Competitions can be emotional for children, parents and coaches, so ensuring that feedback is well-timed and delivered appropriately is very important.
This guidance details the purpose, knowledge and skills required for an Investigator role. An investigation is required as part of a sport's organisations safeguarding and child protection case management process.
Definition of emotional abuse
Emotional abuse is the emotional maltreatment of a child, which has a severe and persistent negative effect on the child’s emotional development.
The purpose of a safeguarding training plan is to ensure the workforce in your organisation or sports activity is accessing the relevant learning opportunities for them to feel confident in keeping children safe.
Decisions about cases are made at a number of stages. Organisations should seek to make defensible decisions which would withstand subsequent scrutiny. Case management tool part 6 of 8.