Online Booking System to book onto a course online please click here. 

For Whom?
For all coaches, medics and referees in football where youngsters are involved, including where Under 18s are playing adult football. For those involved with Charter Standard or taking coaching, medical and refereeing qualifications,safeguarding Children in Football is mandatory.

Pre-requisites:
Ideally applicants are 18 years of age or over. The workshop requires some emotional maturity to deal with content, as well as some experience in leadership roles in order to apply a context for dealing with child welfare issues.
 
Content:
- Making football safe
- Why football needs to tackle the issue
- The work of The FA in changing attitudes, promoting best practice and protection young people

Best Practice
What is meant by best practice and where you may wish to make changes in what you do?

- Signs, symptoms and forms of abuse and poor practice
- How to recognise the signs, symptoms and forms of abuse
- Behaviour in football that gives cause for concern
- Attitudes and feelings in relation to concerns about poor practice and abuse

Taking action
What to do if you are concerned about the welfare of a child or young person

Online Booking System to book onto a course online please click here. 

For Whom?
For all coaches, medics and referees in football where youngsters are involved, including where Under 18s are playing adult football. For those involved with Charter Standard or taking coaching, medical and refereeing qualifications,safeguarding Children in Football is mandatory.

Pre-requisites:
Ideally applicants are 18 years of age or over. The workshop requires some emotional maturity to deal with content, as well as some experience in leadership roles in order to apply a context for dealing with child welfare issues.
 
Content:
- Making football safe
- Why football needs to tackle the issue
- The work of The FA in changing attitudes, promoting best practice and protection young people

Best Practice
What is meant by best practice and where you may wish to make changes in what you do?

- Signs, symptoms and forms of abuse and poor practice
- How to recognise the signs, symptoms and forms of abuse
- Behaviour in football that gives cause for concern
- Attitudes and feelings in relation to concerns about poor practice and abuse

Taking action
What to do if you are concerned about the welfare of a child or young person

This 3 hours workshop is designed to raise your awareness of child protection issues and support you in developing safe operating standards and practices as a Sports Coach. The course will assist in implementing codes of conduct, systems to deal with unacceptable behaviour and clear reporting procedures.  

Click here for booking and information.

This 3 hours workshop is designed to raise your awareness of child protection issues and support you in developing safe operating standards and practices as a Sports Coach. The course will assist in implementing codes of conduct, systems to deal with unacceptable behaviour and clear reporting procedures.  

Click here for booking and information.

This 3 hours workshop is designed to raise your awareness of child protection issues and support you in developing safe operating standards and practices as a Sports Coach. The course will assist in implementing codes of conduct, systems to deal with unacceptable behaviour and clear reporting procedures.

Click here for further details and booking information.

Vista run one-day courses that allow participants to explore issues affecting individuals who have a visual or dual-sensory impairment. The course covers:

• Vista services
• physical, practical and emotional effects of visual and dual-sensory loss
• how effective communication and accessible information can affect choice, control and well being
• independent living through environmental design, positive risk and aids to daily living
• Creating action plans which detail specific changes to your service to meet the needs of visually and dual-sensory impaired people
• Issues around mobility and be able to implement practical sighted - guiding skills.

For more information or to book your place please contact Jennifer Hague at Vista on 0116 2498819 or email jennifer.hague@vistablind.org.uk

Vista run one-day courses that allow participants to explore issues affecting individuals who have a visual or dual-sensory impairment. The course covers:

• Vista services
• physical, practical and emotional effects of visual and dual-sensory loss
• how effective communication and accessible information can affect choice, control and well being
• independent living through environmental design, positive risk and aids to daily living
• Creating action plans which detail specific changes to your service to meet the needs of visually and dual-sensory impaired people
• Issues around mobility and be able to implement practical sighted - guiding skills.

For more information or to book your place please contact Jennifer Hague at Vista on 0116 2498819 or email jennifer.hague@vistablind.org.uk

Safeguarding Disabled Children: Solutions to Inter-Professional Practice Barriers

Plenary sessions from Health, social care and Education reflecting current policy and structural changes (post "working together" 2010)

Practical case studies and scenario work: Thresholds and solutions to inter-professional practice barriers.

Contributions from young people: What do they want from us to support their safety and emotional health?

Lunch provided

Application form available from Nadine Smith Education administrator

Rainbows Hospice for children and young people

Tel 01509 638011

Nadine.smith@rainbows.co.uk

The voluntary sector, like any other sector, needs a skilled workforce in order to thrive and provide quality services, particularly in the face of rising demands about what it can and should deliver.

A National Skills Strategy is a crucial tool for supporting a skilled workforce.

Be part of developing that strategy. Join Skills - Third Sector at one of the regional roundtables.

If you would like to apply for a place please email round.table@skills-thirdsector.org.uk with your name, organisation, role and contact details.

This 3 hours workshop is designed to raise your awareness of child protection issues and support you in developing safe operating standards and practices as a Sports Coach. The course will assist in implementing codes of conduct, systems to deal with unacceptable behaviour and clear reporting procedures.

Click here for further details and booking information.