PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CARERS NETWORK
CONSULTANCY
CONSULTING, DEVELOPING AND SHARING GOOD PRACTICE.
All sports organisations and academies have a duty of care to safeguard all children and young people, including elite athletes being cared for and accommodated in a home-away-from-home. There is also a duty of care to ensure that safeguarding measures are put in place to protect and support adults working with children and young people in sport.
TRAINING
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CARERS TRAINING
A three-hour continuing professional development group training workshop specifically designed for single and multi-occupancy care and accommodation providers (host families)that care for elite athletes in the family home, and for those responsible for delivering day-to-day care and accommodation in an Academy House.
This bespoke group training workshop is often commissioned by the board level member or staff, often the Director of Safeguarding and Inclusion, with overall leadership responsibility of club safeguarding, and/or the Academy Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Each workshop is personalised to ensure compliancy with national and local government policies, procedures and guidelines for care and accommodation, more specifically Professional Sports Carers (PSCs) accommodation elite athletes, hosting and providing a home-day-from-home. The objective being to ensure the statutory guidance and best practice set out by the governing body of each specific sport is adhered to and delivered in a safe and inclusive way.
Our training ensures that this standards are delivered in line with the more personalised and local core values and expectations of each individual professional sports club. Ensuring that safeguarding and athlete welfare are embedded and at the core of day-to-day service delivery.
ONLINE TRAINING
INTRODUCTION TO BEING A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CARER
A 90 minute online training course designed as an introduction to being a Professional Sports Carer (PSC) , and the care and accommodation of elite athletes, potential host parent(s)/families.
This course introduces the role and responsibilities of being a Professional Sports Carer, and responsibilities that come with caring for and hosting elite athletes in the family home on behalf of professional sports organisations. As an example, this course is a good introduction for those wishing to explore the idea of hosting local Academy Players.
Thos who attend will be given a uniques and well informed training experience, with the space to reflect and explore on if they are suited to hosting elite athletes/academy players in their family home.
RECRUITMENT SERVICES
New Supporting Safer Recruitment
PROFESSIONAL SORTS CARERS, HOST FAMILIES & HOUSE PARENTS
We use our in-depth knowledge and experience to support informed decisions and provide expert advice during the recruitment process.
We understand how important it is to ensure the right fit when connecting accommodation providers, host families with both clubs and players. We work diligently with clubs and potential host families to ensure that the connection is right.
- Recruitment
- Initial visits
- Onboarding
Please contact us to discuss how we can support safer recruitment.
SERVICES REVIEWS
MONITORING AND AUDIT SUPPORT
PROACTIVELY PREPARING FOR REVIEWS AND AUDITS
We support sports organisations to be proactive in reviewing their care and accommodation services in preparation for external audits.
It is good practice to commission an independent organisation to support your service review in preparation for our annual safeguarding audits.
Independent service reviews are a valuable contribution to your official annual safeguarding inspection and audits carried out by external agencies.
Please contact us to discuss how we can support your service delivery.
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