Safeguarding Policy
The Club is fully committed to safeguarding the wellbeing of its members. All members should show respect and understanding for the rights, safety and welfare of others, and conduct themselves in away that reflects the principles of the Club.
The Club believes that taking part in Paddlesport should be a positive and enjoyable part of children’s/vulnerable adults’ lives and to achieve this the Club has the following aims:
- Club coaches and leaders should follow the Paddle UK Code of Ethics.
- All club coaches, leaders, helpers and officials working with young people should read and adhere to the Paddle UK Safeguarding Children Policy and Paddle UK Safeguarding Adults Policy. The Club will follow the guidance of the policies in the event of any concerns or allegations. The polices are available on the Paddle UK website
- The Club will ensure that anyone who meets the eligibility criteria for a Disclosure check will not be deployed until a satisfactory check has been returned.
- All Club members are made aware of the Club Codes of Conduct.
- The Club will obtain written medical details of young paddlers / adults at risk which will be made known to coaches, where deemed appropriate and/or necessary.
- Any paddler who coaches for the Club should be a member of Paddle UK. The Club will encourage and support helpers to gain qualifications and assist coaches to stay up to date.dated.
- The Club has appointed Emma Heard as its Safeguarding Officer / Jo Dixon as deputy Safeguarding Officer whose role it is to deal with any issues concerning Safeguarding.
Anyone with concerns with respect to the welfare of a club member or participant should contact Emma Heard via email at safeguarding@exetercanoeclub.org.uk 07969 048 512.
If unavailable they can contact the Paddle UK Safeguarding Lead Joy Johnston on 0115 865 5354 or Devon Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub on 0345 155 1071 the NSPCC Child Protection Helpline on 0808 800 5000.
- The Club will adopt and regularly review a Health and Safety Policy.
- The Club will review this Policy annually
Safeguarding training requirements
Club coaches are required to undertaken the relevant courses as recomended by Paddle UK, these can be seen here (Document G21 – Safeguarding training requirements)
Ethics
Paddle UK’s code of Conduct can be found here
Some common Procedures/guidance
There are more procedures on the Paddle UK web site
Bullying at the club.and cyber bullying – P3-Paddle-UK-Anti-Bullying-Policy-September-2023.pdf
Whistle Blowing – P2-Paddle-UK-Safeguarding-Whistleblowing-Policy-January-2023.pdf
Juniors
- Being in changing rooms with juniors- G28-Changing-Room-Guidance-270716-1.pdf
- Juniors are only to be transported by family members or guardians.
- Juniors are the responsibility of their coach/leader until they are handed over to their family member/guardian
- No pictures of juniors are allowed
- P1-Paddle-UK-Safeguarding-Children-Policy-January-2023.pdf
Collection and storage of player profile and medical consent forms –
Use of photography and filming equipment – G6-Guidelines-for-use-of-Photographic-and-Filming-Equipment-Apr21-1.pdf
Disciplining juniors/adults who are considered to be at risk and handling challenging behaviour –G13-Managing-Challenging-Behaviour-270716.pdf
Use of social media –