Reporting Concerns
All suspicions, concerns and allegations will be taken seriously. We will follow the 3Rs with every concern: Responding appropriately, Recording confidentiality and Reporting where necessary, ensuring that concerns are dealt with in a fair and prompt manner.
Safeguarding concerns must be passed on in a timely manner – both within the organisation and to external agencies when appropriate – so that action can be taken to address and manage them. It is important to follow the below recording and reporting procedures.
Write down what happened as soon as possible
Be as accurate as you can about what you have seen, heard and or been told
Use calm and neutral language
Contact the County Safeguarding Officer or Cricket Regulator Safeguarding team
Be mindful of personal opinions or feelings – be clear about these if including them in the report
Low-level concerns
Low-level concerns, sometimes called poor practice, are small rule breaks that breach our code of conduct or behaviour that falls below what is required by Worcestershire Cricket Foundation and the ECB.
Worcestershire Cricket Foundation encourages clubs to challenge all concerns, including those thought of as low-level, to discourages any further rule breaking or escalating poor behaviour from taking place. When lower-level concerns are left unchallenged it creates the environment for more serious rule breaks and even abuse to occur.
Your County Safeguarding Officer– sometimes with the Cricket Regulator Safeguarding case management team’s support– may decide that a concern constitutes a low-level concern and is on hand to support clubs to manage these concerns.
Low-level concerns may require investigation or subsequent management at a local level through the County or Club safeguarding officer. Persistent poor practice, or investigations that reveal serious concerns will be referred to the Cricket Regulator Safeguarding team who will make a decision about further action. This will usually include consultation with – or referral to – statutory agencies.
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