Child protection

Developing a Child Protection Policy

Club Child Protection Officer

What Child Protection training is available?

Safe recruitment and selection of volunteers

How do I keep up to date with child protection issues?

Where can I get more information?

What Child Protection training is available?

Appropriate and relevant training is an important part of equipping volunteers working with children and young people to be confident and competent in protecting children.   There are a number of child protection workshops currently available to sports clubs.  These include:

scUK Safeguarding and Protecting Children Workshop organised by sportscotland. 

A three hour basic child protection awareness course that helps participants to identify good coaching practice and understand what constitutes abuse and how to take appropriate action if abuse is suspected.

In Safe Hands Workshop organised by the Child Protection in Sport Service. 

A three hour course designed for those acting in sports clubs as the Child Protection Officer.  It focuses on helping clubs to put child protection policies into practice by identifying and planning action required in the club to keep children, and those who work with them, safe.

See ‘Child Protection training’ under ‘See also’ for more information on these and other courses.