The club has a top-level commitment to safeguarding which promotes practice and behaviours that value children and adults at risk, creates a culture of accountability and drives continual improvement.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young players and staff. We expect all staff, volunteers, parents/carers, young players, any partner agencies or any commissioned service providers to share this commitment.
This role will involve working with under 18s and as such is subject to Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) and is exempt from Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Therefore, all convictions including spent convictions that have not been subject to filtering by the DBS should be declared.
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The club is committed to applying its Equality Policy at all stages of recruitment and selection, and adverts will contain an equal opportunities statement.
Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marital/civil partnership status, pregnancy/being on maternity leave, race, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Any candidate with a disability will not be excluded unless the candidate is unable to perform a duty that is intrinsic to the role, having taken into account reasonable adjustments. Reasonable adjustments to the selection process will be made to ensure that no applicant is disadvantaged because of his/her disability.