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Visit www.tmgcrb.co.uk/ecb to read all about the new CRB administrative procedures with a new Company now looking after it all for ECB. Download here the following 4 documents |
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ASSISTANT CHILD WELFARE OFFICERS ROLES - Enquries from Leagues and Clubs, queries, advice on Child Welfare procedures and CRBs. BRIAN FARRELL (0113-282-3944) will deal with North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and Leeds JACK CARSON will also deal with the distribution of CRB forms RAY KNOWLES will continue to deal with individual cases and he and |
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Clubs and Leagues must be aware that appointing a Coach, Umpire or Scorer without vetting that individual's suitability may, jeopardise insurance cover. It would also significantly increase civil and/or criminal liability should a child welfare incident occur or if it transpires that the individual is banned by (or from) working with young people. All Clubs, Leagues and Boards in the process of negotiating contracts with overseas personnel for next year must stipulate that a criminal check equivalent to a CRB check or 'Certificate of Good Conduct` is obtained from either the High Commission or Police Authority in the individual's country of origin. The UK has reciprocal CRB arrangements with most Commonwealth countries and an equivalent check is preferable to a Certificate of good Conduct The clearance information must be submitted to the ECB along with an 'Overseas Coach Clearance form` which is attached. A copy of this can also be downloaded from PlayCricket.com or from www.ecb.co.uk. Please note that the guidance on the completion of the Overseas Coach Clearance Form 'strongly recommends that the Coach attends the Good Practice and Child Protection and First Aid Appointed Person courses. |
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Any, Club, League or County Board that appoints a person (paid or unpaid) in the roles set out in this letter must be prepared to take direct responsibility if they fail to carry out the necessary CRB recruitment procedures |
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To download all the ECB Child Welfare Policy documents on this page, you will need Adobe Acrobat reader Click here to install the programme free of charge or click on the logo above. |
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You may download as below the whole policy section by section Sections 1 and 2 and Front Cover |
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The following items from Section 3 are available as Word Documents by contacting Howard Clayton Safeguarding Policy Statement |
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ALL CHILD WELFARE DOCUMENTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE BELOW Please note that these documents in PDF format cannot be edited as such but you can print them off and add your own Club`s logo/badge to a copy before you run off the numbers you need to personalize these forms to your Club or organisation. Private Vehicle Registration Form YCB CW Self Declaration Form and Self Declaration Form Procedures Child Welfare Photographs and Recorded Images YCB Child Welfare Junior Membership and Registration Form Also now available the following document The Authorised Signatory Check List If you complete Section X for an applicant, you must now also complete the Authorsied Signatories Check List and then return it to Nottingham, along with the completed CRB Application Form. To obtain any and all documents concerning CRB, contact Nottingham in the first instance or the YCB Assistant Child Welfare Officer, Jack Carson The address of TMG in Nottingham is - 1 Wilford Business Park Nottingham NG11 7EP |
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Implementation of ECB Child Welfare Policy (ECB CWP) The new ECB Child Welfare Policy “Safe Hands” has been written in consultation with the NSPCC and is there to protect young people, vulnerable adults and all the people working within local cricket clubs who deliver a fantastic service to the community on a voluntary basis. The ECB CWP together with Club Mark and the ECB Good Practice Child Protection Workshop now form the foundation for junior cricket within England and Wales. APPOINTMENT OF CLUB WELFARE OFFICER Firstly, the ECB Child Welfare Policy (launched Oct 2003) will be phased in slowly. There is only one deadlines imposed. Each club has been asked to identify one person in the club to be a contact for Child Welfare.This person should be appointed by the start of the cricket season This person can be a coach, manager, a club official, a parent or anyone else who might have suitable experience. This person obviously needs information and training and this will be delivered over two workshops entitled “Good Practice Child Protection” (scUK) and Club Lead Officer “Time to Listen” (NSPCC). The “Club Welfare Officer” will then be equipped to deal with any matters should they arise. Yorkshire have over 900 affiliated cricket clubs, so as you can imagine this is a mammoth task, therefore the courses mentioned are currently being organised through the various leagues and associations and will be phased in steadily. Leagues may appoint their own Child Welfare Officers for the League representative teams (or nominate a club officer to avoid duplication). The League Officer plays no role in the referral system where referrals must go direct to the trained County Welfare Officer. League Officers may be responsible for collating the contacts of all Club CWOs) CHILD WELFARE FORMS The pack, which is also available on the YCB Website, provides documentation, which clubs will need to bring into their processes to embrace the ECB CWP. The enclosed forms are aimed at helping the clubs to meet the needs of the Policy. This may seem a lot, but rest assured that this is the slimmed down version and can easily be managed by clubs. Most of the forms have been taken from the ECB CWP, some of which have been combined, which parents/guardians/carers are asked to sign. It is suggested that the originals of the forms are kept in hard copy or on disc by the CWO. Forms are Many clubs will already use versions of these forms and do not necessarily need to use the new ones, however clubs that choose to do this must ensure that all the requirements are met. It is recommended that you use the new ones. The forms can be altered, but should not have the detail changed. The Junior Membership forms and consent forms can be best described as a “Parents Pack” and forms the basis of the various parental consents (which are needed), statistical information re. ethnic and disability issues, medial details and also gives information on the club’s commitment to Child Protection. It is suggested that the originals of the forms are kept in hard copy or on disc by the Club Welfare Officer. The forms can be downloaded from the YCB Website. CRB CHECKS Anyone who is an umpire, a coach or manager of junior a team, qualified or unqualified, and has direct contact with children needs to complete a CRB Check Form. This procedure has already commenced and will be phased in steadily. The ECB are receiving a significant number of CRB Forms every week, so we are encouraging people to complete them now. The forms are very easy to complete and are free for any volunteers. This particular CRB Check is enhanced and will stand for three years. The ECB/YCB are encouraging all other people who may not have direct contact with children on a regular basis, to complete a simple Part Self-disclosure form, which will be retained by the Club Welfare Officer. The CRB check forms are available from Andrew Watson. However, a few leagues have requested quantities of CRB forms so that they can distribute locally to their member clubs. Therefore, please check with your League Committee to see if the CRB forms are available locally in the first instance. OVERSEAS COACHES Clubs who have overseas coaches must ensure that the coach obtains an International CRB Check, if they have not been resident in the UK for 5 years. International CRB Checks are available from: Clubs using overseas coaches from countries not offering International CRB Checks do so at their own risk, but would be encouraged to pursue “Best Practice”. Detailed advice on Work Permits for Overseas Cricketers and Clearance Checking for Coaches from Overseas is on the YCB website and the ECB’s play-cricket.com. |
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Manager, Cricket Development and Coach Education and the contact for all affiliated Clubs for any matters pertaining to Child Welfare Andrew Watson, 8 Swinston Hill Road, Dinnington, Sheffield S25-2SA,Tel: 01909-565029, |
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