Responsibility of Carers

Carers are very welcome to come to Wealden Sailability to assist in ensuring our clients gain the maximum experience to sailing.

General Responsibility of Wealden Sailability and our Volunteers

We ensure our volunteers have the skills to sail one of our boats with a client.
Depending on the weather, decide the most appropriate boat for the circumstances.
Responsible for the safety, as far as practicable, from the moment the client walks onto the pontoon and ends when the client walks off the pontoon.
Being aware of our safeguarding obligations, as far as possible. As far as possible, our volunteers have a current Enhanced DBS certificate which covers vulnerable children and adults.
Our volunteers are not medically trained although we encourage them to complete a first aid course. Our volunteers cannot administer any medication.
It’s unusual, but if a volunteer finds there is a problem of some sort on the water with the client, the Session Manager will be informed and in turn he/she will inform the carer.

Prior to visiting, please inform Wealden Sailability who and how many will be attending on the day. This is to ensure we have enough volunteers and boats available.
Suggest the type of sailing their client can participate.
Register the client at the clubhouse. The volunteer doing the registration may ask you to wait until an appropriate boat is available.
Ensure the client has appropriate clothes and sun tan cream. Sitting on a boat is usually far colder than on shore.
Take the client to the area where the buoyancy aids are positioned. You may be asked to assist in putting on the buoyancy aid.
Where appropriate, accompany a client onto a boat. This tends to happen when a client may need medication or lacks confidence.
It is the carers/guardians responsibility to … wheelchairs up and down the slipway