{"id":476,"date":"2016-05-15T12:10:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T12:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recreation.wellow.org\/?page_id=476"},"modified":"2016-05-15T12:45:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T12:45:43","slug":"child-protection-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/recreation.wellow.org\/index.php\/child-protection-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Protection Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a registered charity that hosts sporting\/leisure activity that involves people under the age of 18, Wellow Recreation is required by law to have a child protection policy.<\/p>\n<p>Our aims with all this are to follow the law, ensure children are safe and have a fun time, whilst at the same time minimising the amount of paperwork and process we have to put in place.<\/p>\n<p>The main points for parents to be aware of are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If under 18s are to join in an organised coaching or sporting session, a short form has to be completed that provides emergency contact details and any medical or similar information that the session leader might need to know. This is a one-off form &#8211; not something you have to do every time!<\/li>\n<li>When Wellow Recreation volunteers are leading a coaching or sports session for under 18s, whilst all care will be taken, and volunteers will be DBS checked, final responsibility for the welfare of the child\/young person rests with the parent\/guardian &#8211; whether they choose to stay and watch or not<\/li>\n<li>Where a session is taken by an external paid member of staff, then that paid person\u00a0is responsible for the child\/young person&#8217;s welfare. (They will also be DBS cleared).<\/li>\n<li>There is a process to raise any concerns with the Trustees that any parent or child\/young person may have.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are three short documents, which we ask all parents of young people in the village to take a look at and all people volunteering to run sessions for children and young people to read and follow.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/recreation.wellow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Wellow-Recreation-child-protection-policy.pdf\" rel=\"\">Wellow Recreation child protection policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/recreation.wellow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Safeguarding-guide-for-volunteers.pdf\" rel=\"\">Safeguarding guide for volunteers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/recreation.wellow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Under-18-player-profile-form.doc\" rel=\"\">Under 18 player profile form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any questions, please ask any of the Trustees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a registered charity that hosts sporting\/leisure activity that involves people under the age of 18, Wellow Recreation is required by law to have a child protection policy. Our aims with all this are to follow the law, ensure children&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-476","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recreation.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recreation.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recreation.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recreation.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recreation.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/recreation.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489,"href":"https:\/\/recreation.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476\/revisions\/489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recreation.wellow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}