RISK MANAGEMENT & CLUB DISCIPLINE

OF
ADVENTURER AND PATHINDER CLUB
Managing Risk
• I will both lie down in peace and sleep; for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8

• As a leader, you must accept the moral obligation of protecting from injury those who are under
your care. This moral duty is reinforced by a legal liability, and while a moral obligation might be
shrugged off, leaders cannot escape legal liability for injuries or abuse resulting from their actions
or omissions.

• To minimize risks, you must educate yourself to observe and recognize potential hazards. As
leader, you are in a position of trust for those under your care, and you cannot delegate your legal
or moral duty to anyone else.

• Accidents will happen. Injuries will occur. But don’t let them happen through your negligence in
using dangerous or faulty equipment, meeting in unsafe facilities, or not providing skilled or
adequate supervision. [Adapted from “Safety and Your Club”, Adventurer Club Manual.]
Aspects of Risk Management
• Be Prepared. Make A Plan (Have a team discuss risk areas relating to
Adventurers or Pathfinders)
• Screen Volunteers – Do the leaders poses danger to the children
• Prevent Or Report Abuse : Since the average age of an abuse victim is 8 to
11 years old, your Adventurers are particularly vulnerable. This is why it is
important that your risk management plan safeguards your club against
child abuse in all forms: physical, emotional, sexual and neglect. It is often
required by law that you report suspected abuse to the police or a child
protection agency.
• Train Staff : Appropriate training and policies can safeguard Adventurers
and prevent you and your staff from being held liable. Your risk
management plan should include policies on reporting suspected abuse,
training staff regarding abuse, the use of appropriate touch and discipline
Aspects of Risk Management
• Maintain A Safe Facility
The facility should • be safe,
clean, well ventilated, free of
hazards, and have at least two
exits. • be large enough for the
planned activities. • have first-aid
equipment. • have accessible
toilets, including facilities for
people with disabilities. • be
accessible by phone. • have
emergency exits that are
functioning, well marked and
easily accessible.
Prepare for Accidents and Medical
Emergency
When you get a group of active kids
together, accidents will happen, no
matter how much planning to
prevent them you do. Medical
emergencies also occur when you
least expect them. A vital
component of your risk
management plan is to prepare
your Adventurer/Pathfinder Club
staff and families for accidents and
medical emergencies
Aspects of Risk Management
• Staying Safe During Dangerous Weather Or Natural Disasters
Be aware of severe weather or natural disasters that occur where you
live. You and your team should develop a plan for monitoring, responding
to and taking shelter during severe weather and natural disasters.
• Preventing And Responding To Fire Emergencies
Your team should develop a fire prevention plan, as well as knowing how
to respond to fires. If you need help with this, contact your local fire
department and arrange for training for your Adventurer/Pathfinder staff.
Aspects of Risk Management
• Minimizing Travel Hazards
If you are planning to take your Adventurers/Pathfinders on field trips, you
and your team will need to include a travel safety section in your risk
management plan. Your plan should include permission forms for the
parents or care givers to sign (even if they are going on the trip), back
ground checks on drivers, motor vehicle checklists, and safety checks of the
facilities to be visited
• Safe And Fun to Environment
While it’s impossible avoid all risk, by creating a risk management plan, you,
your Adventurer/Pathfinder team and families can be assured that your
Adventurers/Pathfinder will have a safe, fun, environment in which to grow,
make friends and become closer to Jesus.
Sword (Bible)
Shield ofFaith
Protection
Clubs Emblems
PathfinderColours:
Red: Sacrifice
White: Purity/Holiness
Blue: Loyalty
Gold: Excellence

Inverted Triangle
Jesus teaching (not worldly)
Self sacrifice (othersfirst)

3sides –Completeness of theTrinity,

Tripod Education (Physical, mental,
Spiritual
Club Members/Staff
Discipline
▪ Goals of Discipline

