US Sports Institute Camp Safety

USSI has systems in place to ensure the safety of children on our programs.  At the start of every camp or program, a USSI program coordinator will address the camp as a whole to talk through ALL safety issues. Every USSI coach is then responsible for their own group during the week. The coordinator is responsible for all groups and will ensure that safety is not compromised.

Each coach will keep a group attendance form, with a list of the children in his/her group. This form is used to sign in and out children for the rest of the week.  The camp coordinator will monitor the overall sign in/out procedure.  Children will always be supervised when taking water / bathroom breaks.

All campers are signed in when they arrive to camp – children should always be escorted by  a parent or guardian to their coach.  Children will only be signed out of camp when their parent/guardian comes to collect them; again, for safety reasons, we request that parents come to the coaches to collect their children as we will not release children to leave unattended and make their own way to parent's cars in parking lots.

Our staff will stay with any child not collected promptly from camp. No child will be allowed to go home with anyone other than the parent/guardian who drops them off (e.g. walk home with a friend, leave by themselves) unless the camp coordinator receives a written note from the parent/guardian prior to the start of camp.

All staff employed by USSI undergo a thorough criminal background check.  Staff employed from overseas (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa etc)  all hold valid visas to work in the United States. US Sports Institute has a thorough interview process to ensure that all coaches are suitable to work with all levels of children.  All camp coordinators have been trained in CPR and First Aid.

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