Zusammenfassung der Ressource
LO5 Know how to Safeguard children and vulnerable adults in
sport, exercise, health and leisure
- 5.1 What is safeguarding
- Ensuring the safety of all participants whilst in your care
- Preventing impairment of childrens health and development
- Taking action to ensure all children and young people to have the best outcomes
- Protecting children from maltreatment
- 5.2 How to protect yourself and staff against allegations of abuse
- Avoiding one-to-one situations
- When in a situation where it is only you and a child take action
- Take the child to an area where is there is another member of staff e.g. reception
- Ensure that there are appropriate staff ratios
- For example for 13-18 year olds there
should be one adult to every 10 children
- 5.3 Safeguarding requirements in the sport, exercise, health and leisure industry
- When employing staff , the correct checks on
possible employees should be carried out
- Effective recruitment and selection of staff
- When selecting staff lots of information should be recorded to
make the sure the person is appropriate for the job
- DBS check
- National Insurance Number
- Criminal record
- Past career and experience should be checked
- Appropriate staff training should be given to ensure
staff understand the importance of safeguarding
- Effective training and support for staff
- Training must be given so that all staff undertand the policies
and procedures to protect themselves from allegations
- Know how to spot any safeguarding issues in clients
- Clear lines of accountability
- Staff must know the chain of
command and know the person they
must report issues to
- 5.4 + 5.5 types and signs of abuse
- Sexual
- Undesired sexual
behaviour from one to
annother
- Neglect
- Not taking proper care
of someone
- Emotional
- Any act which may
diminish self worth
- Physical
- Causing injury to another
person by bodily contact
- 5.6 Dealing with suspected abuse
- React calmly
- Take situation seriously
- Reassure the child that
theyre right to tell
- Make a written record of what
has been disclosed
- Make sure all details reported in the
written report are as detailed as
possible
- 5.7 Organisations involved
with safeguarding
- Child protection in Sport unit
- Work alongside the NSPCC
- To minimise the risk to children
during sporting activities
- They provide expert
safeguarding and child
protection to parents
- Developed and are delivering sport
specific training, resources and
guidance
- Social Services
- Have a statutory obligation to safeguard
and promote the welfare of vulnerable
children
- Local authority social services support
families and children at risk of harm
- Wheter from family members or others
- Levels of support can vary
within each local authority
- Some families are in need of additional help
and support
- National Governing Bodies (NGBS)
- Every NGB has its own safeguarding procedures
- Example - Amateur Swimming Assosiation