About this Event
Learn about the responsibilities connected with being a Welfare Officer, the skills needed to excel in the role, and how you can ensure that you’re supporting and safeguarding children effectively.
Developed in partnership with NSPCC and CPSU
Overview
Learn about the responsibilities connected with being a Welfare Officer, the skills needed to excel in the role, and how you can ensure that you’re supporting and safeguarding children effectively Every child deserves to enjoy playing sport and engaging in physical activity in a safe and supportive environment, where they feel heard, understood, and valued. On this online classroom, learn how you can support, empower, and safeguard children participating in sport and physical activity in your capacity as a welfare officer.
This interactive face-to-face workshop will give you an essential understanding of what is required of welfare officers that are responsible for managing and reporting concerns about children, and for putting into place procedures to safeguard children, ensuring that you have the practical knowledge required to take a child-focused approach and excel in the role.
You will also learn about the importance of building relationships and trust with the key people that you’ll be working with, essential to working with colleagues to safeguard children effectively.
Through interactive scenarios featuring people from different sports and activities, you will also practise your decision-making in a safe and supportive environment, enabling you to explore some possible consequences of your decisions. This will help to prepare you to act in similar scenarios as a welfare officer, giving you crucial confidence in your ability to act in each child’s best interest.
Book your place on the workshop today to develop your skills and support your growth as a great child-focused welfare officer.
The course has been awarded 1.5 CPD points by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).
On this course you will learn:
- How a welfare officer works with others to create a child-centred environment
- How the role of the welfare officer fits into the wider safeguarding environment
- How safeguarding fits into the wider culture of your organisation
- How to respond to and report concerns
- How you can support your coaches to protect themselves.
This workshop is being organised by Manx Sport and Recreation and will take place in the Isle of Man Sport High Performance Centre meeting room.
Venue Directions - Isle of Man Sport High Performance Centre
Travelling south on the A5 Castletown New Road from Quarterbridge roundabout, after 50 yards take a left hand turn into the NSC outdoor venue. Turn left onto the roadways one way system and continue to car park one. The Isle of Man Sport High Performance Centre is located next to the athletics track.
On entering the building take the stairs or lift to the first floor where you will find the meeting room.
I f you need to cancel or make any changes to your booking, please contact us on [email protected] or call 688592 / 688557.
Event venue & nearby stays
Isle of Man Sport High Performance Centre, National Sports Centre, Douglas, Man, Isle of
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