Safeguarding & Welfare

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. All young people have the right to be safe and enjoy their Hockey

England Hockey's SafeGuard has been created to provide role-specific safeguarding information for all involved in hockey activity dependent on their role. 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.

Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club (TBBHC) adopts England Hockey’s Safeguard Policy, Spirit of Hockey Policy ( formerly Respect)and works in accordance with the policy contained in these documents.

To go to England Hockey's Safeguard page please click below:

In providing hockey coaching for children and young people under 18 years of age, TBBHC recognises its responsibility to have a nominated Club Welfare Officer.

Hattie Haynes is registered with England Hockey as the Club Welfare Officer and is the first point of contact for coaches, managers, players, volunteers, parents and U18s should there be any concerns about child welfare, poor practice or child abuse.

All those who regularly work with U18s within the Club will have to hold a current DBS for the Club through England Hockey. This is done through our Welfare Officer.

For more information on England Hockey’s guidance on DBS checks please click on the link below:

In addition all those working with U18s will have to hold the apporpriate safeguarding training in line with England Hockey's guidance for their role within the club. This will have to be renewed every 3 years.

Juniors aged 13 years and above can be selected to play in Senior Teams. As such they will share changing facilities with adult team members at home and away fixtures. If a parent/guardian of an under 18 player does not wish their child to change with the adult players in the team then their parent/guardian must inform the Senior Team Manager. The under 18 must then be given the opportunity to change separately to the adult members of the team. By authorising juniors to play in adult teams, parents and/or guardians are agreeing to the Changing Room Policy. The safe enforcement of the Changing Room Policy will require good and continued communication between the parents/guardians, the Senior Team Manager and the under 18 player.

All parties should be mindful that what is appropriate for a 17 year old, may not be appropriate for a 13 year old.

If any junior, Senior Team Manager or parent/guardian has any concerns please do not hesitate to contact the Child Welfare Officer,

Child Safety

With around 310 Junior members, TBBHC takes the care and wellbeing of young people extremely seriously and complies with the England Hockey Safeguarding ‘Safeguard’ policies. All Managers and Coaches for Junior teams are DBS checked, as well as all Managers and Coaches in Senior teams as many Senior teams have junior (13 years plus) players.

Photographs and Video

When you apply for your child to be registered to the Club, you have an option to not have your child’s photos published on the Club website outside the Members only section. This is mainly to prevent people using the website to trace children inappropriately. Please make sure you let us know if you dont want picture of your children published outside the members only section. Please also let us know if you do not wish videos or photographys to be published on the Club’s Soclal Media sites – Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.

Supervision

As parents, you are responsible for getting your children safely to and from the hockey pitches for training and matches, whether at home or away. You should also ensure that your children have been to the toilet before they come to training so that they do not have to leave the pitches during training. It is your responsbility as a parent to ensure that your child is supervised at any time whilst not on the playing surface.

Any potential concerns about bullying or harassment should be raised to the Team Manager or Lead Coach and, if not resolved at the time, should be referred to the Club’s Welfare Officer without delay.

Any questions on Safeguarding or on any aspects of your child’s Welfare can be addressed to the Club Welfare Officer.