Sansum Martial Arts

Late Collection Policy

Late collections can present Instructors with a difficult situation. It is not Sansum Martial Arts responsibility to transport children and/or adults at risk home on behalf of Parents/Carers/Guardians who have been delayed. Sansum Martial Arts hold contact details and request details of an alternative contact, It is the Parent/Carers/Guardians responsibility to advise Sansum Martial Arts of emergencies and possible late collections.

Sansum Martial Arts will provide a timetable of activities at the beginning of the Martial Arts School/Academy year and notify Parents/Carers/Guardians of any changes to this timetable in writing as soon as possible.

Staff/Volunteers should:

• attempt to contact the Parents/Carers/Guardians in the event of late collection;
• check the school contact for the alternative number;
• attempt to get in touch with the alternative contact;
• wait with the child or adult at risk at risk at the School or other facility with other Staff/Volunteers or parents if possible;
• remind Parents/Carers/Guardians of the policy relating to late collection.

Staff/Volunteers should not:

• take the child or adult at risk home or to any other location;
• ask the child or adult at risk to wait in a vehicle or School/Academy facility with you alone;
• send the child or adult at risk home with another person without parental permission;
• leave the child or adult at risk on their own.