Health & Safety Basics
What New Zealand Act must ALL Youth Encounter staff comply with regarding safety?
the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
what are two things you need to have in a car when transporting participants
fire extinguisher and first aid kit
hat number do staff call for emergency services?
111
What is the minimum instructor-to-participant ratio when using Youth Encounter dirt bikes?
1:4
what was Marys nickname when riding FMX
Scary Mary
Whose responsibility is safety within Youth Encounter?
everyone’s responsibility
When a participant shares something worrying (mental health, safety, behaviour, disclosure), what is the correct staff response?
tell the Programme Coordinator immediately
What is a “near miss”?
an incident that could have caused harm but didn’t?
ho has full authority to refuse someone entry into an activity?
any Youth Encounter staff member running the activity?
what is the printers name
Prints Charming
What are staff required to report as part of safety
Incident reports
what age does a participant have to be to be dropped off at home without a caregiver or gardian on site
14 +
At what severity scale MUST an incident be reported to management?
Severity 5 or higher?
what does R A C E stand for
Remove - people from immediate danger
Alert - contact emergency services, alert other staff
Confine - if possible
Extinguish - if safe to do so
What year was the Youth Encounter home base purchased
2021
What MUST staff do if they feel they do not have the skills for a task they are assigned?
Communicate to managment
If a participant arrives with medication, allergies, or conditions staff need to manage, what must staff do?
record it in excess, communicate it to the relevant staff,
What must staff not do if a fatality occurs?
move the body or contact the family?
What documentation must be completed and uploaded after every operation?
activity safety assesment
what is kyans middle name
Seth
What percentage of staff participation is the annual goal for safety-related training
80%
If a participant’s behaviour creates a safety risk to themselves or others during a session, what authority do staff have?
What is to stop the session and remove the participant until proper safety controls are put in place?
When a client or connected person contacts staff indicating immediate risk to safety, serious emotional distress, or a missing person situation, what is this type of call called?
A crisis call
hat must staff immediately do if thunder or lightning is heard during dirt biking or surfing?
stop all activity? for 15min with out any thunder or lightning before returning to activity
when did Maree start working at Youth Encounter Month and year
October 2019