8.8 Training design and development

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Four steps upwards using blocks. Each block is higher than the previous one. One the first step is a young rugby player in a wheelchair. On the second step is a young gymnast. On the third step is a tennis player. The fourth step is occupied by a skier.

Who needs what level of safeguarding training?

In sport, people often think that safeguarding only applies to coaches and others who have direct contact with children or vulnerable adults. This isn’t true. As you know, everyone in your organisation needs to understand what safeguarding is, why it is important, and what they should do if they have concerns about a child or adult’s welfare.

As a minimum, everyone needs to complete the Safeguarding Essentials course that introduces them to these topics. For some staff – for example, office administrators or others in roles that involve no contact with children or vulnerable adults – this training may be enough. For other staff, the Essentials level of training is a useful introduction to safeguarding but will need to be followed by further training.

What should Essentials training include?

Here is a summary of the contents of the Safeguarding Essentials course:

• What is safeguarding and why is it needed?
• Identifying and managing risk.
• How do beliefs and values influence your approach to safeguarding?
• Codes of conduct.
• How do you find out about safeguarding concerns?
• Why are athletes not likely to speak up?
• Responding to lower-level safeguarding issues.
• How to report concerns in your organisation.

What about training for people who have regular contact with children or vulnerable adults? You consider this next.