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 duration

Three hours

Course pre-requisities

Candidates must be at least 18 years of age (coaching/ standalone)
Candidates must be at least 16 years of age (refereeing)

Course content

Introduction

Setting standards
Your responsibilities
Best Practice
Introduction
Identifying best practice
Promoting best practice
Reviewing your practice
Changing behaviour
Self-reflections

What is poor practice? What is abuse?

Introduction
Recognise poor practice and forms of abuse
Recognising signs of poor practice and abuse
Identifying what behaviour in football would give you cause for concern

What to do about poor practice and abuse?

Identify why children do not tell others about poor practice or abuse
Describe actions to take if concerned about the welfare of a young person
Describe action to take if a young/person discloses information to you about possible poor practice or abuse

What next?

Reflect on what you have learnt or experienced
Reflect on your current practice
Taking action: for you, your club, team or organisation
Taking action for yourself

This is an interactive course and participants should expect to be involved with group work as well as individual reflections on practice. The course will cover some sensitive material.

Course aims and 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