The RAFAC Supervisory Care and Welfare Support Version 1.00 Dated Jun 26 has finally been published.
For those with access to SharePoint, here is the link.
RAFAC Supervisory Care and Welfare Support Version 1.00 Dated Jun 26
Iâm disappointed Iâm finding out about this via ACC and not it appearing in any of my inboxes for something as significant as it isâŚ
I canât even spot an announcement on SharePoint anywhere
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It might do, but to save inbox overwhelm a lot of stuff gets grouped into updates that are emailed out.
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It appears to have a whole other policy as an annex of that policyâŚ
RAFAC TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION POLICY DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE
Surely this should be part of the appropriate ACP/ACLI/ACTO?
Are all the superscript notes missing? I think itâs called superscript anyway. I can see the numbers, but they donât seem to refer to anything.
Is the 1:8 ratio for 12yos present new? I donât handle that kinda stuff on unit so itâs not something Iâve massively read into before (I donât think Iâve been IC of an event worse than 1:6 haha)
Yes, 1:8 is now a thing with U18s
Iâm intrigued by the statement âSupervision must be direct, continuous and proactiveâ. Remote supervision of DofE groups and things like Ten Tors do not follow this. I really think that âmustâ aught to be âshouldâ there, as there are legitimate times when supervision is not direct.
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That was always in the NSPCC guidance that JSP 814 refers to variously as advisory and a minimum.
The most challenging part of this is over night accomodation ratios, expectations etc make residential with the current estate and staffing challenges near impossible.
I would imagine summer camps are now at risk as a result of increased staffing requirements
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For example, there can now be no AEF or Gliding where as there cannot be two CFAVs in the aircraft with a cadet and certainly no solo cadet flying!
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Also is the reference to EHCP as âearly help and care planâ correct as if always read that as Education Health and Care Plan?
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It would require more staff than I have - ratios are met on my unit via the combined total of CCF(A) & CCF(RAF) CFAVs 
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The Air Scouts solve that particular problem with a GoPro.
Too risky, could be hacked. Just stopping flying is safer.
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Especially with mandatory maximum hours for staff. If youâre up doing stuff from 0630 until 2130 youâll be needing two âshiftsâ now from my reading?
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Policy just says âCFAVsâ 
Look, I hope you lot arenât suggesting that this is a policy written by some half-wit who had no understanding of the environment and organisation it was being written for, or indeed of normal, civilian safeguarding procedures?
Any suggestion that this this idiocy - I mean well researched, thorough, and peer reviewed body of work - wonât be hurriedly adopted, vigorously put into place, then gawped at in horror as itâs implications manifest themselves, and then just as hurriedly dropped like a scalding turd are shocking. Shocking I sayâŚ
Thereâs absolutely no one working in any professional capacity within child care, education, or child protection who would not know - instantly - that an EHCP did not mean early. You therefore have a good understanding of who it wasnât written by, and therefore a good grasp of its worthâŚ
I would say itâs frightening, but Iâve got used to the antics of these morons, so now I just sighâŚ.
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It does⌠but I suspect I will struggle to get any of them to support a blue camp, with already supporting green camps for example. We shall see.
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Unintended consequence of this - sqns stop accepting under 13s.
NSPCC guidance is for off unit activities & is general terms rather than formal accredited advise.
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This is one of the most confusing, contradictory and poorly written documents weâve ever produced and thatâs saying something.
It has 13,765 words and itâs impossible to be an actual useful, referenced policy document. Itâs unintelligible at points, makes use of random language and wording, doesnât seem to know what it is trying to achieve and is essentially, if read as written and implemented by people who apply it literally, going to end a lot of activity.
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