Amendments to OEAP National Guidance

by Richard Essential

Each month we amend the OEAP National Guidance Updates page to show how many documents we have added or revised in the previous month. We include a link to an update table showing brief summaries of each amendment. The table also includes links to each of the new or newly-amended documents.

During April 2022, we added one new guidance document, deleted a guidance document after merging its contents with another, made revisions to fourteen guidance documents and made one minor amendment to a guidance document.

You can go straight to the table here.

Hiring a Coach

by Richard Transport

We have updated OEAP National Guidance document 4.5e Hiring a Coach to include a new section “During the Journey”.

You can find the revised guidance here.

The prevention and control of infectious diseases

by Richard : Covid-19 : Risk management Specific Activities and Hazards Specific Hazards

We have added a link to the UK Health Security Agency’s advice on the prevention and control of infectious diseases to several OEAP National Guidance documents:

7.1o Natural water bathing

7.1u Woodland Activities

7.2a Sepsis

7.2e Bites and Stings

7.2i Group Safety at Water Margins

You can also visit the UK Health Security Agency‘s advice here.

Places of Worship

by Richard Specialist activities and visits Specific Activities

We have created a new OEAP National Guidance document 7.1m Places of Worship.

The new guidance provides advice about visits to places such as cathedrals, churches, mosques, synagogues and temples, and much of it also applies to other places regarded as sacred, such as shrines, holy sites and places of pilgrimage.

You can download the new guidance here.

Snowsports

by Richard Specialist activities and visits Specific Activities

We have amended OEAP National Guidance document 7.1v Snowsport Visits to include advice about managing the environmental impact of snowsports.

You can download the revised guidance here.

Covid-19

by Richard : Covid-19 Good practice Planning and Preparation Specific Activities and Hazards Specific Hazards

We have amended OEAP National Guidance document 4.4k Coronavirus to refer to new guidance from HSE, to remove links to DfE guidance that has now been withdrawn, and to advise that assessing the risk of coronavirus should now form part of the normal risk assessment process.

You can download the revised guidance here.

Provider Statement

by Richard External Providers Good practice Model Forms

We have made a number of amendments to OEAP National Guidance document 8p Provider Statement, including removing questions about coronavirus, which should now be part of a provider’s risk assessment process, and removing some questions from Part 1 that are covered by the Quality Badge. There is also a Microsoft Word version 8q Provider Statement – Word Version.

You can find the revised document in PDF form here, and a Microsoft Word form here.

Risk Management

by Richard Good practice Good Practice Essentials

We have revised OEAP National Guidance document 4.3c Risk Management – An Overview to provide greater clarity about the importance of balancing risks and benefits during the process of risk assessment.

You can read the revised guidance here.

Vetting and DBS Checks

by Richard Employer Systems and Requirements Good practice Good Practice Essentials Legal Framework Legal Framework and Employer Systems

We have completely revised OEAP National Guidance document 3.2g Vetting and DBS Checks, giving more context to the need to make vetting checks beyond the legal requirements, and to why a provider might not be in a position to obtain checks on some staff.

We have also amended 4.3e Safeguarding as a result.

You can find the Vetting and DBS guidance here and the Safeguarding guidance here.

Requirements & Recommendations for Employers

by Richard Employer Systems and Requirements Good practice Legal Framework Roles and responsibilities

We have revised OEAP National Guidance documents 3.1a Requirements & Recommendations for Employers and 3.4f Member of a Management Board or Governing Body to ensure that they are clear about the responsibilities of governors and others who might be in controlling positions in employer organisations.

The roles that the guidance applies to include Chief Executive; Chair; Company Secretary; Director; Councillor; Trustee; Governor; Proprietor and Owner, in organisations such as local authorities; academies and multi-academy trusts; voluntary-aided and foundation schools; independent schools and charities.

You can download 3.1a here and 3.4f here.

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