Child Wellbeing and Protection Policy Creating a Safe Environment in Basketball for Children and Young People Policy Approved: 31.07.19 Guidance: Children’s Wellbeing in Scotland It is important to recognise what we mean by children’s wellbeing. As part of Scotland’s national approach to ‘Getting it Right for Every Child’ (GIRFEC), the wellbeing wheel (see item 7.1) demonstrates the eight indicators that are believed to be essential for a child’s overall wellbeing. By having a universal language and understanding for all people who work with children, collectively we can contribute to promoting, supporting and safeguarding a child’s wellbeing whether they are in an educational, health, community or sports setting. It is essential that in sport we understand not only how participation in sport contributes to these wellbeing indicators, but also what we need to do if we are ever worried that something is impacting a child’s wellbeing. As part of the ‘Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014’, the concept of wellbeing and the GIRFEC approach is now enshrined in law. All enquiries regarding this policy and procedures should be directed to: Child Wellbeing and Protection Officer basketballscotland Caledonia House South Gyle Edinburgh EH12 9DQ Tel: 0131 317 7260 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.basketball-scotland.com CONTENTS Item No 1. Disclaimer and Acknowledgments 2. Policy Statement 3. The Rights of Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults 4. Principles, Responsibilities and Reviews of Policy 5. Procedures 5.1 Recruitment and employment 5.2 Advertising 5.3 Pre-application information 5.4 Application and self-declaration 5.5 References 5.6 Checks 5.6.1 Standard Disclosure 5.6.2 Enhanced Disclosure 5.6.3 PVG Scheme Membership and referral to the Children’s List 5.7 Interview 5.8 Offer of position 5.9 Induction 5.10 Training 5.11 Probation 5.12 Monitoring and performance appraisal 6.