This thresholds guidance should be documented as part of your safeguarding procedures. It should be shared and understood by all staff and volunteers at all levels of your sport. It will enable all concerns to be dealt with appropriately.
It can be helpful to think of all safeguarding concerns as existing on a scale. At one end of this scale are what are sometimes referred to as lower-level concerns – this is when small rules are broken. This does not mean the impact is small or that they do not matter.
At the opposite end of the scale is persistent poor practice or serious breaches of the code of conduct, and abuse.
A situation may initially sit at one point on the scale of concern but can move when further investigation or action is taken, or additional information is received.
Author: NSPCC Sport (formerly CPSU)
Published: 2021
Further resources
- Case management tool – our case management tool looks at each element of an effective case management process to help organisations with their own process
- Case management group – example terms of reference