This breakout saw CIMSPA set put its plan to ensure the best child and user welfare standards are maintained across sport, leisure and physical activity services. They discussed the realities of the new duty of care landscape and looked at practical ways to deliver compliance, such as risk-based assessments.

1. Safeguarding and Protecting Children
With so much "nasty news" around, this issue isn't going away, so
this breakout will see CIMSPA & Partners set out its plan to ensure
the best child and user welfare standards are maintained across
sport, leisure and physical activity services.
We'll make the realities of the new duty of care landscape clear and
look at practical ways to deliver compliance, such as risk-based
assessments.
February 2018

2. Overview
• Back ground to Child protection issues
• Reason for new standards
• New Standards – what does it mean – how can they be used
• Question & Answer

3. The certainty of uncertainty
Certain
Neither certain nor uncertain
Uncertain

4. Statements
• Children are abused mostly by strangers
• It is only men who sexually abuse children
• Disabled children are less likely to be victims of abuse
• Girls are much more likely to be abused than boys
• In some cultures, it is acceptable for children to be abused
• If children’s services are involved, children are usually
removed from their homes
• Children are resilient and, therefore, recover quickly from abuse
• Abuse in a sporting context is unlikely
• Children often go to great lengths to cover up the fact that they
are being abused
• Coaches are the people most likely to abuse a child in sport
• ‘young people on talent and elite pathways could be at greater risk of
abuse?’

5. Current issues in Safeguarding/Sport and PA

6. Reason for new standards
• Its essential for society that EVERYONE is trained to recognise signs and symptoms.
• We then have a number of roles within the sector that require further specialist training.
• We must ensure;
- Everyone is trained to the appropriate level.
- Specialist training specific to the role is available.
• All training is;
- Appropriate, approved by people with the correct expertise.
- Transferable so duplication is reduced.

7. How are standards used?

8. CIMSPA career map Example roles (not exhaustive)
Anomalies: Tutor/Assessor

9. Single standards framework
OCCUPATION e.g. Coach
+ENVIRONMENT e.g. Schools
+POPULATION e.g. Children
+TECHNICAL SPECIALISM e.g.
Safeguarding and Protecting Children
EDUCATION
PRODUCT

10. New standards for Safeguarding and
Protecting Children and Vulnerable People
• Copy available for you to look at today
• Have a look through, let us know what you think particularly to the
table in section 4

11. Gaining accreditation
CIMSPA Skills Development Partnership

12. The certainty of uncertainty
Certain
Neither certain nor uncertain
Uncertain

13. Question & Answer