Child Protection Seminar
Swale Martial Arts Club
Saturday June 4th
The days when an individual could buy a little bit of equipment and with good intentions of helping and coaching others, then go and form a sports club have well gone.
Judo and Combat Disciplines are no different in 1957 when the Young Judo Club was formed by Nobby & Margret Clarke all they had was some old mattress now look at the list
1) Mats costing thousands of ponds have to meet all health safety regulations plus fire regulations
2) All Clubs should have Public Liability Insurance
3) All individuals cannot train with out PI insurance
4) All coaches must be qualified and have Professional Indemnity insurance
5) Most clubs have to register with the Inland Revenue a CASC
6) All clubs have a Health & safety Policy
7) All Clubs have Child Protection Policy
8) All Clubs have a Mission Statement
9) All Clubs have an Equity Policy
I could go on and a lot of what clubs have to do is Political Correctness gone mad which has led to lots of Coaches giving up sport and clubs closing but one good thing has come out of this and that is the Child Protection Policy.
Part of a Child Protection Policy is for the club to appoint Child Protection, the Young Judo Club has already several Child Protection Officers but the Club wants many more so we can look after the best interest of the child. Details of the course are listed:
Child Protection Training
This is an introductory workshop designed for people working directly with children, managers and supervisors. The workshop uses a mixture of information giving, question and answer sessions and group discussions designed to familiarise participants with the nature and extent of child abuse and to explore appropriate organizational and individual responses to risks facing children. The workshop is also very useful as a refresher for people who have some child protection knowledge but wish to update their knowledge of recent changes in procedures and the law.
The workshop covers child protection policy and procedures, the law, Internet safety, the role and function of the Kent Child Protection Committee and how agencies can work together to safeguard children.
Participants receive a certificate of attendance at the workshop issues by the Kent Child Protection Committee.
Participants working on NVQ 3 in Child Care can use attendance at the workshop as evidence for their portfolios.
The Trainer
Robin Young who is a highly skilled trainer with long experience in the field presents the workshop. He is a former manager with Kent Social Services. He currently presents child protection workshops for community groups in Kent for Kent Community Foundation and for the Football Association throughout the South East of England. Robin is accredited by the Football Association and the Kent Child Protection Committee to deliver child protection training and is also an Associate Lecturer with the Open University in Working with Children and Families and an honorary lecturer with Greenwich University on child protection. .
Those who qualified with a KCC certificate from the club were Keith Costa 3rd Dan, Ashley Costa 3rd Dan, miles Brown 1st Dan
Anyone interested in Judo should tel: 01795 437124,
Email: Youngjudoclub@yahoo.co.uk