Safeguarding in Sport Online Training

There are many different types of abuse that children might experience – they may experience only one type, or more than one at the same time. Abusers may be family members, family friends, other young people, caregivers, volunteers, or sports coaches – both male and female. Abuse which they may encounter in a sports setting in particular includes: Emotional, physical and sexual abuse, grooming, neglect and peer-on-peer abuse

Abuse can take place across any type of sport, as has become apparent in recent years, with a number of athletes speaking out about their experiences. You can find out more about the signs that abuse is occurring in our article here.

Duty of care means that everyone adheres to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could potentially harm others. You take responsibility for the physical and emotional safety of everyone in your care. The tort of negligence occurs when someone breaches a duty of care they owe to someone else. You can learn more here.

The safeguarding of adults in sport framework is based on safeguarding adult legislation and current policy development in sport and physical activity.

It supports robust policies, procedures and governance that should be in place regarding safeguarding adults. It also helps provide a way forward for supporting decision-making and rights for adults who may be at risk of harm or abuse.

The Framework is endorsed by Sport England and UK Sport. It supports Sport England’s “Uniting the Movement” – the 10 year vision to transform lives and communities through sport and physical activity.

Safeguarding in sport means protecting children and young people from abuse, preventing harm and promoting their wellbeing. For sports clubs and organisations this means having effective safeguarding policies and procedures and codes of conduct for sport. For more on safeguarding in sports, see here.

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If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.

This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.

The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.

Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College which will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable, the learner's name, the title of the course and the date of completion.

If you have purchased the posted certificate option, available on selected courses, a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out the following working week after completion.