What safeguarding training does each role in the club need?

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The FA's safeguarding courses and who needs them: Role Course Notes Club Welfare Officer Welfare Officer Course Mandatory. Two-hour virtual classroom; you're expected to hold an accepted FA DBS check less than three years old. Club Welfare Officer Safeguarding for Committee Members Must be completed before appointment. Secretary, Chair, Treasurer and Welfare Officer Safeguarding for Committee Members Free online course. Clubs with under-18 teams can't affiliate until these roles complete it. Qualified coaches and referees working with under-18 teams Safeguarding Children Course Online, about two hours. The qualification is valid for two years and they are required to keep it current, by redoing the course or taking the Safeguarding Children Re-certification (online, about one hour, also valid two years). Adult monitoring the club website and social media Safeguarding Children Course Recommended in FA Guidance Note 6.1. Young leaders and anyone new to safeguarding Safeguarding For All Online introduction; Welfare Officers are asked to encourage young leaders to take it. Parents and carers Safeguarding Awareness for Parents & Carers Optional online course. The Safeguarding Children Re-certification is free for anyone who did the old Safeguarding Children Workshop and whose qualification expires within six months or has already expired. Completed qualifications appear on the person's FAN account, and Welfare Officers, assistant Welfare Officers and club secretaries can track training and DBS status on The FA's Club Portal.

Role	Course	Notes
Club Welfare Officer	Welfare Officer Course	Mandatory. Two-hour virtual classroom; you're expected to hold an accepted FA DBS check less than three years old.
Club Welfare Officer	Safeguarding for Committee Members	Must be completed before appointment.
Secretary, Chair, Treasurer and Welfare Officer	Safeguarding for Committee Members	Free online course. Clubs with under-18 teams can't affiliate until these roles complete it.
Qualified coaches and referees working with under-18 teams	Safeguarding Children Course	Online, about two hours. The qualification is valid for two years and they are required to keep it current, by redoing the course or taking the Safeguarding Children Re-certification (online, about one hour, also valid two years).
Adult monitoring the club website and social media	Safeguarding Children Course	Recommended in FA Guidance Note 6.1.
Young leaders and anyone new to safeguarding	Safeguarding For All	Online introduction; Welfare Officers are asked to encourage young leaders to take it.