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.


THIS COURSE IS HEAVILY SUBSIDISED BY OUR FUNDING PARTNER HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE. ENROLMENT AT THIS STAGE IS ONLY OPEN TO VOLUNTEERS WITH WORCESTERSHIRE FA AFFILIATED CLUBS. AFTER 20th FEBRUARY 2017 REGISTRATIONS FROM ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY WILL BE WELCOME


Course Schedule


Session Date TimeRoom Number
 Safeguarding
 Children             
Monday 27th February 20176.30pm - 9.30pm   Room EE G164



PLEASE NOTE OUR REVISED TERMS AND CONDITIONS

ALL BOOKINGS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE

£10 OF YOUR COURSE FEE WILL BE REFUNDED FOLLOWING YOUR ATTENDANCE AT THE COURSE

REQUESTS TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER WORCESTERSHIRE FA COURSE WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED MORE THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE THE START OF THE COURSE

REQUESTS TO TRANSFER WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE START OF THE COURSE WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND  WILL BE DEALT WITH ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS






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