Welfare

Somerset Cricket Board– Safeguarding Policy Statement and Information

• Protect children in cricket.
• Provide clear procedures and guidance.
• Highlight good practice.

Our Safeguarding Policy is available to download by clicking here

The ECB Policy and Procedures documents is available to download by clicking here.

Club Welfare Officers

We encourage all of our clubs to train and appoint a Club Welfare Officer. Please be aware that it is a requirement to have a trained Child Welfare Officer to be able to play in some leagues within Somerset

In an ideal situation each club should also have a deputy to take the place of the Welfare Officer should they be unavailable.
These officers’ details should be provided to the league in which the club plays and also to ourselves.

To become a fully qualified Welfare Officer an individual is required to hold the following certifications:

• Current, valid ECB DBS Vetting check (formally CRB).
• 'Safe Hands' certificate dated within the last three years.
• 'Safeguarding & Protecting Children' (SPC) certificate dated within the last three years.

Once Club Welfare Officers are fully qualified they may become ECB CRB Evidence Checkers for their club or area. 
For further information on how to apply, please contact Brian Hoyle at:
 

Training

Our Policy is backed up by a comprehensive training and education programme and a structured implementation plan, providing a sensitive process to respond to concerns.

In 2014 the ECB brought in the opportunity for all existing coaches who had attended the Safeguading and Protecting Children Course to now requalify through an online course.

In addition to the ECB Safe Hands Workshop, Club Welfare Officers also have the option of attending the 3 hour Safeguarding and Protecting Children Workshop or to complete the new online SPC course avaialbe through SportsCoach UK.

Club Welfare Officers looking to access the required training courses should:
Click here for ECB Safe Hands training information.
Click here for Safeguarding & Protecting Children courses.

ECB qualified coaches who need to update their online Safeguarding Young Cricketers module should:
Click here to access the online SYC module.

ECB DBS Vetting check

The disclosure and barring scheme (DBS) formally known as CRB checks, are a requirement of individuals working with children in cricket.

For futher information regarding the roles in cricket that require an ECB DBS Vetting check and details of how to obtain an application form, please click here.

County Welfare Officer

We have an appointed Welfare Officer – Ray Hancock (pictured) – whose job is to liaise with the SCB on all welfare issues and to offer advice to anyone within cricket who needs it.

Should you have an issue that you would like advice on or if you require to report a safeguarding issue, please contact Ray using the details below:

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We also have a Deputy County Welfare Officer in Amanda Counsell.
If Ray is unavailable or if you would like any advice or assistance regarding any welfare issues, Amanda can be contacted at:

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Points of Contact

We have also have appointed the following members of staff who are undergoing full ECB Safeguarding training and who are ECB DBS checked, to act as point of contacts within the recreational and performance cricket environment:

Andrew Fairbairn     SCB CDM    
 

Brian Hoyle               SCB Senior Development Officer

Greg Kennis             SCB Head Coach
 

Paul Lawrence         SCB Women & Girls Head Coach

All of the above Officers can be contacted directly at the SCB on:          

Useful Documents

The following documents are pull out features from the main SCB Safeguarding Policy, we hope that coaches and welfare officers will find these documents useful:

Concerns flowchart

Guidance for coaches working with children

Guidance for supervising children at cricket sessions