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
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 IS INITIALLY OPEN ONLY TO VOLUNTEERS/COACHES WITH WORCESTERSHIRE FA AFFLIIATED CLUBS. AFTER 23rd AUGUST 2019 REGISTRATION WILL BE OPEN TO ANYONE FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTY.
Course Schedule
| Session | Date | Time | Room Number |
Safeguarding Children
| Monday 2nd September 2019
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6.30pm -
9.30pm
| TBC
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PLEASE NOTE OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS
ALL BOOKINGS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE
REQUESTS TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER WORCESTERSHIRE FA COURSE WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED MORE THAN 14 DAYS BEFORE THE START OF THE COURSE. ANY TRANSFER MUST BE MADE WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF THE ORIGINAL COURSE DATE.
ONE TRANSFER ONLY IS PERMITTED PER COURSE. AFTER THAT YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO BOOK AND PAY FOR A NEW COURSE
BY ENROLLING ON TO THE COURSE YOU ARE AGREEING TO WORCESTERSHIRE FA COURSE/WORKSHOP/EVENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND CODES OF CONDUCT. POLICIES ARE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. WORCESTERSHIRE FA RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CANCEL COURSES GIVING AS MUCH NOTICE AS IS POSSIBLE IF NUMBERS DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA OR UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES
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