Safe Hands - Club Compliance Rules

When logging into your Club as administrator you will be presented with some messages regarding your clubs’ compliance – as shown below:

RED warning status – these are MUST rules that your club must have in place to meet compliance.

Note, all invited officials must have registered, accepted ALL roles and have DBS and/or Safe Hands Qualifications for your club to meet compliance - CLICK HERE for more info.

BLUE status – this gives you the OVERALL status for your Club regarding full compliance to Safe Hands:

In progress - outstanding actions are required to meet compliance

Complete - Club information is complete, and all officials meet requirements

The rules that affect compliance are as follows:

RED HARD RULES

• You must have a Club Chair appointed.
• You must have at least one Club Safeguarding Officer appointed.
• You must have at least one Coach appointed.
• You must have at least one All Stars Activator appointed if you run the All Stars programme.
• You must have as many Open Age Captains as you do senior teams.
• You must be compliant for all required roles
• You must enter any Adult Teams

BLUE SOFT RULES

• You must have at least one Coach for every 24 junior participants.
• You must have at least one Age Group Manager per Junior Team.
• You must have more than 1 unique official.

Actions to take for Non-Compliance:

1. No DBS or No Safe Hands Qualification (Club Safeguarding Officers only) - CLICK HERE

Below is a breakdown of each section - the possible status - and what that means:

Green Tick - The official meets the role requirements for their accepted role.

Red Exclamation - The official does not meet the role requirements for their accepted role.

Amber Alert - The relevant DBS (is due to expire in 15days) or Qualification is due to expire(within 90 days).

Role Status:

• Pending - awaiting official registering and accepting their role
• Incomplete - 1 or more requirements are incomplete/missing
• Competent - Individual meets all role requirements

Invitation Status:

• Invited - Official is yet to accept their invite
• Accepted - Official has registered and accepted their role
• Rejected - Official has rejected their role

DBS Status:

• N/A - Not required for role
• Not Present - No valid DBS has been found for official
• Not Present 01/01/1900 - ECB DBS is likely in progress.
• Valid - Valid DBS found for official

Qualification Info:

• N/A - Not required for role
• Not present - No valid qualification found for official
• Valid - Valid Qualification found for Official

IMPORTANT:

1. No information will be displayed until the official has registered and accepted their role.
2. Please allow at least 48 hours from your official registering/accepting their role for the system to match their information against our DBS & Qualifications database.
3. Please ensure your official has completed their profile correctly e.g. Full Legal Name, Date of Birth, Email & Postal Address.