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Safeguarding Children Course

This course provides an awareness of best practice in safeguarding children in football.

Course Overview

Introduction to Coaching Football

Venue:

Online

£30

Duration:

3 hours 30 minutes

Minimum Age:

16

Price:

£30

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About the course

We are pleased to offer our Safeguarding Children Course as an online training module to complete at a time that suits you. This course has replaced the Safeguarding Children Workshop.

 

As part of our strategic goal to raise standards across the game, The FA is committed to safeguarding children in England. From ensuring best practice and recognising poor practice to understanding how to report concerns quickly and effectively, we believe that making football fun, enjoyable and safe is everyone’s responsibility. Read more about The FA’s Respect Principles here. 

This online safeguarding course is designed to give you an understanding of safeguarding concerns, as well as how to provide a secure environment for young people. 

Upon completing the course, learners will receive a Safeguarding Children qualification and certificate, which will appear on their FAN account and remain valid for two years. Learners can revisit the course at any time to refresh their knowledge. After two years, the qualification must be renewed by retaking the Safeguarding Children course and obtaining a new certificate. This recertification is free of charge and will extend validity for another two years.

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We previously informed learners that the Safeguarding Children in Football course was moving from FA Learning to our new My Learning platform. While your enrolment has been migrated, any progress made in the old system could not be saved. All learners who purchased the course can still access it in My Learning, but you will need to restart the course from the beginning.

 

Looking to recertify your FA Safeguarding Children in Football course?

If you’ve previously completed the FA Safeguarding Children in Football course and need to renew your qualification, you can do so by retaking the course on the My Learning platform.

This recertification is free of charge and will provide you with a new certificate valid for two years.


Reasonable adjustments

To request a reasonable adjustment on this course, please follow this link.

Download a copy of our Reasonable Adjustments Policy.

Find out more about the course

Outcomes

This course will help you to:

  • Understand how safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility

  • Implement some simple steps to keep environments safe

  • Identify and respond appropriately to poor practice incidents

  • Recognise the different forms, signs and indicators of abuse, including grooming

  • Identify the barriers to children disclosing and reporting abuse

  • Respond appropriately to safeguarding disclosures and concerns

  • Record and report safeguarding concerns effectively

  • Seek advice, find resources and organisations who can help

How is the course structured?

Online Learning Modules

The course is split into ten sections with online learning modules, activities and questionnaires to complete throughout. You can drop in and out of each module at your own pace and at a time that suits you best. The modules are followed by knowledge checks and assessments, which you’ll need to pass to complete the course.  

  • Section One: Course Introduction
  • Section Two: Environment and Culture
  • Section Three: Children’s Needs
  • Section Four: What is Abuse?
  • Section Five : Creating a Safe Environment
  • Section Six: Recognise
  • Section Six: Recognise
  • Section Seven: Respond
  • Section Eight: Report and Record
  • Sections Nine: Key Messages and Assessment
  • Sections Ten: Course Summary

Resources

You will be provided with documents as well as information about laws, policies and contact details to help you throughout the Safeguarding Children Course and when working with young people in football.

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