Safe Recruitment
Committees are responsible for the safe recruitment of people into regulated roles. Committees are also responsible for monitoring volunteers’ performance, reporting low level concerns and if harm is done - Making a Referral.
Committee training
Welfare should be at the centre of every decision a club committee makes. To help raise awareness for board and committee members there is now specific training for committees to support them in how to protect the wellbeing of children and young people in sport. This short on-line course informs learners of the theory, knowledge and practice which underpins child wellbeing and protection in sport.
This e-Learning is suitable for anyone (+16 years) involved in a club or sports organisation as a board or committee member.
Sign up to sportscotland’s committee welfare training here
Child Wellbeing and Protection in sport tool
The free self-assessment and action planning tool provides a step-by-step guide to help your club meet best safeguarding and child protection practices. The tool:
Takes your club through a set of simple questions,
Provides an instant overview of how well your sports organisation is meeting the Standards for Child Wellbeing and Protection in Sport,
Helps your club identify areas for development based on your responses,
Links your club to advice and resources to help improve policies and practice, and
Enables your club to create your own action plan with assigned tasks.
You can revisit as many times as your club needs to review and update your club’s progress
Find the Child Wellbeing and Protection in Sport tool here.
Club Annual General Meetings (AGMs)
Club annual meetings are a good opportunity to explain to members the actions your club takes to protect it’s members, both junior and senior. It is a way to highlight the policies and procedures the club has in place and the club’s ethos and community spirit. It can introduce members to the Welfare Officer (and give them their contact details) and to remind club members of all the key people in the club who have an active role in keeping members safe and included.
Safeguarding and Welfare should be a regular committee discussion and ideally the Chair or Welfare Officer should provide a safeguarding report to members at the AGM.
