{"id":5825,"date":"2023-12-21T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T07:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=5825"},"modified":"2024-01-27T09:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T09:00:12","slug":"safeguarding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=5825","title":{"rendered":"SAFEGUARDING"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em><strong>The role of a Club Children&#8217;s Officer (CCO)<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The CCO should be a member of the Club Management Committee.<\/li>\n<li>Safe Recruitment and Selection of Coaches and Leaders.<\/li>\n<li>Garda Vetting is one of the key elements of the safe recruitment process.<\/li>\n<li>The CCO should ensure that Coaches, Leaders and Parents are vetted in line with AAI Garda Vetting Policy\u00a0prior to taking on their role within the club.<\/li>\n<li>Liase with Athletics Ireland and\/or local sports partnership to secure Child Safeguarding Training for coaches\/committee members within the first 6 months of taking up a new role.<\/li>\n<li>CCO should monitor the 3 year refresh of Garda Vetting and the 4\u00a0year refresh of SG1.<\/li>\n<li>Understand the Athletics Ireland Code of Ethics &amp; Child Safeguarding Guidance.<\/li>\n<li>The CCO should be knowledgeable about child protection and undertake any training considered necessary i.e. Sport Ireland Safeguarding 1 and 2 courses.<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging the participation of parents \/guardians within club activities to ensure maximum enjoyment and participation for each child.<\/li>\n<li>Acts as a support to Coaches and Sports Leaders on Child Protection issues\/concerns.<\/li>\n<li>Be a presence at juvenile training sessions.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that children know how and whom they can report their concerns to within the club.<\/li>\n<li>If there are grounds for concern about the safety or welfare of a young person you should react to the concern.<\/li>\n<li>Act as the Relevant Person with responsibility for\u00a0the club Child Safeguarding Statement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ATHLETICS IRELAND SAFEGUARDING GUIDELINES:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.athleticsireland.ie\/downloads\/other\/Sport_Ireland_SafeguardingGuidance.pdf\">Sport_Ireland_SafeguardingGuidance.pdf (athleticsireland.ie)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ATHLETICS IRELAND SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/view.officeapps.live.com\/op\/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.athleticsireland.ie%2Fdownloads%2Fother%2FAthletics_Ireland_National_CSS_150823.docx&amp;wdOrigin=BROWSELINK\">Athletics_Ireland_National_CSS_150823.docx (live.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE CLUBS SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1713-e1521198859596.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5832\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5832\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1713-e1521198859596-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1713-e1521198859596\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1713-e1521198859596-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1713-e1521198859596-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1713-e1521198859596-730x973.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AAI GARDA VETTING ADULTS<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.athleticsireland.ie\/downloads\/other\/AAI_eVetting_Invitation_form_112022.pdf\">AAI_eVetting_Invitation_form_112022.pdf (athleticsireland.ie)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AAI GARDA VETTING UNDER 18s<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.athleticsireland.ie\/downloads\/eshop\/AAI_Parent_Guardian_Consent_Form_290416.pdf\">AAI_Parent_Guardian_Consent_Form_290416.pdf (athleticsireland.ie)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The role of a Club Children&#8217;s Officer (CCO) The CCO should be a member of the Club Management Committee. Safe Recruitment and Selection of Coaches and Leaders. Garda Vetting is one of the key elements of the safe recruitment process. The CCO should ensure that Coaches, Leaders and Parents are vetted in line with AAI &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=5825\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;SAFEGUARDING&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5825"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5825"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5973,"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5825\/revisions\/5973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}