Safeguarding
Guildford Hockey Club follow England Hockey guidelines and policies regarding Duty of Care in Hockey:
All young people have the right to be safe and enjoy their hockey. We all have a duty to safeguard and protect young people from harm. All hockey clubs/organisations must have policies and procedures in place to create a safe environment.
SafeGuard has been created by England Hockey to provide role-specific safeguarding information for all involved in hockey activity.
For more information, see these links:
SafeGuard has been created by England Hockey to provide role-specific safeguarding information for all involved in hockey activity.
For more information, see these links:
Safeguarding reporting
Our Club Safeguarding Officers are: Suzanne Wood.
If you think you have witnessed or experienced a Safeguarding issue, please get in touch with one of our Club Safeguarding Officers via the form below.
If you think you have witnessed or experienced a Safeguarding issue, please get in touch with one of our Club Safeguarding Officers via the form below.
Safeguarding best practice
Download England Hockey, Safeguarding Best Practice, Policy and Procedure below
Download Safeguarding Best Practice
Download Safeguarding Best Practice
Always
- Stay calm
- Reassure the person reporting their concerns that they have done the right thing in telling you
- Keep an open mind
- Listen carefully to what is said and take them seriously
- Find an appropriate early opportunity to explain that it is likely that the information will need to be shared with the Club Safeguarding Officer (do not promise to keep secrets)
- Ask questions for clarification only, and at all times avoid asking questions that suggest a particular answer. To help you to do this, try to ask questions starting with what, how, where, when, who
- Tell them what you will do next and with whom the information will be shared
- Report the incident to the your Club Safeguarding Officer or England Hockey Lead Child Safeguarding Officer
- Record in writing what was said using the young person's own words as soon as possible, using the England Hockey Safeguarding referral form
Never
- Panic
- Make promises you cannot keep
- Make a young person repeat the information unnecessarily
- Delay in reporting to your Safeguarding Officer
- Make assumptions
- Approach the alleged abuser
- Take sole responsibility
Taking appropriate action is never easy. The discovery that a member of a club or colleague may be acting inappropriately, bullying or abusing someone will raise concerns and emotional feelings both for the person receiving the concern, and amongst other colleagues.
