Child
Protection Policy
What
is abuse?
Child abuse is a term used to describe ways in which peers harm children or young
people usually by adults and increasingly. Often these people are people they
know and trust. It refers to the damage done to a child's or young person's physical,
mental or emotional health. Children or young people can be abused within or
outside their family, at school and within the sporting environment.
Physical abuse includes situations where adults:
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Physically
hurt or injure children or young people |
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Give
children or young people alcohol, cigarettes, inappropriate
drugs or poison |
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Attempt
to suffocate or drown children or young people |
Neglect
includes situations in which:
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A
child or young person's basic needs are not met (e.g.
food, warmth) |
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Children
or young people are consistently left alone and unsupervised |
Neglect might also occur if a teacher, coach or sports volunteer fails
to ensure children or young people are safe, or exposes them to undue extremes
of weather or risk of injury
Sexual abuse includes situations in which adults/peers use children or
young people to meet their own sexual needs through:
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Full
sexual intercourse, masturbation, oral sex, or fondling |
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Showing
pornographic books, photographs or videos or taking photographs
for pornographic purposes |
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In
the sporting environment this includes when inappropriate
physical contact takes place through inappropriate supporting,
treatment or touching. |
Emotional
abuse includes situations in which:
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There
is a persistent lack of love, affection or attention
shown to a child or young person |
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Children
or young people are overprotected preventing them from
socialising |
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Children
or young people are frequently shouted at or taunted |
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In
the sporting environment this includes constant criticising,
bullying or applying unrealistic pressure to perform. |
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