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.

? Northamptonshire FA reserves the right to increase or decrease the course fee at its discretion
? I am fully aware that my chosen course may be one which includes the FA Child Protection three hour Workshop, which discusses some sensitive 'hypothetical' issues and some real issues regarding child abuse in its various forms
? I will respect the course tutor, course venue and the other candidates and their points of view and I understand that if my behaviour, language or conduct is deemed 'unacceptable', 'offensive' or 'harmful' for any reason, the Northamptonshire FA and the venues reserves the right to exclude me for continuing on my chosen course and if necessary, future courses.
? The Northamptonshire FA does not accept responsibility for the loss, or damage to, candidate property or for personal injury however caused and that I will ensure that I am protected with my own personal insurance cover.
? I confirm that I understand the above statements and their implications and that the information I have provided on this form is correct to the very best of my knowledge.
? If you are on General Suspension you cannot attend the course until you have been cleared.

Northamptonshire FA Cancellation Policy:

All Northamptonshire FA courses are non-refundable.