Safeguarding 1 - Online

Safeguarding 1 - Child Welfare and Protection Basic Awareness training

Any person working with or who has interaction with or who is involved in the planning/administration of activities or events with young people (according to the requirements of NGB – including all Coaches, Club Children’s Officers (CCO) and Designated Liaison Persons (DLP) – should complete the 3-hour Child Welfare & Protection Basic Awareness workshop. This workshop educates participants on the implementation of best practice in safeguarding the welfare of children involved in sport.

On completion of the Safeguarding 1 course, participants will be able to:

• Implement best practice in protecting the welfare of participants
• Create a child-centred environment within the sports club
• List categories of abuse and some indicators associated with abuse
• Make appropriate response to a disclosure
• Make a report to Designated Liaison Person or appropriate Statutory Authorities

Important Information - Please Read BEFORE You Book

Only ONE place can be booked in each order. If you are booking more than one place on this course, you must place separate orders for each. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. It is necessary so that we have the correct details on file for all participants for communication, sending course materials, certification, etc.

If you are booking on behalf of someone else, you must enter the participant's name (this is required for the Safeguarding Certificate), participant's email address (this is the email address that will be used to issue the certificate after the course), and participant's mobile number (this will be used to send text reminders, etc.)

Participants on this training course must be over 18 years of age.

Anyone aged under 18 who wants to attend a Safeguarding 1 course must first complete this form (SG1 Parental Consent Form) and submit it to Ger Bonner on gbonner@carlow.ie prior to booking a place on this course.

Online Course

This course takes place on Zoom. Please ensure you have downloaded Zoom to the device you will be using for the course. We will email the Zoom link and all the course materials a few days before the course to each participant's email address provided.

Please note that Safeguarding certificates are now issued digitally/online ONLY, via the Sport80 portal. CSP no longer issues paper certificates. We will send information on how to access the digital cert to the participant's email address.

Safeguarding 1 certificates are valid for 3 years.

Renewal
If you have attended a Safeguarding 1 – Child Welfare & Protection Basic Awareness course within the last three years, you do not need to complete another full course. Instead, you can do a “refresher” course online. Click HERE to access Sport Ireland’s Safeguarding 1 online Refresher course.

On completion of the Refresher course, you should complete the Digital Test. You must score 80% or more to pass. When you pass the test, you will receive a Digital Certificate. Your certificate will then be valid for a further 3 years. At that point, you will be required to attend another full Safeguarding 1 – Child Welfare & Protection Basic Awareness training course/workshop.