Covid-19 Guidelines
- OUR ACADEMY
✔ We have undertaken a thorough review of our academy and the services we offer
✔ We have rearranged our waiting, reception and treatment areas to adhere to social distancing guidelines
✔ All surfaces throughout the academy will be cleaned regularly and wiped with the appropriate cleaning product between each treatment
✔ All items of equipment will be cleaned before and after every treatment. This includes all metal instruments, brushes, bowls, and tweezers
✔ One-use disposable items will be used where necessary (sustainable alternatives kept where possible)
✔ We will ensure adequate ventilation throughout the academy with doors and windows open where possible
- OUR TEAM
✔ We have conducted training to ensure all team members care for our customers in a safe, hygienic, and professional manner
✔ Our staff will wear both a visor and mask as they are in close contact and interact with students
✔ Staff have been trained to adapt each treatment to uphold best practice, including hygiene and safety
✔ We have agreed on social distancing for our team in communal staff areas
✔ Staff are briefed to uphold safe standards while dealing with responsibilities at reception
- OUR PRACTICAL ASSESSMENTS
✔ We have reviewed our treatment menu and removed treatments where we felt it necessary to do so
✔ Our therapists will wear gloves, visors and other personal protective equipment (PPE) during treatments where required. Therapists will wash their hands before and after every treatment
✔ PPE will be replaced after every treatment
✔ Our therapist will stay with you throughout your treatment – not venturing out of the room – to reduce the need to replace PPE and minimise infection
- ARRIVAL & RECEPTION
✔ We will greet you warmly but without a handshake or personal contact
✔ Please sanitise hands-on arrival
✔ We will stagger student arrival times to minimise close contact
✔ We will clean the reception area regularly
✔ Waiting areas will be arranged to adhere to social distancing
- WE ASK YOU, OUR STUDENTS
✔ To arrive at the time agreed, to maximise social distancing
✔ To wear a mask or visor (or both) at all times. Anyone entering the Academy must wear a mask – including those who are exempt. If you are exempt you must wear one to enter the building, but do not need to cover your nose with it.
✔ To wash your hands and/or use hand sanitiser as directed by our team and before and after each treatment
✔ To contact us if you have a temperature, or are feeling unwell or if any person in your household has the same or is self-isolating
✔ Our kitchen facility will not be available, so please bring your own drinks
✔ Bring your own pens and notepads
✔ Minimise personal possessions
✔ Ensure you keep 2m apart when waiting to enter the academy
✘ No food can be consumed in the academy
✘ Do not come to the salon if you or anyone you live with is self-isolating or is displaying symptoms known to be consistent with Covid-19
Our Commitment – We are happy to discuss any of your individual concerns, please feel free to speak with a member of staff. We will provide you with a safe environment that complies with guidelines issued by Government and our local authority SALON GUIDELINES COVID-19.
We reserve the right to amend or adjust these guidelines based on government policy and new research to protect the safety of all our staff and clients.