Screening Resource/Safe Soccer Centre
What is Safe Soccer?
Creating an healthy, supportive, and respectful sports environment where individuals are free from all forms of harassment and abuse.
How can you help keep kids Safe as a Coach/Parent or Sports Leader?
1. Respect in Sport Certification
An online course where Coaches, Sports Leaders and even parents can help keep kids safe. Respect in Sport was designed to help coaches/sport leaders to help identify and learn how to deal with abuse, neglect, harassment and bullying in sports.
2. Coaching Courses
Available through the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP), and they also offer a course called Make Ethical Decisions (MED). This course can help coaches to identify the implications of difficult situations that present themselves in sports.
3. Screening Policies/ Process
Good and effective way to try and keep kids safe. The screening processes can include, volunteer interviews, reference checks, criminal record checks/ vulnerable sector checks and child abuse registry checks.
4. The Rule of Two is a method that served to protect minors who may be in a potentially vulnerable situation by ensuring that more than one adult is present. Some examples of vulnerable situations include closed door meetings, travel, and training environments.
Leaving the doors open, meeting in public areas, copying parents on emails and text messages. These are just a few examples of the many ways to protect minors.
5. Trust your gut.
Don’t ignore that little voice in your mind telling you something is wrong. Don’t be afraid to ask questions and get help.
Awareness, Prevention & Action
Awareness
The first step toward creating a safer sport environment is equipping all sport communities with the knowledge of acceptable and unacceptable behaviour in sport. When we can recognize, we can react.
True Sport, Anti-Racism in Sport, Commit to Kids, and the Rainbow Resource Centre offer workshops and resources around setting the standard for a positive sport experience, including and welcoming marginalized communities, and steps you can take to support those experiencing maltreatment.
Prevention
Sport organizations have a responsibility and obligation to protect the safety and physical and mental well-being of every individual involved in its community. Sport organizations need to take any situation involving misconduct or maltreatment very seriously.
Action
In Manitoba, it is everyone’s legal obligation to report suspected child abuse. If, in your honest judgment, you believe that a child may not be safe, you are legally required to report it.
Are you or someone you know experiencing abuse, harassment, bullying or hazing in sports?
Need someone to talk to?
Call the safe sport line: 1-833-656-SAFE (7233) OR
Email: help@safesportline.ca
Wish to submit a maltreatment complaint?
Please contact MSA at mbsoccer@manitobasoccer.ca
The Canada Soccer Safe Soccer Roster is a progressive package of programs, policies, and procedures designed to ensure that all organizations that offer soccer programming in Canada create safe, fun, and welcoming experiences for all participants. Please CLICK HERE to learn more.
TrueSport Video
More information on TrueSport
Register to Take the TrueSport Pledge
Resources and Forms
Criminal Record Screening Policy (Current)
Declaration of Cleared CPIC status (Current)
Volunteer Application Form
NCCP/The Locker
Respect in Sport
