Safeguarding in Sport Online Training
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This safeguarding in sport course is suitable for anyone who works with children, young people and vulnerable adults in a sport setting. This could include PE teachers, sport coaches and many other job roles. By completing the course you will understand what is meant by safeguarding in sport, how to identify the signs of abuse and neglect and much more.
Course Level: Intermediate
Duration: 10-11 Hours
Accreditation: CPD Certified
Certificate: Self-Printed Certificate
Description
Ensuring you understand your roles and responsibilities in protecting children in a sporting environment is crucial for anyone who works with children.
It's essential that anyone who may come into contact with children has up-to-date safeguarding knowledge and can identify the signs and symptoms of abuse or neglect
This course covers information for Safeguarding in Sport. It introduces safeguarding as a topic, covering jargon, multi-agency working and best practice, as well as how to identify the signs and symptoms of abuse and what you should do if you suspect an individual is being abused or discloses information.
The content also covers national and local context, whistleblowing and focuses on your role and what you can do to recognise and reduce the likelihood of abuse, in general and with reference to sport in particular.
Why take this safeguarding in sport training course?
It is a statutory requirement for anyone who works with children, young people or adults to have up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding policies, legislation and guidance so they can proactively focus on keeping them safe from harm and maintain the ability to act on any concerns about their safety and welfare.
This course looks at safeguarding with regard to sport and includes the following:
- An overview of safeguarding, generally and with specific regard to sport
- Serious case reviews and Bichard reports
- The latest legislation and guidance
- Multi-agency working, jargon and key terms
- National and local contexts
- Types of abuse and recognising abuse, including bullying and neglect
- Signs and symptoms of abuse
- Reducing the likelihood of abuse
- Whistleblowing
- How to deal with suspected/disclosed abuse
- Record-keeping and recording
Our online training uses immersive real-world scenarios to help learners absorb more information and will enable them to apply the techniques and learning into their workplace.
What courses can I do next?
Safeguarding training is essential so that your knowledge is fully up to date to enable you to protect those you are directly responsible for.
Our popular Safeguarding Children Level 2 and 3 courses would be perfect to expand your safeguarding expertise.
What you'll learn
- Explain what is meant by safeguarding in sport
- Explain the profound impact some well-known cases of child abuse and neglect have had on legislation
- Outline key cases that have led to an awareness of abuse in sports
- Explain the importance of multi-agency cooperation
- Explain the actions that sports organisations should take to promote good safeguarding practice
- Outline the principles that underpin good safeguarding practice in general and with specific reference to sport
- Describe what you need to do if a child makes a disclosure or if you suspect abuse
- Explain what whistleblowing is, what it is not and why it is important
- List the signs and symptoms of the different types of abuse
Suitable for
- Administrators
- Reception staff
- Coaches
- Club leaders
- Teachers
- Teaching assistants
Certification
Self-Printed Certificate Option
Upon completion of the course, a digital certificate will be available to download instantly.
Frequently Asked Questions
There are many different types of abuse that children might experience – they may experience only one type, or more than one at the same time. Abusers may be family members, family friends, other young people, caregivers, volunteers, or sports coaches – both male and female. Abuse which they may encounter in a sports setting in particular includes: Emotional, physical and sexual abuse, grooming, neglect and peer-on-peer abuse
Abuse can take place across any type of sport, as has become apparent in recent years, with a number of athletes speaking out about their experiences. You can find out more about the signs that abuse is occurring in our article here.
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