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.
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.
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.
Reference form for positions working with children
A template form for sports organisations to use when contacting the references provided by an applicant for a role working with young people.
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.
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.
Young people in positions of trust in sport
A CPSU webinar looking at young people in positions of trust in sport and the move from participant to a formal role.
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.
Chaperone – job description template
This is a sample job description for a chaperone responsible for protectiing and looking after children in sport.
Pool lifeguards and DBS eligibility
This briefing outlines a consistent approach to decisions about the eligibility of pool lifeguards for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.
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