Child Protection Policy Statement

We believe that Good Prac­tice at the club is as follows:

1. The wel­fare of chil­dren is everyone’s respon­si­bil­ity, par­tic­u­larly when it comes to pro­tect­ing chil­dren from abuse.  Every­one in swim­ming can help.  Swim­ming pro­vides and excel­lent oppor­tu­nity for chil­dren to learn new skills, become more con­fi­dent and max­imise their poten­tial.  The club will place the needs of the child first and win­ning and com­pe­ti­tion second.

2. The under­ly­ing prin­ci­ples with respect to Child Pro­tec­tion are that:
• The child’s wel­fare is the first consideration.
• All chil­dren, regard­less of age, any dis­abil­ity they have, gen­der, racial ori­gin, reli­gious belief and sex­ual iden­tity have a right to be pro­tected from abuse.
• Chil­dren and young peo­ple must be treated with integrity and respect.
• Chil­dren and young peo­ple pro­grammes and com­pe­ti­tions will be rel­e­vant to their ages and stages of development.

3. We are com­mit­ted to broadly fol­low­ing child pro­tec­tion guide­lines as cur­rently set by Scot­tish Swim­ming and have applied to be accred­ited to the Good to Go Scheme.

4. The club:
• Aims to cre­ate an enjoy­able envi­ron­ment, where young peo­ple have the right to be safe, secure and free from threat.
• Acknowl­edges that young peo­ple have the right to be treated with respect and for their con­cerns to be lis­tened to and acted upon.
• Is com­mit­ted to ensur­ing that all helpers, what­ever their role, com­plete a Club Reg­is­tra­tion Form, sign a Code of Con­duct, and a Coaches Code of Con­duct, where applic­a­ble, and com­plete a Self-Declaration Form in rela­tion to Child Pro­tec­tion. Reg­u­lar helpers will also be sub­ject to an Enhanced Dis­clo­sure Check (PVG).
• Pro­vides clear, com­pre­hen­sive, eas­ily under­stood pro­ce­dures for deal­ing with:
•  i.     Alle­ga­tions of abuse;
•  ii.     Requests for help and sup­port on a con­fi­den­tial basis.
• Is com­mit­ted to an equi­table recruit­ment selec­tion pol­icy for coaches.
• Will always empha­sise fair play.

5. The Child Pro­tec­tion Pol­icy Pro­ce­dures doc­u­ment out­lines the full pro­ce­dures adopted by Dun­bar Ama­teur Swim­ming Club.

6.  Our Child Pro­tec­tion Offi­cer is:  Elaine Alsop

Full poli­cies and pro­ce­dures can be found at the front desk, or please con­tact Elaine.