Welfare Officer – Job Description

Club Policies & Role Descriptions

ROLE TITLE: Welfare Officer

RESPONSIBLE TO: The Club Committee & The ECB

SKILLS REQUIRED:

  • Experience in safeguarding and child protection either at work or other volunteering e.g. teacher, social worker, police officer, charity organiser, etc
  • Excellent communication skills, including the ability to advocate the benefits of safeguarding
  • Good administration skills and be ability to collate and administrate paperwork and information received in a confidential manner
  • Empathy with children and vulnerable adults
  • Approachable with a friendly manner
  • Confidentiality & tact
  • Good listener
  • Prepared to pass on concerns to professional agencies when necessary

ROLE PURPOSE:

  1. To promote good practice and implement safeguarding practices in the club. To act as the club’s point of contact for any child protection/welfare issues.

MAIN DUTIES – JOINT RESPONSIBILITY:

Support / Training Received:  The ECB requires Club Welfare Officers to attend the following training to support and equip them for the role:

  1. A ‘Safeguarding and Protecting Children’ (SPC) Workshop every three years.
  2. A ‘Time to Listen’ (TtL) workshop every 3 years – this is cricket-specific. Further details of these courses can be found at www.ecb.co.uk
  3. To promote and implement the club’s Safeguarding Children Policy.
  4. To act as a source of advice on current best practices and provide support to the Club Management Committee and members of the Club on safeguarding issues and procedures.
  5. To attend Club Management Committee meetings as a member of the club management committee by right of role and to ensure that safeguarding is a mandatory standing item on the committee agenda.
  6. To advise the Management committee in establishing which roles within the club require the post holder to undertake the ECB CRB Vetting process and ensure that such CRB applications are completed. You do not need a number or a copy of the CRB form. Once the club member has informed you that the process is complete you check the validation and issue date with Hampshire Cricket Board or TMG ECB LTD.
  7. To maintain the ECB Clubmark Vetting Checks Tracking Table.
  8. To maintain accurate records and to keep all documentation securely.
  9. To ensure matters of a possible child protection nature are reported/referred appropriately to the ECB and/or statutory authorities in a timely fashion, and in accordance with the ECB procedures.
  10. To ensure that the child protection procedures are understood and adhered to by all members.

 

Policy reviewed and updated by Bramshaw Committee Tuesday 5th February 2019

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