Who is the course designed for?

Anyone working with children both in a swimming teaching and coaching environment, including roles such as  club welfare officers and team managers.

All safeguarding courses can be booked via the IoS website 

Courses are also available via Sport Structures 

Course content

Swim England’s Safeguarding CPD is bespoke and reflects the needs of a pool environment. The course will help you to understand:

• What child safeguarding and child protection means
• Key government legislation in relation to safeguarding and protecting children
• Swim England’s safeguarding policies and procedures
• The types, signs and symptoms of child abuse
• How to respond to possible signs of child abuse and take appropriate action if concerns arise.

Swim England has linked up with the NSPCC and is accredited to deliver the Time to Listen module, which is aimed at Club Welfare Officers. The Time to Listen programme provides the opportunity to acquire key knowledge necessary for the role and responsibilities of a CWO, to adopt a child-focused approach to safeguarding and to learn about the action/s which should be taken should any incident occur. You must have completed an approved Safeguarding workshop to attend this course. You must be 18+ to attend.

The Swim England Time to Listen course is run for Welfare Officers at no cost to candidates, however, there is a cost to the region. Unfortunately, we have recently had a number of last minute cancellations or no-shows, and despite having a large reserves list, the lack of notice has meant places could not be filled. Due to this we have implemented a new TTL Booking Policy that outlines how our bookings work, our cancellation policy and our non-attendance policy. 

Swim England has launched the Child Safeguarding Online Basic Awareness course in conjunction with the Institute of Swimming as part of its ongoing commitment to create a safe environment for youngsters. Please note this course is not a substitute of the Swim England Safeguarding course.

It gives athletes, parents, coaches, teachers, volunteers, committee members and technical officials an opportunity to develop their knowledge of safeguarding – and how to respond to any concerns.

The resource also gives young volunteers who are under 18 the chance to develop their awareness of child safeguarding as they start out on their volunteering journey.