Safeguarding Training

Club Safeguarding Officers

Club Safeguarding Officers are vital members of the club and are key to making an environment safe, welcoming, and friendly for everyone to enjoy the game of cricket.

Club Safeguarding Officers need to complete the following training, in addition to completing an ECB DBS check:

Safeguarding Level 2
Safe Hands work shop (face to face and run by HCB) and also known as Safeguarding Level 3

These courses should be updated every 3 years.

Club Safeguarding Officers must be over 18 years of age and hold a current ECB issued DBS Certificate.

Introduction to Safeguarding

This free course is available for everyone involved in cricket. Safeguarding is everybody's responsibility, whatever your role is in cricket, and everyone should understand the importance of keeping children, young people and adults safe.

The training provides basic knowledge and advice in creating a safe cricket environment for everyone, recognising signs of abuse, what to do if you have any concerns or if you are approached by anyone with concerns that they may have.

The training takes 30 minutes and is accessible on a laptop, tablet, or mobile phone.

Introduction to Safeguarding Course

Safeguarding Level 2

Safeguarding Level 2 is the new course from the Cricket Regulator Safeguarding Team on behalf of the ECB, which has replaced Safeguarding for Specialist Roles (SSR).

Robust safeguarding helps to keep our cricket community safe and welcoming. This course will provide the learner with what to look out for and how to respond to concerns.

The Audience:

Coaches or Activators
Officials
Captains/Vice-Captains
Team Managers, Junior Supervisors, Volunteer Coordinators
Chairs and Committee Members
Club and League Safeguarding Officers

The Aims and Objectives of the course:

Create a safe and inclusive cricket environment
Describe what a safeguarding concern is
Respond appropriately to concerns
Describe how to report and record safeguarding concerns

This training should take around 1 hour to complete. The certification is valid for 3 years. To book this course please click on the link below.

Please note if you have an active accreditation on a version of SSR courses you do not need to complete this course until your re-accreditation window opens and the course is available in the Active Learning section on your dashboard as your original accreditation data will be retained. To check accreditations, you can find this in the learning history section on your dashboard.

Safeguarding Level 2