Sport Welfare Officer

2 months ago

Bournemouth, United Kingdom Active Dorset CIC Full time

**Hours and location**: Based from our Bournemouth office at Slades Park Pavilion. Flexible working hours are supported along with an agile working pattern with a mix of home and office based working each week. The nature of this role means there may be a requirement to work from multiple office locations.

**About us**

Active Dorset CIC is one of 43 Active Partnerships across England. We work collaboratively to create the conditions for an active nation and use the power of sport and physical activity to transform lives. The team is focused on learning what works locally and driving collaboration and impact across the network.

**Our Vision**

People in Dorset choose to enjoy an active lifestyle through participation in sport and physical activity.

**Our Mission Statement**

Supporting strategic leaders with high quality advice and advocacy so that people in Dorset choose to enjoy an active lifestyle through participation in sport and physical activity.

**About the role**

The Whyte Review, published in July 2022, questioned the level of safeguarding responsibility delegated to volunteers at a regional/local level. Sport England's policy response, published with UK Sport in January 2023, included a proposal to fund a professional, national network of Sport Welfare Officers in England. These posts are located within Active Partnerships (APs) who have a high level of knowledge of their locality.

The postholder will work with National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and their local clubs to promote good practice and safe sport on a local level. This new role will help further understanding of safeguarding in local sport clubs (e.g. how safeguarding policies and procedures are implemented).

The officers will complement the work of the existing safeguarding structure inside and outside sport. They may champion national safeguarding campaigns with local clubs, for example Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport week (inside sport) and Safeguarding Adults Week (outside sport).

They may also hold relationships with statutory services e.g. Local Authority Designated Officers (LADO) (outside sport). They will raise awareness of safeguarding with parents/carers and participants either inside or outside sport. The officers will share good practice locally and provide feedback to NGBs either sub-regionally, regionally or nationally (on either good or poor practice). The officers will not replace the existing safeguarding work of APs and NGBs but instead add capacity and expertise to it.

At national and local level the new role will contribute to the establishment of good welfare practice with safer club environments for participants and sports clubs, moving from welfare compliance to effective safeguarding culture. These safer club environments will lead to inclusive, improved experiences for children and adults, narrowed inequalities and consistent, best practice across sport.

**About you**
- You will be passionate about physical activity and sport and are keen to ensure children and young people have access to safe and welcoming setting for their activity
- You have excellent organisation skill, completing work on time and to a high standard.
- You enjoy being part of a fun and friendly team
- You are self-driven and happy to work using your own initiative

**Key Responsibilities**

1. Promote safe sport and welfare for both children and young people and adults'.

2. Train (or facilitate training for) Club Welfare Officers (prioritising new Club Welfare Officers).

3. Communicate with Club Welfare Officers using existing or new forums/networks.

4. Promote best practice to Club Welfare Officers.

5. Provide consultation and advice about children's and adults welfare, including if there are concerns around abuse, referring concerns to the relevant body (Club Welfare Officer, NGB and LADO).

6. Provide guidance on referring concerns to the relevant local authority Social Care departments.

7. Provide guidance on responding to allegations, concerns and complaints about the actions of members of the club(s) towards children or adults.

8. Facilitate and support reporting and referral of safeguarding cases from local to national (and, if appropriate, support resolution of lower-level concerns).

9. Promote a culture of listening to children and young people.

10. Prioritised club visits (to support Club Welfare Officers) to ensure clubs understand and meet the minimum standards for wellbeing and protection.

11. Prioritised event visits (to raise welfare awareness with parents/carers and participants).

12. Supporting communication and information sharing across partners.

13. Connect people working on welfare within and across sports (national, sub-regional and local, e.g. Dorset Safeguarding Partnership).

14. Share best practice and work within Active Dorset, other Sport Welfare Officers and the Active Partnership National Team.

**NB: The duties and responsibilities of this post are not restrictive, and the post holder may b

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