Specialist safeguarding training

Designated safeguarding roles

Who this training is for

This includes training for club welfare officers, regional and county safeguarding officers, and national lead officers in England and Wales.

Designated Safeguarding Children Officer (DSCO) training in Northern Ireland is delivered by Sport Northern Ireland. Visit the SportNI website or email info@sportni.net for more information.

Club level courses

Time to Listen (TTL) training for club welfare officers

The CPSU has developed Time to Listen (TTL) to provide safeguarding training for club welfare officers in England and Wales.

TTL training is only available to those who have already attended recognised basic awareness training.

There are 2 ways to access TTL training, which consists of a 3-hour workshop:

1. sport-specific training for club welfare officers, delivered by your National Governing Body (NGB) and their own trainers
2. multi-sport training for club welfare officers, delivered by your local County Sports Partnership (CSP)  

Information and booking for club level courses

You'll need to contact your NGB to find out which version of this training they ask club welfare officers to attend. You can also find out whether your NGB runs a sport-specific course. 

To find out which CSPs run a multi-sport version of the course, contact your local CSP or take a look at our upcoming courses and events page for courses taking place across the UK. 

Resources for delivering club level courses

The tree of protection game is an interactive resource to be used as a training aid for the CPSU Time to Listen course. Produced at the British Judo Association in accordance with the CPSU. Visit the British Judo website to purchase a copy.

National level courses

An introduction to the role of a lead safeguarding officer in NGBs

At national level, training for designated lead officers is delivered by the CPSU. 

This course is for National Governing Body designated lead safeguarding officers.

At the end of the course delegates will be able to:

• describe the core values and principles for the lead officer role
• describe the significance of key relevant legislation and government guidance
• define the specific safeguarding roles of statutory agencies
• apply skills in managing cases of poor practice and abuse within and outside sport
• define the role and responsibilities of all designated roles in the organisation
• outline the support & information requirements of designated persons within their organisation

National courses are run several times a year. 

An introduction to the role of a lead safeguarding officer in CSPs

This two day course is specifically for County Sports Partnership designated lead officers with responsibility for responding and managing child protection concerns.

At the end of the course delegates will be able to:

• describe the core values and principles for the lead officer role
• describe the significance of key relevant legislation and government guidance
• define the specific safeguarding roles of statutory agencies
• apply skills in managing cases of poor practice and abuse within and outside sport
• define the role and responsibilities of all designated roles in the organisation
• outline the support & information requirements of designated persons within their organisation

Information and booking for national courses

Sport England and UK Sport fund places on national level courses. However, there may be charges for organisations who do not receive funding from these bodies. 

Please get in touch with us for further information about national training courses.

Other specialist safeguarding roles

Training is available that is tailored for specific roles and responsibilities.

Who this training is for

This includes training for positions that deal with:

• recruitment
• managing concerns
• event management 
  
  

An introduction to safer recruitment and DBS

In addition to the NSPCC's safer recruitment courses, the CPSU delivers a Risk Assessment in Recruitment workshop to enable organisations to make safer recruitment decisions for staff and volunteers working with children and young people.

This training is for those who are responsible for recruitment and selection of staff and volunteers.

This workshop is currently only available to staff or volunteers in national governing bodies (NGBs) or county sports partnerships (CSPs) with responsibility for risk-assessing Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure information as part of recruitment decisions in their organisation.

The workshop seeks to enable participants to:

• understand where DBS (or AccessNI) disclosures sit within a safe recruitment process
• understand how information arises on a DBS (or AccessNI) disclosure
• understand what type of information arises on a DBS (or AccessNI) disclosure
• identify a process and basis for making defensible decisions about an applicant’s potential risk following receipt of positive DBS (or AccessNI) disclosure information
• clarify when and how to seek specialist support in undertaking risk assessments
• undertake practical activities to consolidate this learning
  
  

For more information and details of future dates for this workshop, please contact us.

An introduction to case management

This training is for those involved in making decisions about how to manage concerns within their sports organisation.

The CPSU delivers case management training for lead safeguarding officers in NGBs as part of the 2-day Safeguarding Training for National Lead Safeguarding Officers course.

Individuals with formal deputising roles in CSPs are also eligible to attend. 

Further training is being developed to support organisations to revise and develop their processes in managing case concerns.

At the end of the course participants will be able to:

• describe the principles of case management
• have increased confidence in applying these to their organisation
• apply these to their own organisation’s case management procedures
• consider ways in which the child’s voice can be integrated into the case management process
• present defensible decisions following case management discussions
• support clubs in managing concerns appropriately

We also organise consultation and training in response to identified need within NGBs. For more information, contact your NGB or contact us.

Sport Resolutions provides training in a range of areas concerning case management. Further information is available on its website.

Event management training

This training, currently in development, is for those involved in managing safeguarding at sporting events. For more information, contact your NGB or contact us.