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Child Welfare
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Role of the Child Welfare Officer (CWO)
The two key responsibilities are:
1. To be clear about the club's responsibilities when running activities for children and young people. This involves:
- Ensuring these responsibilities are well understood by others
- Working with the Youth League Welfare Officer (YLWO)
- Working with your CFA Welfare Officer
- Promoting The FA's Respect programme and helping to develop best-practice processes
2. To help club personnel understand what their 'duty of care' towards children and young people actually means and entails on a day-to-day basis.
In order to carry out those responsibilities the CWO ensures the following:
1. Ensure.
- A safeguarding children policy and anti-bullying policy is in place
- That responsible recruitment processes including the taking up of references (getting the right people into the game)
2. Understand.
- Promoting of the benefits of implementing the Respect codes
- Best practice guidance (e.g. Travel, Trips and Tournaments*, Photography guidelines*, Anti-bullying policy* and club safeguarding children policy template*) provided by The FA.
- Why certain roles require an Enhanced CRB check and how The FA CRB process works
- How to refer a concern about the welfare of a child
3. Communicate with.
- Club officials about Respect and its aims
- Parents/Spectators and get them to sign up to the Respect codes
- Coaches and managers about the importance of being consistent role models for their players
- Your YLWO - introduce yourself, find out how they can support you and let them know what you are doing to safeguard children in your club
- Your CFA Welfare Officer if you need help or advice
- The FA by taking part in surveys, questionnaires, focus groups as and when asked
4. Encourage.
- Parents to Respect others
- Coaches, team managers, first aiders/medics to complete The FA's Safeguarding Children Workshop
- Coaches and team managers to listen to their players thoughts, ideas and views
- The committee to make use of the designated spectator area at all games.
5. Monitor.
- Repeated incidents of poor behaviour and liaise with the committee (and where necessary YLWO or CFA Welfare Officer)
- Compliance with Enhanced CRB checks through The FA CRB Unit for those who require one.
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Safeguarding
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY
Creating fun, safe football environments is central to safeguarding children.
Most children and young people have a fantastic experience through football - but sadly, some don't.
This might be down to over-competitive parents and coaches shouting and constantly criticising them from the sidelines - the kind of behaviour that the Respect* programme is designed to address. Or it might be due to some other kind of abusive behaviour towards them.
MYFC ensures that it provides Parents, Carers, Coaches, players with information on safe football environments which is central to safeguarding children.
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Code Of Conduct
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- Study and stick to the Laws of the game at all times.
- Play to the whistle unless someone is badly injured in which
case put the ball out of play.
- Practice & improve your techniques to beat your opponents by
skilful NOT unfair methods.
- Play to win AND enjoy yourself, AND take winning modestly and
defeat graciously.
- When playing or watching, praise skilful play by players of
both teams.
- Set good standards for others to follow. Be on time, polite
and look after your boots and kit
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- Argue with the Referee or Assistant referees.
- Attempt to 'referee' the game by appealing for throw-ins,
free-kicks etc.
- Lose your self control & retaliate.
- Forget to retire 10 yards when a free kick is awarded against
your side.
- Criticise or use offensive language at other players,
officials or spectators.
- Leave changing rooms or pitches in a mess (HOME or AWAY).
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(extracted from guidance from the FA)
Young People can expect adults to........
- Give help, encouragement & support
- NOT embarrass them when watching
- Give them examples of excellent behaviour
- Help them understand the rules
- Praise effort and performance of both teams
- Look for positive things to praise
- Leave coaching to managers & coaches!
- Display patience & consistency
Young People can expect that adult spectators do not........
- Ignore children who need help/first aid
- Use any jargon or dictate tactics
- Attempt to coach or manipulate the players while they are
playing
- Unduly criticise match officials in public
- Argue, swear, become violent or use sarcasm
- Ridicule or shout at a player for making a mistake or losing.
Praise them or keep quiet.
In the case of Misconduct ........
Any club member, manager, parent or a member, or spectator associated with a
MYFC member, who does not comply with the above code risks being reported to the
General Committee for behaviour which could bring the club into disrepute and
will be subject to the club's misconduct procedure. The preceding statement also
applies to serious breach of the laws of association football.
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Respect
Respect is the collective responsibility of everyone involved in football to create a fair,
safe and enjoyable environment in which the game can take place.
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Staying Safe Online
Staying Safe Online
With technology firmly part of everyday life so it is imprtant also to mentioning infomration that the FA (Football Association) would like to thank the CEOP Centre for making the following tips available to parents of children involved in football.
You can visit the 'Thinkuknow' website for further information.
- Know what your children are doing online and who they are talking to. Ask them to teach you to use any applications you have never used, such as a social networking site or online chat rooms.
- Help your children to understand that they should never give out personal details to online friends - personal information includes their instant messenger id, email address, mobile phone number and any pictures of themselves, their family or friends -if your child publishes a picture or video online - anyone can change it or share it and it may be online forever.
- If your child receives SPAM, junk email and texts remind them never to believe them, reply to them or use them.
- It is not a good idea for your child to open files that are from people they don't know. They won't know what they contain - it could be a virus or worse. Help your child to understand that some people may not tell the truth online and therefore internet friends should remain online. They should never meet up with any strangers in the real world without an adult they trust being present.
- Always make sure your child feels comfortable in being able to come to you or someone they trust if they are worried about anything online. Teach young people how to block someone online and report them if they feel uncomfortable. Most sites will have guidance on this and any reports can be made directly to the CEOP Centre via www.ceop.police.uk
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Links
Links to The FA and Suffolk FA Website on information for Parents and Carers
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