Children and young people have the right to safe and supportive experiences and environments in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Enjoying sport and recreation activities makes children and young people happier and healthier and allows them to thrive.
Safeguarding and protecting children and young people is everyone’s responsibility. Clubs, organisations, whānau, communities and individuals can work together to keep children and young people free from harm and abuse.
About the course
This new course is designed to support you keep children and young people in sports and recreation safe. It covers child safeguarding practices, how to identity and respond to abuse and harm, and how to keep children and young people, and yourself, safe in different situations.
It’s for anyone involved in the sport and recreation sector who provides activities for or has a role in interacting with children and young people.
The full course is made up of four modules that you complete at your own pace. You may choose to explore and complete individual modules or do all four modules to meet the full requirements of the course.
Child safeguarding (duration 30 minutes)
Child protection (duration 45 minutes)
Travelling with children and young people (duration 30 minutes)
Creating safer experiences and environments (duration 30 minutes)
What you’ll learn
At the completion of the full course, you will be able to:
contribute to building a child safeguarding culture
identify the signs of abuse and harm, including abusive and harmful behaviours
take action if you are concerned that a child or young person is being harmed, abused, or is at risk
provide safer experiences and environments for children and young people
keep yourself and other adults safe when working with and around children and young people.
Children and young people have the right to safe and supportive experiences and environments in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Enjoying sport and recreation activities makes children and young people happier and healthier and allows them to thrive.
Safeguarding and protecting children and young people is everyone’s responsibility. Clubs, organisations, whānau, communities and individuals can work together to keep children and young people free from harm and abuse.
About the course
This new course is designed to support you keep children and young people in sports and recreation safe. It covers child safeguarding practices, how to identity and respond to abuse and harm, and how to keep children and young people, and yourself, safe in different situations.
It’s for anyone involved in the sport and recreation sector who provides activities for or has a role in interacting with children and young people.
The full course is made up of four modules that you complete at your own pace. You may choose to explore and complete individual modules or do all four modules to meet the full requirements of the course.
Child safeguarding (duration 30 minutes)
Child protection (duration 45 minutes)
Travelling with children and young people (duration 30 minutes)
Creating safer experiences and environments (duration 30 minutes)
What you’ll learn
At the completion of the full course, you will be able to:
contribute to building a child safeguarding culture
identify the signs of abuse and harm, including abusive and harmful behaviours
take action if you are concerned that a child or young person is being harmed, abused, or is at risk
provide safer experiences and environments for children and young people
keep yourself and other adults safe when working with and around children and young people.
