County Safeguarding & Anti-Discrimination Officer

The County Safeguarding and Anti-Discrimination Officer will lead safeguarding and anti-discrimination for the Durham Cricket Foundation, incorporating all elements of the recreational game.

They will act as the strategic lead and single point of contact (SPOC), managing proactive safeguarding and embedding best practice, managing cases, and ensuring compliance with ECB standards and statutory requirements. The postholder will ensure cricket is a safe, welcoming, and inclusive game for all.

• Develop, implement and deliver the safeguarding and anti-discrimination strategy, aligned to ECB standards and CPA requirements.
• Champion and influence a safeguarding-first culture throughout the county.
• Report to Board Safeguarding Leads and Trustees, providing assurance, risk assessments and regular updates including board reports. Participate in board meetings to provide updates if required
• Maintain effective relationships with the appointed safeguarding board lead.
• Deliver Board Safeguarding Training every three years, or when membership changes.
• Design and implement a player voice and ‘listening to children’ strategies.
• Develop effective policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults. Ensure policies are reviewed regularly to ensure that they meet statutory and governing body requirements and are aligned with best practice.
• Lead on and coordinate all ECB and/or external safeguarding audits of behalf of Durham Foundation.
• Work with Durham Cricket Safeguarding Officer.

• Act as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for all safeguarding and discrimination concerns from the recreational game.
• Lead and manage safeguarding discrimination cases, ensuring compliance with ECB procedures and statutory requirements and in accordance with legislation, policy, procedure and best practice.
• Ensures there is a clear referral pathway for sharing, reporting and recording concerns in line with ECB policy and guidance: ensuring staff know how to access.
• Liaise with statutory agencies (Police, LADO, Social Services) and the Cricket Regulator on case management.
• Manages the process of reporting and logging all low-level concerns (LLCs) using ECB systems and implement proactive interventions. Complete referral forms in a timely and effective manner.
• Understand the ECB threshold guidance and elevate all threshold cases to the Cricket Regulator where required. Be the principal point of contact and conduit for communication to senior management where appropriate.
• Liaise with the Cricket Regulator managed participants officer and have a process in place for the managed participants in the county.
• Identify trends and patterns emerging from case management to inform future training and education across cricket in Durham.
• Produce data and reports to support the effective monitoring and governance of safeguarding and discrimination in Durham.
• Support any safeguarding concerns which are returned to county by the Cricket Regulator to manage, supported by your ECB County Safeguarding Advisor (CSA)

• Develop a county-wide League/Club safeguarding network to embed best practice at grassroots level. Provide guidance to Club Safeguarding Officer (CSO) on best practice and proactive safeguarding
• Support CSO with case management and offer advice where needed to manage concerns and referrals.
• Deliver and oversee mandatory training (Safe Hands, SG2, DBS including verification status).
• Provide proactive training, regular updates and support through newsletters, webinars, club visits and CSO network meetings/conferences.

• Lead county-wide implementation of the ECB Anti-Discrimination Code.
• Support clubs and leagues to understand and implement ECB safeguarding standards and Anti-discrimination regulations (ADRs)
• Investigate and resolve cases of discrimination impartially and confidentially.
• Provide training and guidance to clubs, leagues and staff on equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Work with the Head of Inclusion and other stakeholders to embed fairness, equality and respect across all cricket activity.
• Work with Durham…