Last Updated: OCTOBER, 07, 2021
CFYDC (Chance) takes seriously its responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all young people; and to work together with other agencies to ensure adequate arrangements within our programme to identify, assess, and support those young people who are suffering harm.
We recognise that all adults, including officials, staff, coaches, volunteers and parents have a full and active part to play in protecting young people in our charge from harm, and that the young people’s welfare is our paramount concern. It is also important that all reasonable steps are taken
to prevent unsuitable people from working with our young people. This applies equally to paid and unpaid, full and part time staff, coaches, volunteers and officials. All individuals working on behalf of, or otherwise representing an organisation are treated as employees whether paid or voluntary.
The management committee, trustees and all voluntary staff believe that CFYDC (Chance) should provide a caring, positive safe and stimulating environment that promotes the social, physical, psychological and development of all young people.
In implementing this Safeguarding Policy CFYDC (Chance) will:
- Ensure that all staff understand their legal and moral responsibility of young people to keep them from harm, abuse and exploitation.
- Ensure that all staff understand their responsibility to work to the standards that are detailed in the programmes safeguarding procedures and work at all times towards maintaining high standards of practice.
- Ensure that all staff are aware of LSCB interagency safeguarding procedures and are confident in how to work within these guidelines.
- Ensure that all workers understand their duty to report concerns that arise about a young person, or a staff members conduct towards a young person, to the programmes named person for child protection.
- Ensure that the named person understands his/her responsibility to refer any child protection concerns to the statutory child protection agencies (i.e. Police and/or children’s social care – duty advice team).
- Ensure that any procedures relating to the conduct of workers are implemented in a consistent and equitable manner.
- Provide opportunities for all workers to develop their skills and knowledge, Particularly in relation to the welfare and protection of young people and students.
- Ensure that young people and students are enabled to express their ideas and views on a wide range of issues and will have access to the programme’s complaints procedure.
- Ensure that parents/careers are encouraged to be involved in the work of the programme and when requested, have access to all guidelines and procedures.
- Endeavour to keep up-to-date with national developments relating to the welfare and protection of young people and students.
- To provide a systematic means of monitoring children known or thought to be at risk of harm, and ensure we contribute assessments of need and support packages for those young people.
- To develop a structured procedure and followed by all staff and coaches in cases of suspected abuse.
- To work closely with the child protection officers of the National governing body of sporting bodies that CFYDC (Chance) are affiliated to.
- To ensure that all adults who have access to young people have been through an induction process and passed the advanced DBS check to assess their suitability.
- To undertake compulsory safeguarding training.