SAFEGUARDING AT LECALE
Lecale wants all its members to feel safe during training and competition and to enjoy their swimming. We all - members, teachers, coaches, committee and parents - have a role to play in ensuring this. This section of the website explains the steps we take, as a club, to ensure a safe environment for all our swimmers.
Swim Ireland Safeguarding Children Policies and Procedures
Lecale operates within the safeguarding policies and procedures of its governing body, Swim Ireland. You can get more information via the link below:
Swim Ireland Safeguarding Children Policies and Procedures
Lecale operates within the safeguarding policies and procedures of its governing body, Swim Ireland. You can get more information via the link below:
All Lecale Coaches, Teachers and Committee Members have approved Safeguarding Children Courses and all are Access NI vetted.
Club Children’s Officer
Swim Ireland requires all clubs to have a Club Children's Officer who must be a member of the Club Committee. The duties of the Club Children’s Officer include the following:
(i) Act in the best interests of young people
(ii) Ensure young people have opportunity to express opinions and views
(iii) Ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are implemented
(iv) Act as advisor for and report concerns of abuse to the appropriate authorities
(Further details are contained in the latest Swim Ireland Safeguarding Policy document)
Swim Ireland requires all clubs to have a Club Children's Officer who must be a member of the Club Committee. The duties of the Club Children’s Officer include the following:
(i) Act in the best interests of young people
(ii) Ensure young people have opportunity to express opinions and views
(iii) Ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are implemented
(iv) Act as advisor for and report concerns of abuse to the appropriate authorities
(Further details are contained in the latest Swim Ireland Safeguarding Policy document)
Anti-bullying Policy
We adhere to the Swim Ireland Anti-Bullying policy which can be accessed via this link: Swim Ireland Anti-bullying Policy Nov 2015 and Swim Ireland Anti-bullying Promise and Policy
Health and Well Being
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A useful guide to mental and emotional wellbeing resources Click here
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For various information on Health and Wellbeing Click Here
A useful guide to mental and emotional wellbeing resources Click here
For Mental Health and Wellbeing Click Here
For various information on Health and Wellbeing Click Here
Contacting the Lecale ASC CCO
Contact can be made by emailing [email protected] or you can speak to Laura Hardy, our Lead Club Children's Officer (LCCO), on the poolside at one of our training sessions.
Contact can be made by emailing [email protected] or you can speak to Laura Hardy, our Lead Club Children's Officer (LCCO), on the poolside at one of our training sessions.
Please note that Club Children’s Officer can seek advice from Swim Ireland's National Children’s Officer. However, it is not the remit of the CCO role to investigate or validate child abuse concerns originating from within or outside the Club and they have no counselling or therapeutic role. These functions are filled by the statutory authorities.
About Childline
You can contact ChildLine about anything - no problem is too big or too small. If you’re feeling worried, scared, stressed or just want to talk to someone you can contact them. They are there to offer information and support whenever you need it.
We understand that it can be difficult to trust someone and tell them about what is happening or how you are feeling.
We want to help you feel confident when you use ChildLine and show what you can expect from us. You might wonder why things at ChildLine are done a certain way.
For more information, click this link About Childline which has a list of some of the most common questions people have asked us about contacting ChildLine.
You can contact ChildLine about anything - no problem is too big or too small. If you’re feeling worried, scared, stressed or just want to talk to someone you can contact them. They are there to offer information and support whenever you need it.
We understand that it can be difficult to trust someone and tell them about what is happening or how you are feeling.
We want to help you feel confident when you use ChildLine and show what you can expect from us. You might wonder why things at ChildLine are done a certain way.
For more information, click this link About Childline which has a list of some of the most common questions people have asked us about contacting ChildLine.