Roles and Responsibilities
The Welfare Officer is responsible for promoting safeguarding within the Club and working with others to ensure a safe and inclusive environment is achieved.
- Develop a framework to promote safeguarding, diversity and inclusion and ensure compliance with British Rowing’s safeguarding standards
- Work with others in the Club to ensure safeguarding and diversity and inclusion information, including policies, reporting procedures are visible, and available
- Work with others in the Club to promote the Club’s Code of Conduct
- Respond to referrals for all children and vultnerable adults where concerns about welfare, discrimination, poor practice or abuse are identified
- Contact the Local Authority, British Rowing and Police about concerns, where appropriate
- Work with others in the Club to ensure the relevant people within the Club have completed a satisfactory criminal records check
- Ensure that training of relevant people in the Club’s safeguarding policies and practices is undertaken on a regular basis
Key Activities
- Provide advice and support the provision of a friendly, safe and secure environment for Juniors, young people and vulnerable adults
- Support the Junior coaching team
- Ensure any accidents witnessed or heard about are correctly reported
- Ensure the Club rules and bye-laws are abided by
- Ensure welfare issues are reported to the relevant authorities and Club officers
- Promote and model Club culture and ethos
Person Specification
- Child- focussed approach
- Ability to deal with conflict
- Ability to influence and negotiate
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good communication skills
- Understanding and knowledge of responsibilities of safeguarding and good practice
- Understanding of British Rowing’s safeguarding procedures
- Understanding of the roles and responsibilities of statutory agencies (police, local authority)
- Basic knowledge of core legislation relating to the safeguarding and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults
- Ability to achieve a DBS check