CAS Student Safeguarding Test

Which of these risk assessment matrices is correct?

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What is the appropriate response for a "medium" level risk?

• No action required

• The risk should be actively monitored

• Precautions to prevent the risk and preparations for treating harm should be made

• Significant precautions must be taken, and specialist preparations should be made for treating harm

• The activity must cease immediately

What general precaution should be taken for all "Low" level risks?

• No action required

• Keep a phone with you

• Work with a partner

• Work under supervision

What kind of experiences do you need parental consent to engage in?

• All experiences

• All experiences that include risk

• All experiences outside of school

• All experiences that include risk outside of school

Who should you notify immediately if you if any danger or harm occurs in your experience?

• Your parents or guardians

• Your CAS Advisor

• Your CAS Supervisor

• The CAS Coordinator

A student is planning an old clothes collection for their CAS experience. To help them, some of their friends and their friends parents are helping out organising the clothes in to boxes. Each student pairs up with a parent and takes their clothes to a different classroom to sort.

What is the safeguarding issue here?

• The students are handling clothes, which may include underwear

• The student has asked asked adults and minors to work together

• The students are handling clothes, which may have ticks or skin diseases on them

• The students and adults are working in pairs in private spaces

A student plans to take up cross-country running as an experience. Which of these things does not need to go on the risk assessment?

• Wearing appropriate foot wear to avoid slipping or injury

• Planning a suitable route to avoid dangerous roads

• Running during daylight to reduce the risk of injuries or dangers

• Only running when feeling at full health to avoid further harm to health

You are planning on cooking a cultural meal to share with your school for a creative experience, but you are unsure if any of them have any allergies. What is a suitable control measure?

• Find out your friends' allergies, and avoid including any of these ingredients

• Bring an EpiPen in to school in case on of them has an allergic reaction to the meal

• Get written consent from each of your friends that they accept the risks involved in eating the meal

• Make a list of all the ingredients in the meal, and share this with them before they eat the meal

You are arranging an assembly with a guest speaker as part of a service project. Who do you need to inform that they will be visiting the school?

• Reception,

  Security,

  Your CAS Advisor

• Reception,

  Security,

  The Head of Secondary School

• Reception,

  Your CAS Advisor,

  The Head of Secondary School

• Security,

  Your CAS Advisor,

  The Head of Secondary School

A student is building a piece of furniture for an experience. The wood will require cutting with a band saw, gluing with an epoxy, sanding down, and then varnishing. Luckily, a family friend is a carpenter and they have agreed to loan the student the materials, and even be their supervisor for the experience. The student and supervisor set up the equipment in the family kitchen, the student is shown how to use the equipment, and then they get to work on the experience:

They are under supervision whilst using the electrical tools, but not the glue or varnish.

They wear gloves whilst using the glue and varnish, but not the electrical tools.

Where is the safeguarding issue?

• They should have worn gloves for the entire experience to protect them from the tools

• They should have been supervised for the entire experience to avoid harm from the chemicals

• They should have done the varnishing in a more ventilated spade to avoid inhaling the fumes

• They should have used the band saw and sander in a private space to protect their family from harm