BUILDING A SAFE SPORT ENVIRONMENT TOGETHER
Creating a culture where everyone can thrive is a shared responsibility. Safe Sport Training was developed to help anyone involved in sport — whether you have direct contact with athletes or work in the background — to promote physical, psychological, and social health, in line with the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport.
What will Safe Sport Training teach you?
1) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Understand that everyone has a role to play in keeping sport safe, how the misuse of power leads to maltreatment, and the principles of the Universal Code of Conduct.
2) AWARENESS
Learn about the various types of maltreatment, the conditions that enable them, and how to recognize signs that they may be happening.
3) ACTION
Find out what to do if you suspect maltreatment, and how you can create a culture that protects all participants.
Safe, inclusive sport environments help make sport rewarding and enriching for all. Safe Sport Training gives you the knowledge and skills to create safe environments by recognizing, addressing and preventing maltreatment in sport.
Coaches, volunteers, and administrative staff (chair heads/board members) must take 45 minutes to complete the FREE online training. The FREE training is available through this link after creating an account on the Online Portal.
5) Prohibited Conduct
6) ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Kids Help Phone
1-800-668-6868
Text “CONNECT” to 686868
http://kidshelpphone.ca/
Hope for Wellness Help Line
1-855-242-3310
https://www.hopeforwellness.ca/
Canada Suicide Prevention Services
1-833-456-4566
Text “Start” to 45645
https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/
Nova Scotia Mental Health Crisis Line
1-888-429-8167
The Legal Advice for Sexual Assault Survivors Program
https://novascotia.ca/sexualassaultlegaladvice
provides up to 4 hours of free, independent legal advice for sexual assault survivors who are 16 years of age or older. You do not have to report to police or take legal action if you use this service.
7) Adoption of CKC Safe Sport Policies
8) independent third party
ADC will be using the CKC has appointed Independent Third Party (ITP) who any person within the CKC community, at any level, can contact to report or discuss incidents of abuse or harassment of any kind. Officers are available to communicate in English or French. Officers identifying as male or female are always available based on the preference of the complainant.
CKC has contracted W&W Dispute Resolution Services for this role. They may be reached directly and independently through the email address below. This is a confidential email address which will only be accessed by the Independent Third Party.
Reports should be made within fourteen days of an incident, however, all incidents of concern occurring within the CKC community from any time frame should be brought to the Independent Third Party for review and follow-up.
Reporting Abuse or Harassment is often a difficult process. To this end, a person can expect the following when contacting the Independent Third Party:
All reports will be kept entirely confidential, in line with the wishes of the person making the complaint. This includes confidentiality from CKC staff.
Complaint will be followed up on in a timely manner.
The Independent Third Party is available to support persons making a complaint through the process and will provide advice and guidance on steps as and if a complaint proceeds.
Complaint will be taken seriously, and rigorously examined.
Complaint will be managed in the language, and by an officer of the gender identity of your choice.
Should any complaint or concern come to the attention of any ADCKC representative, it will be forwarded to the Independent Third Party.
9) Reporting a Complaint
There are 2 mechanisms with respect to reporting a complaint which are used depending on the nature of the complaint and the jurisdiction of the respondent. The table below provides some detail as to which independent authority would receive the complaint. Again, for any questions please refer our CKC Policy Suite and to the Canadian Sport Helpline to help guide you through this process.
What UCCMS Participant Individual (defined in CKC policies)
Alleged UCCMS breach Abuse-Free Sport (reporting link). Independent Third Party
Any other allegation under CKC policies Independent Third Party (reporting email) Independent Third Party