{"subTitle":"This guidance is to help clarify some of the administrative needs surrounding your provision of safer Scouting.","backgroundImage":{"url":null,"caption":null,"type":null,"size":0,"width":0,"height":0,"altText":null},"backgroundColour":null,"content":{"layouts":[{"type":"sidebar","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFS320012 (Published November 2024, Replacing May 2020)\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditional resources and information can be found\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022/volunteers/staying-safe-and-safeguarding/\u0022 title=\u0022Staying safe and safeguarding\u0022\u003Ewithin our Safety section of our website\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAll meetings, events and activities must have a leader in charge who, has responsibility for co-ordinating all adults and young people.\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERecent experience has shown that accidents can happen when there isn\u0027t a leader clearly designated as being in charge overall, or when that person makes an assumption that other people are looking after safety issues. Responses to accidents are also impaired in such circumstances.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""}]},{"items":[]}],"config":null}]},"sections":[{"content":{"layouts":[{"type":"sidebar","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EThe leader in charge is, simply put, the adult present at an evening meeting, event or activity who has the role of co-ordinating the work of all adults towards delivering the Programme or activity in a safe manner. Scouting safely is not just about ensuring that risk assessments and safety checks are conducted; all adults need to be clear on what they need to do and young people should be given clear instructions, guidance and rules.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe leader in charge does not have to personally fill in every risk assessment; this can be done by someone else in discussion with other adults. Nor do they have to give rules or guidance to either young people or adults personally. Being the leader in charge is about being the person with an overview of safety in the given situation.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""}]},{"items":[]}],"config":null}]},"prev":null,"next":{"link":"/volunteers/staying-safe-and-safeguarding/safety/planning-and-assessing-risk/safety-practical-tips/putting-this-into-practice/","title":"Putting this into practice"},"allParts":[{"link":"/volunteers/staying-safe-and-safeguarding/safety/planning-and-assessing-risk/safety-practical-tips/leader-in-charge/","title":"Leader in charge"},{"link":"/volunteers/staying-safe-and-safeguarding/safety/planning-and-assessing-risk/safety-practical-tips/putting-this-into-practice/","title":"Putting this into practice"},{"link":"/volunteers/staying-safe-and-safeguarding/safety/planning-and-assessing-risk/safety-practical-tips/safety-on-the-agenda/","title":"Safety on the agenda"}],"link":"/volunteers/staying-safe-and-safeguarding/safety/planning-and-assessing-risk/safety-practical-tips/leader-in-charge/","id":47498,"nodeName":"Leader in charge","title":"Leader in charge","type":"codexPart","image":null,"assets":null,"headerOptions":{"headerTitle":"Leader in charge","headerSubTitle":null,"headerCta":null,"headerCtaText":null,"headerCtaLink":null,"headerBackgroundColour":null,"showSEOImage":false,"headerBackgroundImage":null,"quickLinks":null},"searchDescription":"","subHeader":"","browserTitle":null,"silktide":"eyJjbXMiOiJVbWJyYWNvIiwiZWRpdG9yVXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wcm9kLWNtcy5zY291dHMub3JnLnVrLy91bWJyYWNvIy9jb250ZW50L2NvbnRlbnQvZWRpdC80NzQ5OCJ9","canonicalUrl":"https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/staying-safe-and-safeguarding/safety/planning-and-assessing-risk/safety-practical-tips/leader-in-charge/"},{"content":{"layouts":[{"type":"sidebar","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s extremely important that anyone who has been designated as the Volunteer in charge fully understands their responsibilities. There should be no assumption that other adults are in charge of the safety overview. The leader in charge is responsible for overseeing the activity and all adults and young people. This includes responsibility for registers, headcounts, allocation of roles to specific adults and checking they are aware of their specific responsibilities. The best way of doing this is for all adults involved in the activity to agree which one of them will undertake this function.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChecks could include a discussion about \u003Ca href=\u0022/volunteers/staying-safe-and-safeguarding/risk-assessments/\u0022 title=\u0022Risk assessments\u0022\u003Erisk assessments\u003C/a\u003E, selecting who will give guidance and instructions to young people and when and where head counts will be conducted. 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