CIMSPA welcomes Youth Sport Trust as an Education Partner
We are delighted to announce that Youth Sport Trust (YST) have joined CIMSPA as an Education Partner, having aligned their Child Safeguarding e-learning provision with the sector’s professional standards and therefore gaining endorsement.
YST is the UK’s leading charity for improving the education and development of young people through play and sport. Their vision is a future where every child enjoys these life changing benefits.
Their endorsed Child Safeguarding e-learning, which all of their staff and volunteers must complete, underpins all the great work they do with children and young people around the country. YST developed their course through a working group of eight employers to ensure it caters for employer needs.
Ali Oliver, CEO of YST said:
“Safeguarding the welfare and wellbeing of children and young people in our care is everyone’s responsibility and is at the heart of all the work we do and in all the decisions we take.
“Previous generic safeguarding training we have used has been good, but has only gone so far. We wanted to bring together all elements of safeguarding - including what is meant by safeguarding, child protection and poor practice, how to create a safe culture, and an understanding of how to raise a concern - into one Youth Sport Trust tailored solution.
“Thanks to the hard work of the team here, I am delighted our bespoke Child Safeguarding at Youth Sport Trust eLearning course - which is mandatory for all our staff and volunteers - has achieved the Professional Standard endorsement from CIMSPA. This quality endorsement of our training demonstrates our commitment to safeguarding the children and young people who engage in our activities and events.”
Tara Dillon, CEO of CIMSPA said:
“We work incredibly closely with Ali and the team at Youth Sports Trust and I’m so pleased to welcome them as an Education Partner.
“The Child Safeguarding at Youth Sport Trust e-Learning course is an excellent piece of professional development which focuses on a critically important aspect of working in the sector.
“Ensuring that all young people have a safe and enjoyable experience, has to be paramount and the fact that Youth Sports Trust are demonstrating an incredibly strong commitment by having their course endorsed against the professional standards is fantastic.”