▪ Balanced Discipline

▪ Proper and ImproperAdministration of Discipline

▪ Prevention ofDiscipline problem

▪ Methods of Discipline

▪ PunishableOffences

▪ Discipline Procedures
 ❖ In a well discipline club, the programme starts
Goals ofDiscipline on time, the whole staff is there on time, the
▪ To guide the members as sons and daughters of God programme runs smoothly to its conclusion
▪ To show them our love and understanding
▪ To teach them God’s character as revealed in the order and discipline seen throughout universe.
God is a God oforder.
▪ To make them useful members of the church and the Nigeria
▪ To help respect their leaders and parents
▪ To help them discipline their desires according to God’s law
▪ To help provide a conducive atmosphere for all members to have cheerful attitudes and
cooperative behaviour.
▪ To emphasize guidance rather thanrestraints
▪ Not to cripple club members but to enable them
▪ To encourage self control and purposeful activity
▪ To prevent trouble
▪ To do the right thing at the right time in the right way
Balanced Discipline
▪ Establish rules and regulations and a point system
▪ Inform club members of the rules, your expectation and methods of
enforcement
▪ Make the rules few and well considered. But when they are made, they
should be enforced
▪ Present devotional on discipline, explaining the Pledge and Law
▪ Consistently and diligently apply training discipline
▪ Leaders should counsel with guilty youth before enforcing disciplinary
action, and pray with them. When they understand, they normally co-
operate.
Proper and Improper administration of discipline
▪ Improper way
▪ Crushing or breaking the spirit by using force.The crushed spirit will develop distrust,
evasiveness and hatred ofauthority.

▪ Proper way
▪ Inspire that which is right and orderly by love, kindness and correcting what is wrong.
▪ Win confidence of the youth.
▪ Show them you love by kindness and that you expect their loyal co-operation
▪ This correct way develops trust, compliance, co-operation, and love
Prevention of Disciplineproblem
▪ Plan an extensive programme of activities
▪ Never go to the meetings unprepared
▪ Be friendly, caring and approachable at all times
▪ Cultivate a sense of humour
▪ Don’t use sarcasm ofridicule
▪ Don’t be a “faultfinder”
▪ Be fair at all times; don’t have favourites
▪ Watch the use of your voice – speak clearly and with authority but don’t shout
▪ Give clear, precise instructionsand commands
▪ What mannerisms that could lead to ridicule and avoid slangs
 Methods of Discipline
▪ Personal Counsel
▪ State clearly what the youth has done wrong and ask him/her to explain
his behaviour. Such youth may suggest solution to the problem
▪ Use Group Judgement
▪ Let the group have the ideals such that they can condemn whatever is wrong

▪ Take Care of Individual differences

▪ Understand their background, physical and mental make, and the
seriousness of the offence

▪ Expel if necessary
▪ When a Pathfinder continues to misbehave continually, it is either he stays or
leaves the group. This is not so in the case of adventurer.
Methods of Discipline
▪ Don’t Punish inanger
▪ Don’t use threats and warning that will not and cannot be
carried out
▪ Don’t force them to apologize
▪ Don’t detain after club meeting
▪ Don’tAssign extra tasks – It may be a burden and
discouraging
▪ Don’t use corporal punishment like beating or spanking. Only
theparents may apply this.
Punishable Offences
▪ Clear and unjustifiable insubordination.Disrespectful
and proving to be above the rules
▪ Unruly behaviour
▪ Indecency
▪ Impudence to counsellors
▪ Offensive language
▪ Injuring property
▪ Cheating and stealing
Discipline procedures: (Counsellor to the Pathfinder)
▪ Counsellor to Pathfinder (Adventurers do not apply here)
▪ A disobedient pathfinder
▪ Speak to the erring youth, explaining what is expected as a club member, visit privately and pray
together
▪ Continued disobedience, the deputy director and counsellor should :
▪ Counsel the pathfinder, request for his/her co-operation, pray with the youth
▪ Further disobedience, the Director, Deputy director and counsellor should :
▪ Counsel the youth, explain “do my honest part” to him/her, Pray together with him/her, visit the
parent
▪ Further disobedience:
▪ Counsellor to pray with the pathfinder

▪ Further misbehaviour
▪ Refer the matter to disciplinary committee, suspend him/her for one month, visit and pray with
him/her athome.