Child Welfare




			Child Welfare Policy Bulletin 2 November 2003

ECB Child Welfare Update for Cricket Clubs

		The full ECB Child Welfare Policy, entitled “Safe Hands” is now available to download Also available is the Appendix to the Policy, The Welfare of Young People. Be advised that the Policy is 54 pages long and the Appendix 40 pages long. The Discipline and Complaints Procedure is also available. This is 13 pages long. You will need Acrobat Reader but the following instructions will enable you to download free of charge. To download the ECB Child Welfare Policy 1)Click on the link above and you will be taken to that document. 2)You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. 3)If you do not have this programme installed, click here. (Just follow steps 1 and 2. Please note that “choose a platform” means “select the operating system appropriate to your PC”) 4)Then the document opens and you simply print off what you want.

	ECB Child Welfare Update for Cricket Clubs Introduction The ECB Child Welfare Policy has now been launched and will protect young people and the adults working with them, so as to create a safe friendly environment. The Policy requires every coach or manager who has contact with children to be CRB checked (Criminal Records Bureau) and this will be a requirement from 1^st January 2004. This will assist Cricket Clubs working towards Club Mark Accreditation and the Community Club Development Fund; it will also be a requirement of the new ECB Coach Licensing Scheme, which will be launched soon. As from September 2003 all coaches who are attending Level 1 and Level 2 courses will automatically undergo a CRB Check and it will be a pre-requisite before a certificate is issued. Policy The ECB Child Welfare Policy has now been published and is available on the Play-cricket website and on the YCB web-site (see above). Club Mark Clubs and CCDF Clubs MUST adopt the ECB Child Welfare Policy. A promotional flyer and a Mission Summary Statement will be available to be put into the club’s constitution and Club Mark accreditation packs. Club Mark Clubs and CCDF Clubs to appoint a Club Child Welfare Officer (CWO). A minimum requirement of this person is to attend a “Good Practice & Child Protection Workshop” and a 3 hour ECB Lead Officer Training Workshop. ECB require this information and will contact the clubs direct. All coaches whether qualified or unqualified should complete a CRB Form. The ACU&S will CRB Check all their members in December 2003; however there should be an expectation in each county that they should comply with this. All other individuals who do not fall into either category should complete a Self Disclosure Form, which will be kept centrally by the Club CWO. Clubs may loose Club Mark Accreditation and CCDF Funding if they don’t comply. All other ECB affiliated clubs are also urged to adopt the ECB Child Welfare Policy as indicted above including all County Cricket Clubs. All ECB affiliated clubs are also urged to appoint a Club CWO. A minimum requirement of this person is to attend a “Good Practice & Child Protection Workshop” and a 3 hour ECB Lead Officer Training Workshop. A Disciplinary and Complaints Procedure can now be downloaded from the play-cricket website and the YCB web-site (see above). The Club CWO is to be made aware of this. CRB Checks CRB Checks are available for coaches (qualified or unqualified) who are working with children. The CRB Check is free for volunteer coaches; £29.00 for paid coaches (payable to ECB). A coach is deemed a volunteer if they earn under £800.00 p.a. from coaching. CRB Forms can be submitted from other individuals e.g. team managers etc. as long as they agree to complete them. CRB Check forms are available from the Lead Officers indicated below. Overseas coaches can be CRB checked if they have been resident in the UK for 5 years. Coaches from South Africa, Australia, Jamaica, New Zealand, Malaysia or Europe who haven’t resided in the UK for 5 years can obtain an International CRB Check. CCB’s and clubs to contact Rebecca Ledingham re. this matter. Clubs and organisations employing coaches from countries not offering International CRB Checks do so at their own risk. The ECB Welfare Officer is working on arranging agreements with Police in other countries. Clubs and/or counties who take on overseas coaches on last minute contracts and have not completed a Criminal Records check do so at their own risk. It is in our interests to contact Rebecca Ledingham at Lord’s to see if we can get them checked. All coaches attending Coach Education Courses (i.e. Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 etc.) will be CRB Checked during their course. No certificate will be issued unless they are CRB “cleared” Overseas Coaches attending L1/L2/L3 courses will not get their certificates unless they have completed an overseas check Rebecca Ledingham will advise if there are any problems Proposed Roll Out Programme October 2003 ECB Child Welfare Policy published 27^th October 2003 YCB informs all Leagues and Clubs of the Policy and need to appoint Child Welfare Officers via YCB Mail out and YCB Website YCB Lead Officers attend Child Welfare Tutor Training 10^th November 2003 Awareness session for YCB Board, YCA Council, YCBCA Committee, YSCA Officials January-March 2004 Awareness sessions at league meetings Each Club to appoint a Child Welfare Officer. March/April 2004…onwards CP&GP Workshop (3 hours) and C/W Club Lead Officer Training (3 hours) for nominated Club CWO April 2004 Policy operates in full for 2004 season The procedure may seem a little bureaucratic, but it is to protect everyone concerned (children, cricket clubs & adults). Thank you for your co-operation in the matter and if you do have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact Andrew or Ian as indicated below: North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire South and West Yorkshire Ian Dews Andrew Watson 18 Littlethorpe Close 8 Swinston Hill Road Strensall Dinnington York Sheffield YO32-5WR S25-2SA Tel: 01904-492582 Tel: 01909-565029 Mob: 07976-788454 Mob: 07966-173525 Andrew Watson Ian Dews October 2003