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Child Welfare Policy
Irvine Cricket Club
Child Welfare Policy
•All young people regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, ability, or disability, have the right to be protected.
•All young people participating in cricket have a right to do so in a safe environment
•Adults working within cricket will provide a safe, positive and fun cricketing experience for young people.
•Adults (Volunteers, Coaches, Umpires and Scorers) will understand and be supported in their role and responsibility with regard to a duty of care which is to ensure the safety and welfare of any young person involved in cricket or related activities, to safeguard them and protect them from reasonably foreseeable forms of harm.
•Individuals will receive support, through education and training, to be aware of and understand best practice and how to manage any welfare issues which may come to light.
•To ensure that cricket is fun, enjoyable and fair play is promoted.
•To treat all young people equally, with respect and dignity
•To be an excellent role model – this includes not smoking or drinking alcohol whilst engaging in coaching or playing activities.
•To always put the welfare of each young person first , before winning or achieving goals
•To always work in an open environment (e.g. avoid private or unobserved situations and encourage an open environment)
•To build a balanced relationship based on mutual trust, which empowers young people to share in the decision –making process
•To recognise the development needs and capacity of young people, avoiding excessive training or competition
•To give enthusiastic feedback, rather than negative criticism
•To ask each participant to complete a registration form providing details of: Name, Address, date of birth, Medical Information, Emergency contact details of parent or carer
•To ensure the information on the Junior registration form is to hand, in case of emergency
•To keep a written record of any injury, along with details of any treatment given
•To ensure that if any form of manual/physical contact is required it should be provided openly and according to guidelines provided by the ECB.
•To keep up-to-date with technical skills, qualifications, insurance and CRB checks
•To ensure that supervision of young people changing is carried out in accordance with ECB guidelines. Where any child that is playing in a team with adults the manager must gain parent /carer verbal confirmation that the child can change at the same time as the adults. If not the child must change before the adults.
•To ensure that if “mixed” teams are playing away they are accompanied by an adult male and female coach/volunteer/helper or parent.
•To ensure that at tournaments or away /overnight fixtures adults do not enter young people’s rooms without following appropriate guidelines, nor invite other (young) people into their rooms.
•To ensure that there is regular communication with parents/carers gaining written consent; to take young people away to a tournament , to transport young people to and from matches, to use video or photographic images of young people (e.g. in club publications or displays, on the club website or in the local press) solely to promote positive image of young people playing cricket.
Child Welfare Policy
•All young people regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, ability, or disability, have the right to be protected.
•All young people participating in cricket have a right to do so in a safe environment
•Adults working within cricket will provide a safe, positive and fun cricketing experience for young people.
•Adults (Volunteers, Coaches, Umpires and Scorers) will understand and be supported in their role and responsibility with regard to a duty of care which is to ensure the safety and welfare of any young person involved in cricket or related activities, to safeguard them and protect them from reasonably foreseeable forms of harm.
•Individuals will receive support, through education and training, to be aware of and understand best practice and how to manage any welfare issues which may come to light.
•To ensure that cricket is fun, enjoyable and fair play is promoted.
•To treat all young people equally, with respect and dignity
•To be an excellent role model – this includes not smoking or drinking alcohol whilst engaging in coaching or playing activities.
•To always put the welfare of each young person first , before winning or achieving goals
•To always work in an open environment (e.g. avoid private or unobserved situations and encourage an open environment)
•To build a balanced relationship based on mutual trust, which empowers young people to share in the decision –making process
•To recognise the development needs and capacity of young people, avoiding excessive training or competition
•To give enthusiastic feedback, rather than negative criticism
•To ask each participant to complete a registration form providing details of: Name, Address, date of birth, Medical Information, Emergency contact details of parent or carer
•To ensure the information on the Junior registration form is to hand, in case of emergency
•To keep a written record of any injury, along with details of any treatment given
•To ensure that if any form of manual/physical contact is required it should be provided openly and according to guidelines provided by the ECB.
•To keep up-to-date with technical skills, qualifications, insurance and CRB checks
•To ensure that supervision of young people changing is carried out in accordance with ECB guidelines. Where any child that is playing in a team with adults the manager must gain parent /carer verbal confirmation that the child can change at the same time as the adults. If not the child must change before the adults.
•To ensure that if “mixed” teams are playing away they are accompanied by an adult male and female coach/volunteer/helper or parent.
•To ensure that at tournaments or away /overnight fixtures adults do not enter young people’s rooms without following appropriate guidelines, nor invite other (young) people into their rooms.
•To ensure that there is regular communication with parents/carers gaining written consent; to take young people away to a tournament , to transport young people to and from matches, to use video or photographic images of young people (e.g. in club publications or displays, on the club website or in the local press) solely to promote positive image of young people playing cricket.