27
2012
The buck stops where?
An article by Stephen Pritchard
An interesting situation occurred this evening.
I coach (with a colleague) for a local leisure provider. Players pay the sports centre to participate. We are employed to deliver a session between set times. Once those times end, who is responsible for the child? We have another session with different players following straight on from the previous one. If a parent is not there on time to collect their child, and they wait in reception or in the carpark, who has the Duty of Care? If my employed hours have finished, can I leave the child under the supervision of reception staff? Some children walk home or have parents waiting in their cars so a blanket sign in/out scenario is not possible.
If the worst should happen, would liability be with the leisure provider or us as coaches?
Should there be a policy somewhere? Or information in an induction pack (we never had one of those!)?
I will have to dig my Safeguarding resources out of the loft and start sifting through them.
Any comments would be appreciated.
