Hampshire Youth Football Clubs are reminded that as part of their affiliation process they are required to have in place a fully qualified Club Welfare Officer. The designated volunteer Welfare Officer must have an accepted in-date FA CRB check within the last 3 years of the date of issue of the disclosure. Hampshire FA’s directive is that CRB’s are strongly encouraged to be renewed every 3 years. Once the designated volunteer Club Welfare Officer has their CRB disclosure the next step is to book on a Safeguarding Workshop qualification through Jackie Day the Football Education co-ordinator at Hampshire FA Jackie.Day@HampshireFA.Com The Safeguarding workshop is 3 hours in duration and is tutor led. The final course to undertake is the Welfare Officer Workshop again a 3 hour tutor led course booking are again made through Jackie Day. Once a Club Welfare Officer is fully qualified they will then be in a position to verify CRB Checks for their respective Club Coaches and Managers by contacting the FA CRB unit on 0845 210 8080 Option 1 to register their Club for online checks. Online CRB checks can be processed in 4 – 5 days and are £10 instead of £15.30 for a paperwork version. Paperwork CRB’s are known to sometimes take up to 3 – 4 weeks to process. Full support and guidance for Clubs who are changing over their current Welfare Officer or for newly formed Clubs who need to establish a volunteer for the CWO position can be obtained through the County Welfare Officer Ian Binks by calling 01256 853012 or e mail Ian.Binks@HampshireFA.Com
