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As an England Netball Coach you are in a unique position to safeguard young people and adults at risk (those with care and support needs).

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• A current enhanced DBS check (refreshed every 3 years) England Netball | DBS(Links to EN Website, needs to be confluence)

  • The necessary safeguarding training (also refreshed every 3 years) England Netball | Training and Education(Links to EN Website, needs to be confluence)

Once those are in place you could consider the following:

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Coaches should work with parents and carers to help them support their children and keep them safe. Some ideas here on how to do this. Encouraging Parents to be Part of the Team – UK Coaching (Link 404 error)and Communicating with Parents – UK Coaching(Link 404 error).

Parents should be encouraged to ask questions and to contribute ideas to the club. Your club should have clear expectations of parents’ behaviour towards players and coaches during matches. This page has some more ideas on. How to improve parental involvement in your club: recommendations for coaches | CPSU (thecpsu.org.uk). Click here for Codes of Conduct

This page has advice for parents involved in netball. England Netball | I’m a netball Parent or Carer(Links to EN Website, needs to be confluence)

Involving children/young people and adults at risk

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• Involving children and young people in their sport | CPSU

  • Effective Communication: Coaching People with a Learning Disability – UK Coaching(Link 404 error)

  • Safeguarding Adults in Physical Activity and Sport – UK Coaching

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These pages have advice for Young People(Links to EN Website, needs to be confluence), and for Adults at Risk(Links to EN Website, needs to be confluence)

Creating the right environment or culture

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• a free online course Safeguarding In Sport Course | (highspeedtraining.co.uk)

  • CIMSPA ‘Professional Standard- Working with Children’ CIMSPA-ps-working-with-children

  • Play Their Way – www.playtheirway.org 

  • Tips for coaching girls –Play Their Way – Coaching Girls in Sport

  • Links relating to Neurodiversity in sport here: England Netball | Useful websites for external support and advice(Links to EN Website, needs to be confluence).

  • How to Create a Psychologically Safe environment Creating a psychologically safe culture | CPSU

  • Details of a workshop for 10-25 people Learning Disability and Sport Workshop | Mencap

  • Safeguarding talented and elite athletes | CPSU 

  • Paul Stewart – Podcast – Creating safer cultures in sport | CPSU 

  • Or the wrong culture? Mary Cain’s story – Alberto Salazar –I Was the Fastest Girl in America – YouTube,

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• recognising, responding to and preventing abuse and poor practice

  • some typical case examples and what to do

  • adult to child ratios

  • extreme weather

  • codes of conduct

  • for all other policies and guidance documents click here: England Netball | Safeguarding Policies and Guidance(Links to EN Website, needs to be confluence)

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