Child Protection Policy

Saltcoats Victoria aims to put the welfare of our players first in every circumstance, a responsibility that we take very seriously. To enable us to do this, we follow a very strict child wellbeing policy, which can be found below.

CHILDREN’S RIGHTS POLICY STATEMENT

CHILD WELLBEING AND PROTECTION

Saltcoats Victoria is fully committed to embedding a rights-based approach in Scottish football. We recognise and work within the general principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) for the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, participation, as well as survival and development.

For the purposes of this policy, a child is recognised as someone under the age of 18 years. This policy applies to all children regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion, socio-economic status, or family circumstance.

Saltcoats Victoria will:

• Respect the rights of children as paramount.
• Provide opportunities for every child interested to play football to gain a positive experience.
• Include and involve children in decision-making, providing opportunities for children to be heard.
• Promote and implement policies and procedures to safeguard the wellbeing of children and protect them from abuse, ensuring they know what to do and who they can speak to if they need help.
• Promote and implement policies and guidelines to prevent and respond to bullying, ensuring they know what to do and who they can speak to if they need help.
• Require members of staff, volunteers, and committee members to adopt and abide by this policy.
• Train, support, and supervise its members of staff, volunteers, and committee members to adopt best practices in embedding children’s rights in Scottish football and promoting, protecting, and respecting these rights for children.
• Respond to any concerns raised where a child’s rights are being denied in Scottish football.
• Regularly monitor and evaluate the implementation of this policy, these procedures, and associated safeguards in developing our child-rights-based approach and include children’s views in this process.