:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T22:18:27","slug":"windlesham-and-camberley-camera-club-safeguarding-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wandccameraclub.org.uk\/public\/windlesham-and-camberley-camera-club-safeguarding-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Windlesham and Camberley Camera Club Safeguarding Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Introduction<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the purposes of this policy children, young people and vulnerable adults attending club meetings are considered collectively as \u2018<strong>Vulnerable Individuals\u2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A child is anyone under the age of 18 years as this conforms with the Children\u2019s Act of 1989<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Vulnerable adult Is someone who:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is or may be in need of community care services by reason of mental or other disability, age or illness;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and who is or may be unable to take care of him or herself, or unable to protect him or herself against significant harm or exploitation\u201d. (Dept of Health)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>The Policy<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Members of the club are expected to treat all members with respect, politeness and dignity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A Vulnerable Adult is welcome to attend the club. If they are normally accompanied by a carer, then that carer\/appropriate adult must accompany them to all club activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Children under the age of 18 must always be accompanied by a parent\/legal guardian unless written permission is given by them for a young person between 16 and 18 to attend alone. If they attend alone, they must be delivered and collected by the parent\/legal guardian unless written permission is given for an alternative arrangement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Parents\/legal guardians and other appointed responsible adults should be made aware that occasionally images of naked persons\/disasters may be shown during competitions. It would be impossible to make them aware in advance, especially if members of other clubs are involved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Membership fees will only apply to the member and not the \u2018carer\u2019 unless they also have an interest in photography and choose to enter club competitions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 to 1 mentoring of a Vulnerable Individual will only be allowed if the individual is accompanied by their parent, legal guardian or responsible, appropriate adult.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Any Vulnerable Individual wishing to take part in an activity outside the usual meeting night must be accompanied by a parent, legal guardian or appropriate adult, unless written permission is given.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vulnerable Individuals should not travel alone in a members\u2019 car to a club event without the written permission of the parent, guardian or appropriate adult.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If a parent, appropriate adult, carer or club member needs to raise a concern, then the Chair should be contacted. If this is not possible\/appropriate then the Vice-chair should be contacted. The matter should be dealt with confidentially by a small group of committee members set up for such matters. (Chair, Vice chair, ordinary member)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This policy should be reviewed annually. Nov 2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Review date: Nov 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction For the purposes of this policy children, young people and vulnerable adults attending club meetings are considered collectively as \u2018Vulnerable Individuals\u2019. A child is anyone under the age of 18 years as this conforms with the Children\u2019s Act of 1989 A Vulnerable adult Is someone who: is or may be in need of community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-727","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","content-columns-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wandccameraclub.org.uk\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wandccameraclub.org.uk\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wandccameraclub.org.uk\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wandccameraclub.org.uk\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wandccameraclub.org.uk\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wandccameraclub.org.uk\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728,"href":"https:\/\/wandccameraclub.org.uk\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727\/revisions\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wandccameraclub.org.uk\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}