Key info – safer recruitment
Our Help and Advice section has hub pages on specific safeguarding topics, which provide an overview, guidance and a list of resources. This page covers everything you need to consider when recruiting staff or volunteers who will be working with children.
DBS checks in sport – guidance leaflets
These leaflets, developed by the Disclosure and Barring Service, offer guidance to the sports sector on the eligibility of different roles based on levels of responsibility.
Sample codes of conduct for parents, children and staff
Sports organisations can download, print and use these sample codes of conduct to let parents, children and staff know what's expected of them.
Positions of trust – FAQs about the changes
We have put together a document to answer your frequently asked questions about this change to the law regarding positions of trust.
Recruiting chaperones
This guidance highlights what you need to consider when recruiting chaperones to provide care for children and young people at training, events and competitions.
Chaperone – job description template
This is a sample job description for a chaperone responsible for protectiing and looking after children in sport.
Changes to positions of trust legislation
In this podcast episode, we talk with our colleagues in the NSPCC about the new legislation passed in England and Wales on 28th June 2022, and soon Northern Ireland, which makes it illegal for someone in a position of trust in sports and faith organisations to have a sexual relationship with someone aged 16-17 in their care.
Self-declaration forms
Self-declaration can be part of an organisation's safer recruitment process, it can provide additional information that a DBS check will not.
International Child Protection Certificate (ICPC)
The International Child Protection Certificate (ICPC), developed by ACPO and CEOP, is a criminal records check for UK nationals or non-UK nationals previously resident in the UK, seeking to work with children overseas.
Example risk assessment for people under investigation or with DBS content
An example of a safeguarding risk assessment procedure from Basketball England.
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Plan your Team Huddle
A Team Huddle is a great way for everyone involved in your sport or activity to get together to play, chat and connect.