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Posted By JAI
Afternoon
Please we are taking on an apprentice 16 - 17 years old from our local college
First do i need to send a letter to their parents before they start work and secondly if so, does anyone have a copy i could look at to give me an idea on what to put in the letter?
Thanks
jai
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Posted By MichaelM
You would only have to perform a Risk Assessment for young people. You could make that available to the parents to reassure them that you are looking after their kids H&S.
Michael
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Posted By David P. Johnson
Bear in mind that since there is not statutory obligation to advise parents of risk assessments for 16/17 year olds, it could be constued as a data protection compliance issue if you don't stipulate in the contract with the apprentice you plan to do so.
Just a thought.
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Posted By Nigel Singleton BSc
HSG199 has a standard parental contact form for work experience.
I have emailed direct, please let me know if you do not get the info.
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Posted By Tony Kelly
There is an explicit duty to provide such info - see Reg 10.2 of MHSWR - requirement to provide parent of the child with comprehensible and relevant information on the risks to HS identified by the YP risk assessment.
The organiser of the placement ( this looks like the college, to me ) usually acts as the go between in cases like this and should be able to advise on a format to use.
Tony
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Posted By JAI
Thanks for all your help
i have since provided the parents with all risk assessments
jai
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Posted By Paul Adams
I agree, there is a responsibility to provide parents of a child with info. We do this for work experience, i.e. 15 - 16 year olds at school.
Your apprentices are "Young Persons" not children. Risk assessment required which you may or may not wish to share with the parents.
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Posted By John Webster
There is a responsibility to inform parents of a child.......but although the age of a child is under 18 in England & Wales, it is under 16 in Scotland.
I am reminded of when our then 17 year old son was hospitalised after a road accident. We were furious that we had not been informed only to be told that as he was over 16 they could not breach confidentiality by telling us unless he specifically asked them to.
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