risk assessment for messy play

[SillyMillysMummy]

can anyone help me out here?

jesus I didn't even think of that one....anyone want to help out here?!

I have so far

How can I get the child/children safely from the car to the building?

How can I make sure that the children involved play safely whilst at messy play?

What if a child needs the toilet / changing?

What if a child cut/hurt themselves?

There is no way I am doing a risk assessment for messy play - not helpful, sorry. Have you been told you need to do one??

Can you not use just your ordinary outing RA?

I was of the understanding that i needed one for each outing? And sorry i meant messy play as in a childrens centre activity, not in the house.

Ok

So you do a major risk assessment once every 6 months or each year

Then a ticklist each event

So I do 1 a day for general stuff
& one ticklist for each outing

I'll send you mine

then if its for messy play at the children's centre I would suggest you do a generic one for trips to the children's centre as the risks will be fairly similar regardless of what activity you are doing......

I refuse to do risk assessments for every activity we do - would need an extension to house them all! Have them for each individual type of outing and for my home, that's all they're getting! Ofsted due end of month - watch this space...........

underpaid, have just read you are in the north east me too

couldnt possibly do a risk assessment for EVERY outing, thats silly.
I have a generic routine for leaving the house, either by car or foot, i.e putting kids in the car seats or using the reins.
I have written fire policies, cleaning checklists, keep the front door locked and bolted, check the garden for, shock horror, evidence of poo... Thats enough
while we are so bloody busy checking the checklist the child runs into the road.
I think as cms and as parents we just have to be a little bit sensible on this one. I mean where would it end, kids wouldnt do anything and we would carry them round in an oxygen tent..

SillyMillysMummy

Don't even think of going down that route - you'll get me dreaming of risk assessments soon!

I have a Risk Assessment document for all the stuff we normally do. When we do something different, I just jot a note in my diary/register of risks I have identified. Probably not enough ... but all I am doing.

Sillymilly, where do you live?

I'm in Newcastle, but I know that 'north east' on here could mean anywhere from Manchester to Edinburgh! !!

My cm coordinator visited me recently and pulled my files to bits - couldn't give a stuff, as long as I comply with the minimum requirements, which I know I do!

CM in my area who got outstanding recently was told by the inspector that local authorities need to chill out and accept that cms do a brill job, and that giving birthday cake, juice, ice-cream, cookies etc is a way of life and should be looked on as a life experience not an 'oh my god, how do I put that right!' moment! Yay for Ofsted!!!