USA SWIMMING SAFE SPORT
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SAFE SPORT CLUB RECOGNITION PROGRAM
The USA Swimming Safe Sport Club Recognition program allows a USA Swimming member club to demonstrate its commitment to creating a healthy and positive environment free from abuse for all its members through the development and implementation of club governance measures, Safe Sport policies and reporting mechanisms, Safe Sport best practices and training to athletes and parents.
Recognized clubs earn a badge to display on their website, and these clubs will be designated as Safe Sport recognized in USA Swimming’s Find-a-Team online search tool and noted on the Oregon Swimming website. (Renewal's must be completed every 2 years in order for certification be remain current) Become recognized and demonstrate your team’s commitment to safeguarding your athletes and all participants!
STEP 1: DESIGNATE A SAFE SPORT COORDINATOR FOR YOUR TEAM!
This could be a great role for a parent volunteer!
Help us stay connected! Use the form below to provide your
Club Safe Sport contact: https://forms.gle/1goi5LrdbGbd2qLy9
STEP 2: ADD THEM TO YOU CLUB STAFF AS THE SAFE SPORT COORDINATOR IN SWIMS
Only people with the role of Club Administrator and Safe Sport Coordinator will have access to Safe Sport reports for your team. (Turn off Pop-up blockers to see the reports)
STEP 3: SEND THEM THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO GET STARTED!
https://www.usaswimming.org/safe-sport/safe-sport-recognition-program
Clubs will be asked to share their Athlete Protection Policies and other measures they have in place to safeguard athletes.
They will also demonstrate how they screen and select staff and volunteers as getting the right people involved is a big part of successfully implementing Safe Sport.
Additionally, clubs will be awarded points when minor athletes and parents complete the Safe Sport online courses, as well as hosting in-person Safe Sport related training. (see below for easy training ideas!)
They will also detail communication to members about how to report misconduct to USA Swimming Safe Sport and the U.S. Center for SafeSport.
STEP BY STEP GUIDE ON HOW TO BECOME A SAFE SPORT RECOGNIZED CLUB
2023 Safe Sport Club Recognition Training
1. The USA Swimming Safe Sport staff has been hosting Zoom trainings for parents, minor athletes and coaches to assist clubs in completing the Training and Education requirement of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program.
Please see the upcoming training schedule below!
2. Attendance at these sessions is limited to 500 participants. The training session will be secured five minutes after starting.
3. USA Swimming Safe Sport staff will record attendance and manually update the Club Portal.
For Parents:
For Athletes:
For Coaches:
- May 12, 3 p.m. ET | REGISTER
June 9, 3 p.m. ET | REGISTER
HOLD A VIRTUAL TEAM MEETING
USA Swimming member clubs are seeking unique opportunities to remain connected with athletes and parents. One unique way to remain connected and complete the training component of Safe Sport Club Recognition is to host a virtual training.
Schedule a virtual meeting for either parents or athletes to attend.
Visit https://www.usaswimming.org/; Click on “Login/Register” to log in to your account.
Next click on “Education” in the blue toolbar.
Select Course Catalog.
Select “Safe Sport Courses.”
For a parent training, select Parent’s Guide to Misconduct in Sport
For an athlete training, select Safe Sport for Youth Athletes (13-17)
Conduct a virtual meeting with athletes or parents by sharing your screen and viewing the training course together. When you share your screen, ensure that you also share the sound from your device so those watching can hear the training audio.
Record attendance. A simple way to do this is to have participants send their name to the training host using a chat function.
Send the attendance record to [email protected]. USA Swimming staff will manually update the Club application.
Reminder: A virtual meeting with minor athletes is an electronic communication and the Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policy requirements apply:
If you are meeting with only one athlete, that athlete’s guardian/parent must also be included.
If you are meeting with multiple athletes, another adult must also be included.
The meeting must be held between the hours of 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
We are here to help! Questions can be directed to Oregon Swimming Safe Sport Chair Matt Crum at [email protected] and/or Debbie Laderoute at [email protected]
