Child protection in sport training

An online course for safeguarding children and young people in sport

Do you work or volunteer in sport and want to better understand your role and responsibilities in protecting the children and young people you come into contact with?

As the UK’s experts on safeguarding, the NSPCC’s Child protection in sport elearning course will help you to gain an understanding of your role in protecting children from abuse or harm and what to do when concerns arise.

What will I learn?

This introductory course includes four modules with each module taking around 30-45 minutes to complete, followed by a set of questions. You’ll be given a full explanation of the correct and incorrect answers to help you develop your understanding and confidence.

By the end of the course you’ll be able to:

identify what is meant by child abuse and safeguarding
identify the relevant legislation and guidance that provides the framework for safeguarding and protecting young people
describe the types, signs and indicators of abuse and neglect
understand how to respond to concerns about the safety and welfare of children and know who to report to
understand the principles of good recording practice.

Benefits of the course

CPD certified.
Up-to-date and in line with the key legislation and guidance in all four UK nations.
Complete at your own pace and in your own time.
Train anytime, anywhere and take the course as many times as you like within one year.
Income generated from the sale of our training courses is reinvested back into the NSPCC to help protect children.
Personalised downloadable certificate of achievement.
Purchasing licences on behalf of your team? Easily download reports to show who has completed the course.
Includes film interviews with experts and practitioners in the field, interactive quizzes, film scenarios and reflective tasks to help you develop your understanding and confidence.
Once you’ve taken the course, it doesn’t stop there. We have a range of further information, training and downloadable resources to help you protect the children you work with.

99%

of our customers would recommend NSPCC training

* We received 29,902 evaluation forms from people who had taken our elearning and face-to-face/virtual live training courses between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020. 29,503 (99%) said they would recommend the course they had taken.

Who is this course for?

Everyone who works with children or has regular contact with children has a responsibility for keeping them safe.

So whether you work or volunteer in sport as an individual or as part of a club or organisation, are a community sport development officer, a community leisure officer or work in children’s tourism or leisure, this Child protection in sport online course will help you to gain an understanding of your role in protecting children.

For those who have regular contact with children such as sports coaches this can provide a useful precursor for more advanced face-to-face safeguarding training that is appropriate, and in some cases mandatory, for your role.

Why take your training with the NSPCC?

At the NSPCC, we work to keep children and young people safe from abuse and neglect every day.

As the UK's experts on safeguarding and child protection, we understand the issues organisations and people working with children can face. That’s why professionals trust us to provide the support, training and resources they need to help protect the children and young people they work with.

Our highly-rated training courses are developed by experts. We work with a number of organisations, experienced consultants and subject matter experts in a range of sectors to develop courses that are clear, easy-to-use, up-to-date and in line with the latest statutory guidance, and tailored to your needs.

And as a charity, income generated from the sale of our training courses is reinvested back into the NSPCC to help protect children.

Technical requirements

Our online courses will work in most browsers, though we recommend that you use Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Safari (not Firefox). You will need to make sure your browser is up to date for the course to run.

This course can be taken on PCs and Macs, as well as iPads or other tablet devices. Please note, we are unable to provide full technical support for tablet users. We do not support other mobile devices.

Having trouble with the course?

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clearing your cache
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turning off private browsing
permitting access to videos on Vimeo
setting the following web domain to ‘trusted’: https://mylearning.nspcc.org.uk

Call us on 0116 234 7246 or email learning@nspcc.org.uk if you have any questions.