Young Leaders Training

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Young Leaders Training

• Getting Started (Module A)

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What is Scouting all about?

• Fun,
• Challenge,
• Learning,
• Activity,
• Friendship,
• Achievement.

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Purpose
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Challenge without Risk?

• Why do people go on fairground rides?
• Why do people parachute, abseil, cave, go-kart,
  etc.?
• They want the adrenalin rush of taking risks.

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Scouting and Risk

• We aim to be challenging,
• to give a sense of achievement,
• where the risks are understood,
• and we know the young people are safe.
• We want them to experience and understand risk
  too.

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Three key risks

• Physical harm,
• Opportunity for abuse,
• Accusation of abuse.

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What is abuse?

• Sexual,
• Physical,
• Mental,
• Psychological,
• Discrimination.

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Whats important?

• Sort the statements into order of importance.

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Orange Card

• Protects young people,
• Protects you.

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Scenarios
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What do you do if.

• A young person tells you about abuse outside
  Scouting?
• A young person accuses another leader of abuse?
• You are accused?

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Work as a team

• If you think you are going to be alone with a
  young person, ask another leader to come too or
  watch,
• If you see another leader getting into a
  situation can you protect them by moving or
  watching?

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Risk Assessments

• What are the risks?
• How likely are they?
• What harm might occur?
• How can you minimise the risks?
• Do all the leaders know is it written down?

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The big change!

• You are no longer members of the section,
• You are part of the Leadership team,
• Beavers, Cubs and Scouts will follow your
  example,
• You are now different to them it can be hard!

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Young Leaders Training

• Questions