The FA Safeguarding Children Workshop

Course Description

For everyone who works with young people, this workshop focuses on making football safe. The course teaches our football workforce to promote best practice to protect young people. Candidates will learn how to recognise signs and symptoms of abuse, and understand fears involved in these concerns.

Course Pre-requisites

·    Candidates must be at least 16 years of age (coaching/ standalone)

·    Candidates must be at least 16 years of age (refereeing)

Course Duration

·    Three hours

Course Aims & Objectives

The workshop will raise your awareness and specifically help you to be able to:

·    Identify and build on best practice in football

·    Recognise signs of abuse and identify what behaviour causes concern

·    Identify the actions to take if you have a concern and who can help

·    Develop your action plan for change

Course Content

Introduction

·    Setting standards

·    Building a network of designated persons

·    Responsible recruitment

·    Your responsibilities

Best Practice

·    Introduction

·    Your practice

·    Poor practice

·    Promoting best practice

·    Reviewing your practice

·    Changing behaviour

·    Self-reflections

What is Poor practice? What is abuse?

·    Introduction

·    What is child abuse?

·    Effects

·    Types of abuse

·    Believe it or not

·    Incidence of abuse

·    Signs and indicators

·    Self-reflections

What to do about poor practice and abuse?

·    Introduction

·    Emotional responses

·    Who to contact

·    Dealing with possible poor practice and/or abuse in a football setting

·    Dealing with concerns outside the football setting

·    Responding to a child who discloses

·    Recording your concerns

·    Dealing with bullying

·    Self-reflections

What Next?

·    Taking action: for you, your club, team or organisation

·    Taking action for yourself