If you are doing a part-time job or are out in the evening, try to follow these basic safety rules: 

• Be sure your parents know where you are, and how to contact you. 
• Go out accompanied by friends, and return home with them. If you go out alone, arrange transport for your return journey before you leave. Get a lift or taxi there and back. 
• If you are out and your lift or taxi doesn’t turn up, ask to use a telephone to find out why not. Ask to stay until your lift turns up. 
• When phoning, ask for the taxi driver’s name over the phone, and check this with the driver when he or she arrives. 
• Don’t take a lift with someone you have just met. 
• If you are looking for casual jobs, like babysitting, do it through family and friends. Be careful about answering advertisements. 
• If you answer an advert, go with a parent or friend on the first day. 
• If you are babysitting, get a number where you can call the child’s parents. If anyone comes to the house, don’t let them in. Don’t tell telephone callers you are alone; ask them to ring back. It helps to keep a list of emergency numbers in case of problems. 
• On a paper round, never go into a stranger’s house or take a lift. 
• Wherever you are, make sure you know how to make an emergency telephone call and the quickest way out.