Included within this Welfare Officers Training Day will be a Safeguarding Children Workshop and a Welfare Officers Workshop, the details for this course are:-

Date: Saturday 17th June 2017

Tutor: Shirley Needham

Venue: Cornwall FA Office, 15 Callywith Gate, Launceston Road, Bodmin, PL31 2RQ

Times:

Safeguarding Children           -    10.00am - 1.00pm

Welfare Officers Workshop     -    1.30pm   - 4.30pm

This course includes both mandatory workshops that need to be taken in order to become a fully qualified FA Club Welfare Officer. If you have already complete the Safeguarding Element but still need to complete the Welfare Officer Workshop you are able to attend just the afternoon session where you will need to book on via the following link; 

https://eventspace.thefa.com/cornwallfa/participant/arrangement.aspx?id=197779#regform

If you would just like to attend the Safeguarding Element (for 3 year expiry/ Licensed Coaches Club renewal purposes) of the course you can also do this by booking on at the following link; 

https://eventspace.thefa.com/cornwallfa/participant/arrangement.aspx?id=197780#regform

Information of the content of both course is below;

Safeguarding Children Workshop (3 Hours)

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

Equality: FA Learning will ensure that it treats people fairly and with respect and that it will provide access and opportunities for all members of the community to take part in, and enjoy, it's activities in an atmosphere free from harassment, bullying, discrimination or abuse. FA Learning will seek to provide a service which is appropriate to the needs of an individual and to make reasonable adjustments or provide support, where appropriate, to cater for those needs.

Welfare Officer Workshop (3 hours)

Course Description

This 3 hour workshop is mandatory for anyone taking on the role of Welfare Officer for their grassroots club or league. This workshop builds on the Safeguarding Children Workshop providing welfare officers with the specifics of their role; what will be required of them, where to go for professional support and guidance and how to access more information. It provides the key tools to carry out the welfare officer role. This workshop is interactive and learners should anticipate being involved in a number of group activities.

Course Pre-requisites

Learners are required to have completed The FA’s Safeguarding Children Workshop before completing this workshop. It’s also mandatory for anyone  taking on the role of Welfare Officer to have an accepted FA CRBC check – so learners are advised to have as a minimum submitted their CRC application prior to attending this training

Course Duration

• Three hours

Course Aims & Objectives

At the end of the workshop learners will be able to:

• identify what needs to be in place in for clubs / leagues to effectively safeguard and protect children
• describe their roles and responsibilities and those of other designated persons in grassroots football
• act on reported concerns about poor practice and abuse within or outside football
• begin an action plan for their club/league

Course Content

Introduction and outcomes

• Recognising the skill sets you bring to the role
• Identify workshop outcomes
• Confirm learning agreement

Qualities of a Welfare Officer

• Identifying the qualities of a Welfare Officer
• Exploring and identifying the key Welfare Officer responsibilities

Safeguarding building blocks

• Identifying and exploring what needs to be in place for clubs and leagues to demonstrate best practice in relation to safeguarding children
• Resources to assist clubs and leagues to develop a safe and aware environment including social media guidance
• Respect Programme
• Listening to children

Key legislation

• Recognise that key safeguarding legislation impacts on football
• Understanding the background to the development of The FAs Policy and Procedures

The statutory agencies and designated person infrastructure

• The key roles and responsibilities of the statutory agencies
• The roles and responsibilities of the Welfare Officer and other designated persons within football

Responsible Recruitment  

• The need for safeguarding recruitment procedures
• Eligibility for appropriate safeguarding checks [CRB]
• The FAs Online Safeguarding Service

Concerns and cases

• Dealing with a disclosure
• Dealing with a concern about the welfare of a young person
• Poor practice issues that clubs need to manage internally
• Identifying the organisations that can support Welfare Officers

Action Planning

• What will help to develop an aware club
• Making an individual action plan
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Declaration: I agree to abide by the course regulations and understand that I take part in any practical work at my own risk. The Cornwall FA Ltd, course staff, or any authority which provides facilities is not under any liability in respect of any injury I may sustain. I understand that a place on the desired course will not be guaranteed until the County have received both a complete application form and full payment of course fee.

Important: Refunds cannot be made to a participant who does not turn up to the course introduction unless agreed prior with a member of staff. If the place is cancelled a minimum of 10 working days before the course start date an administration charge of £20 will be taken off the refund, if a place is cancelled less than 10 working days before the start date a £40 administration charge will be taken off the refund.

If you have any questions about this course please contact Grace Dent on 01208 262985 or grace.dent@cornwallfa.com