Course Information:
- Course Duration: 3 hours
- Course Prerequisites: None
- Who is it for: This course is mandatory for all coaches, welfare officers, referees (over 16 years). Anyone else, over the age of 16 years, who is interested to learn about safeguarding is welcome to participate.
- Course aims and objectives: The course is designed to raise awareness of best practice in safeguarding children in football and to ensure that everyone recognises their moral and legal responsibilities when working with children. It supports participants to create fun, safe and positive football environments, ensuring that people know how to report a concern about a child's welfare. The course supports The FA's strategic goals to raise standards across the game and demonstrates our capacity to be trusted to lead.
Course Content:
This is a workshop designed to answer questions such as:
- What is best practice when working with youngsters in football?
- What is poor practice?
- How would I recognise the signs, indicators and forms of abuse?
- What kind of behaviour and abuse affect our own feelings?
- How does poor practice and abuse affect our own feelings?
- When and how should I act if you have concerns about a child's welfare?
The workshop is interactive and informal; tutors draw on participant's experiences and knowledge as well as developing learning through presentation and small group activities.
Practical Involvement:
There is no practical (i.e. on-field) aspect to the workshop.
Assessment:
There is no formal assessment; the progress of learners is monitored through the group activities and discussions.
Re-assessment:
It is recommended that individuals do an online Safeguarding Children re-certification module approximately three years after attending a workshop. However, Welfare Officers will be required to complete the Welfare Officer Workshop as their next step.
Refresher:
Ongoing information and good practice examples are available on www.TheFA.com/FootballSafe
Suggested additional learning opportunities:
- FAL Welfare Officer Workshop (Welfare Officers only)
- FAL Online Coaching Children module
- FAL Online Psychology for Soccer Level 1
- FAL Online Respect module (available January 2009)
Equality:
FA Learning will ensure that it treats people fairly and with respect and that it will provide access and opportunities for all members of the community to take part in, and enjoy, it's activities in an atmosphere free from harassment, bullying, discrimination or abuse. FA Learning will seek to provide a service which is appropriate to the needs of an individual and to make reasonable adjustments or provide support, where appropriate, to cater for those needs.
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Safeguarding Children Online Recertification Course - Guidance
If you attended the Safeguarding Children workshop last time then you can renew certification online.
‘Anticipated FAQs’
1. How much will it cost?
Answer: £13.95
2. How long will it take to complete?
Answer: Approximately 1.5hrs
3. Can it be completed in stages - can they revisit and complete outstanding questions, can they do this repeatedly or for a limited number of revisits?
Answer: Candidates can revisit and complete the course repeatedly until they have clicked to indicate they have finished it. Once they have done this, they cannot go back.
4. Is there a pass or fail?
Answer: If an incorrect answer is given this will be made clear on screen, candidates have the opportunity to rethink their answer and try again. Each time an incorrect answer is given this is indicated and the candidate will be required to rethink their response until they have got the correct answer and are then able to proceed to the next question.
5. How will FAL ensure that someone is eligible to complete the Recertification course?
Answer: In order to get access to do the course, people have to have completed The FA’s Safeguarding Children Workshop as their last Safeguarding qualification. This information is held by FAL and is linked to their FAN.
6. How do you get access to this online course?
Answer: Of course people will have to pay before they can get access. This is done by accessing http://eventspace.thefa.com/onlinecourses Candidates will then be sent a link to the County FA members’ services sites, where they can log in directly with their FAN and password and access the course. Once they have logged in, the course can be accessed by clicking on ‘My Football’ then ‘Online Courses’ on the left hand side.
7. Who is this online recertification course aimed at?
Answer: If someone has already done the SCW in the last 3 years and not yet completed the Checksheets (which was the previous recertification process) then they should be encouraged to complete the Online Safeguarding Children Recertification course. If someone has already renewed their Safeguarding Qualification they do not need to also complete the Online Safeguarding Children Recertification course, but they can if they wish to [as you know this was recently updated and will provided some new content]. If someone has already renewed their Safeguarding Qualification they do not need to also complete the Online Safeguarding Children Recertification course.
Please note: Anyone who prefers to renew their Safeguarding Children awareness by attending another workshop is entitled to.
8. Can people still complete the Checksheets if they want to?
Answer: The Checksheets are no longer being given out and haven’t been for the past month. Anyone wishing to recertificate will be directed to the new Online Safeguarding Children course. However if anyone has already started to complete the Checksheets or has a copy at home they plan to complete and send in we will continue to process these in the usual manner.
9. Once candidates have completed the Online Safeguarding Children Recertification course what’s the next form of training?
Answer: That is a decision yet to be made, we have a couple of years before we make a decision on that
10. How will CFAs be able check if people have updated their Safeguarding training?
Answer: CAS will hold this information and the ‘Safeguarding expires’ date will update to show the new date.
11. Will this course be certificated, if it is how do they get it?
Answer: Yes as with all FAL Safeguarding courses there is a certificate. FA Learning will send out the certificate to the address held against their FAN once they have completed the course.
12. As a CFAWO can I complete the Online Safeguarding Children Recertification course?
Answer: Yes, all CFA WOs are encouraged to undertake a free taster session in order to orientate themselves to the course and be familiar with the process. We anticipate that CFA WOs will be seen by many as the point of contact for general queries and may also assist in the promotion of the course within their county. Details of how CFA WOs can access the SCW rectification course along with a user guide will be hosted on the MYFA projects area for CFA WOs within the sub section headed ‘Education’
PLEASE NOTE – Re-certification online can only be done if the workshop was attended last time. If the guides were done last time then you will be required to attend a workshop.
If you are unsure please contact The Media Group
0115 969 4600 who will be able to confirm if you attended the workshop last time.
The course costs £13.95, which must be paid before you can access the course.
To pay, please visit: http://eventspace.thefa.com/onlinecourses
You will need your FA number to login.
Once payment had been submitted, you will receive a link to the County FA members’ services sites, where you can log in directly with your FAN and password and access the course.
Once you have logged in, the course can be accessed by clicking on ‘My Football’ then ‘Online Courses’ on the left hand side.
The recertification process is managed by FA Learning directly.
If you have any queries or issues with the online recertification process, please E-mail OnlineCourseQuery@TheFA.com