Welfare and Safeguarding
Our club welfare officers
From the 2008-09 season it became mandatory for every youth football club affiliated to The FA to have appointed a fully qualified and Enhanced Disclosure checked Club Welfare Officer (CWO). Clubs which fail to do that will lose their FA affiliation.
At Hampton Rangers our CWO is Hayleigh Cowell. She holds both the children and adults safeguarding qualification and safeguarding for committee members.
You can contact the CWO: Hayleigh Cowell at - Secretary@hamptonrangers.co.uk
As well as having Club Welfare Officers we ensure all our managers, coaches and volunteers hold a valid safeguarding certificate which is updated and renewed regularly
What does a Club/Child Welfare Officer (CWO) do?
al roles:
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Taking the lead in being informed and aware of the league or club’s responsibilities when running football activities for children and young people. This involves:
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Ensuring these responsibilities are well-understood by others
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Developing best-practice processes
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Helping league and club personnel understand what their ‘duty of care’ towards children and young people actually means and entails on a day-to-day basis. For example:
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Ensuring all relevant people complete The FA’s ‘Safeguarding Children’ training programme
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Assisting those with regular contact with children and young people to complete the FA Enhanced Disclosure paperwork
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Where you can go for advice if you have concerns about a child
There are a variety of organisations parents can contact if they have any concerns about a child including their own child You can find out more information about these charities by clicking on the links below.
Middlesex FA also have a dedicated webpage called kidzone which parents, carers and children may find useful.
If you have immediate concerns about a child or feel a child is in danger please call 999 and inform them you have a safeguarding concern
Our policies
Please see link below to our polices. Other policies are available upon request. Please contact secretary@hamptonrangers.co.uk putting the name of the policy you wish to see as the subject