Scottish Government

CHECKLIST FOR SENIOR MANAGERS RESPONSIBLE FOR CARING FOR PEOPLE

If an emergency was to happen today:

• are you fully prepared to lead the response of your organisation in caring for people affected?
• can your organisation, alone, resolve all of the problems encountered by those affected by emergencies?
• have you trained and exercised for your personal role?
• are you confident that your organisation's arrangements for preparation and caring for people following emergencies are auditable and will withstand scrutiny in the event of a public inquiry?
• does your formal role recognise your management responsibilities for preparation and caring for people affected by emergencies?
• is your organisation prepared to support you in your management role?
• is your work co-ordinated and integrated with the other agencies that care for people?
• are you prepared and ready to lead a multi-agency Care for People Team?

Does your organisation:

• have arrangements in place to play its part in the Care for People Team?
• authorise you to lead the Care for People Team if necessary?
• have a scheme of delegation that gives you authority to deploy resources and incur expenditure?
• provide for the welfare of staff who will deal with an emergency and its effects?
• have a documented Risk Register founded on an assessment of the impacts of risks on caring for people?
• support functional staff in preparing for emergencies?
• formally approve Care for People arrangements?
• have complementary arrangements (property, finance, communications, etc.) to support care for people?
• have arrangements that are documented and clearly and easily accessible for both staff and the public?
• have arrangements that provide an audit trail of resources deployed, when, why and by whom, to facilitate cost recovery?
• have a policy to support staff called to give evidence at public inquiries?