Managing challenging behaviour
This briefing provides practical guidelines for managing challenging behaviour from children and young people in sports activities.
Physical contact and young people in sport
This briefing provides guidance on the appropriate use of physical contact between adults and young people in sports activities.
Case management thresholds
This document contains guidance on how safeguarding concerns can be scaled using thresholds, enabling for the concern to be properly dealt with.
Working with young people in a drop-in environment
This briefing has been developed to help anyone planning to work with children and young people in drop-in activities.
Guidelines on transporting a child or young person in your car
This briefing highlights best practice for adults when transporting children to and from sporting activities.
Example risk assessment for people under investigation or with DBS content
An example of a safeguarding risk assessment procedure from Basketball England.
Responding to information about possible risks to children
Guidance to help sports clubs and organisations risk assess any safeguarding concerns around the membership of people with criminal records. This briefing paper highlights what needs to be done to ensure decisions made are fair and safe.
Safeguarding at events – weather considerations
This briefing outlines the issues arising from bad weather conditions prior to and during an event, which assist in your decision-making.
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.
Recruiting coaches and other staff from overseas
This briefing offers information and guidance on safeguarding considerations and recruitment processes that should be put in place when recruiting staff from overseas.