exam - safeguarding Flashcards
define child protection
post-management approach, when there is a child at risk you take action to practice them as a response to the issue
define safeguarding
proactive and preventative approach to protect participants from any kind of abuse or harm in advance
what are the four types of abuse? (mountjoy 2016)
- physical
- psychological/emotional
- sexual
- neglect
give a definition and examples of physical abuse
- non-accidental trauma or physical injury caused by punching, beating, kicking, biting, burning or harming athlete
- e.g., inappropriate training loads, forces training in pain/injury, additional training as a punishment
give a definition and examples of psychological/emotional abuse
- pattern of deliberate, prolonged and repeated non-contact behaviours with power differentiated relationship
- e..g, belittling, humiliating, shouting, scapegoating, reject, threatening behaviours, denied attention/support
give a definition and examples of sexual abuse
- contact or non-contact where consent is manipulated or not given
- e.g., exhibitionism involving child in sexually explicit convos, pornographic photos, touching, masturbation and penetrative acts
give a definition and examples of neglect
- failure of parents/coaches to meets persons physical and emotional needs
- failure to protect from exposure to danger
- e.g., overlooks consequences of exposure to extreme heat/insufficient hydration, no prevention of overtraining, deny access to medical care, unsafe equipment, rules and environments
define bullying and give examples
- unwanted, repeated, intentional, aggressive behaviour among peers usually
- can involve real or perceived power imbalance
- insults, taunting, physical, humiliation, social exclusion, rumours
define hazing and give examples
- initiation rituals
- normative requirement of acceptance into club or team and part of rite of passage handed down semi covertly
- team initiations start of season
- extreme insults, endurance, forced alcohol consumption, humiliation rituals, illegal sexually explicit or aqbusive behaviours
hartill et all 2021
- more abuse in outside sports
- males experienced more abuse in all types of abuse inside sport
- higher levelled sports experience more abuse
- peers you know are the most common perpetrator
what are the 3 lenses to understand abuse issues?
- individual/relational - power imbalance (bad apples)
- socio-cultural - hypermasculinity, over-conformity
- institutional - (insulated training camps)
(bad orchards)
- all lenses must be considered as abuse is complex
what is the socio-cultural approach
- norms and values within sub-culture
win at all costs = judging athletes according to competitive success or international success
what is the institutional approach
- totalising nature of sports settings
- elite sporting structure
total institution - UK football academies - Parker and Hanley 2017
- South Korea high-performance sport pathway - Kim et al 2020
what are the 4 features of the institutionalised sporting settings
- secluded places - eat, sleep, train in one place, communal living like camps
- tight schedules - deprived of opportunities involving non-sporting activities
- hierarchy - power imbalance between coaches and athletes as well as senior to junior to younger
- rules and punishment - strict in house rules, harsh punishment
e.g., USE gymnastics female national training centre (KIN 2021)
what are the 8 safeguarding in the international safeguarding framework
- developing policy
- procedures for responding to safeguarding concerns
- advice and support
- minimising risks to children
- guidelines for behaviour
- recruiting, training and communicating
- working with partners
- monitoring and evaluating