Safeguarding Children in Sport
It is an absolute right that children and young people are safe whilst participating in sport in West Yorkshire.West Yorkshire Sport is committed to promoting the safety and welfare of children and young people engaged in sporting activities locally. It aims to contribute to safeguarding children and young people by:
- Meeting the requirements of the Standards for Safeguarding and Protecting Children in Sport (CPSU 2002)
- Implementing and demonstrating best safeguarding practice when core staff, volunteers or others are providing services, activities and programmes for children and young people
- Working with partners to establish and implement agreed, consistent minimum safeguarding standards for sports activities locally
- Requiring those individuals or organisations that are funded or commissioned to provide any services for children and young people to effectively address safeguarding requirements
- Maximising its influence to promote safeguarding practice and principles within its wider partnership roles and relationships
Links: The Child Protection in Sport Unit
CRB ChecksIf your club or organisation would like to incorporate Criminal Records Bureau checks into their recruitment process as part of your plans to help safeguard children, CRB have a search facility which will help you find an 'Umbrella Body' (a body authorised to process Disclosure checks) in your area who can do this for you. Click here to search for an Umbrella Body: http://www.crb.homeoffice.gov.uk/faqs/umbrella_bodies.aspx
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NEWSManaging Challenging Behaviour Briefing
Staff/volunteers who deliver sports activities to children may, on occasions, be required to deal with a child’s challenging behaviour. The Child Protection in Sport Unit of the NSPCC have recently produced some guidelines which aim to promote good practice and to encourage a proactive response to supporting children to manage their own behaviour. Downoad here
Help make Sport's voice heard - Consultation on the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
Helping Keep your Child Safe in Sport
An invaluable new resource has been launched by DCMS to help parents and carers protect children while making sure they have the best possible experience from sport. The leaflet gives the advice needed to help them ask the right questions about important child protection measures that sports providers should have in place. The information parents and carers provide and the example they set can give children the knowledge and confidence they need to deal with potentially threatening or abusive situations. To download the leaflet visit http://www.culture.gov.uk/Reference_library/Publications/archive_2007/safeinsport.htm
What you need to know - child protection
As part of Every Child Matters the Government have produced a non-statutory guidance document entitled "What to do if you're worried a child is being abused". The guidance is available in a summary leaflet form and provides an excellent overview of who should do what and when if there are concerns about a child's welfare. It is particularly useful in giving a full but concise overview of the whole referral process.
Download here: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/resources-and-practice/IG00182/
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Newsletters:
July 2009 - here is a link to the 9th edition of the NSPCC newsletter RELAY - just click on the link below and open the PDF version on our web site. http://www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/cpsu/NewsAndEvents/News_wda60557.html
This edition includes the following articles:
- Vetting and Barring Scheme update
- Researching youth sport: supporting youth ability and talent
- Rugby Football League’s youth forum
- The British Canoe Union’s Youth Action Network
- Active Dorset plays its part in safeguarding
- Online film to help sports clubs protect children from abuse
- Competitive sport could put children off exercise
- Swedish golf success: Some lessons to be shared?
The newsletter is aimed at everyone who works with children and young people in sport. To make it as relevant as possible, contributions are welcomed for future editions. We want to make sure that the content reflects the interests of readers.
We would be delighted to hear from you if:
–You would like to highlight any new or innovative work you are doing to safeguard children and young people,
–You have a particular Policy/Law question that you would like to see in a future edition that may also benefit other readers.
Just send any comments to hannah.mansell@nspcc.org.uk
Please forward this link/newsletter on to others in your organisation and encourage them to register directly for future editions.
