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Safeguarding Children Course Recertification

This recertification is for anyone who has previously completed the Safeguarding Children Course.

Course Overview

Introduction to Coaching Football

Course type:

Online

Free

Minimum age:

16

Duration:

1 hour

Price:

Free

About the course

This course is available for free for anyone who completed the Safeguarding Children Course or The FA Safeguarding Children Workshop as their last safeguarding children qualification and it is due to expire in the next six months, or has already expired.

If the last safeguarding children course you completed was the Safeguarding Children Recertification, you will need to repurchase the Safeguarding Children Course.

The course will take you around one hour to complete and will be valid for two years. If you completed the old style re-certification which was discontinued in June 2022, the qualification will be valid for three years.
  
You will only be able to take this course if you have a previous Safeguarding Children Workshop or online recertification on your FAN that was completed at least two-and-a-half years ago.
 
If you do not hold any safeguarding children qualifications, you will need to complete the Safeguarding Children Course, which is available for £30.

How to access the recertification

If you have completed our Safeguarding Children Course online after May 2021 and are looking to re-complete this qualification for free, please click here.

If you have completed a face-to-face Safeguarding Children Workshop previously and are looking to recertify your qualification for free, please click here.

Outcomes

By the end of the course, you will have renewed your understanding about:

  • What we mean by ‘safeguarding’ and the ‘Designated Person’ network

  • The importance of best practice on and offline in football and how to play your part in keeping football safe and enjoyable for children and young people

  • How to recognise poor practice and abuse

  • What to do if you are concerned about a child and how to report

  • Why children find it hard to tell adults about poor and abuse and how important it is to listen to children

  • What to do if a child tells you something and what a club can do to help a child or young person speak out

Frequently asked questions

The most common issue is that a FAN or password has been entered incorrectly. Please check you have the correct FAN and password combination and try again.

If you still cannot log in please email your query, contact number and a screenshot, where possible, of the issues you are experiencing to our Education Services team.

Yes. As a reminder, if your last qualification was the Online Safeguarding Children Recertification, your qualification will be valid for two years.

For more support on this course, please visit the Help Centre.

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