Club Welfare Officers

Welfare Officer Youth Teams: Jamie Hunter

Welfare Officer Assistant Youth Teams: Estelle Milner, Vinny Halsall

Welfare Officer Adult Teams: Jamie Hunter

Welfare Officer Assistant Adult Teams: Estelle Milner, Vinny Halsall

Welfare Officer Adult Disability Teams: Jamie Hunter

All of our Club Welfare Officers are CRC checked and have completed CWO training with the FA.

How do I contact a Club Welfare Officer?

Email esfcwelfareofficer@gmail.com or ring Jamie Hunter on 07791681204

I have a safeguarding concern about a player / coach / parent, what shoult I do?

Please check out our Safeguarding policy and how to report your concerns. Its important that we know as soon as possible.

An incident has happened during a game / training which I need to report, how do I do this?

In all cases its important that we know as soon as possible. Whether the incident relates to abuse from another player / coach / parent, standards of behaviour which you don’t believe to acceptable or any other incident which is of concern. To assist you as to what is acceptable or not, the codes of conduct are included at the end of this document. In all cases you should contact esfcwelfareofficer@gmail.com or ring Jamie Hunter so that these issues can be dealt with accordingly. It may be that after consultation with the Oxfordshire FA, we ask you to complete a statement about what happened. It is important that if you are asked to do this you include as much detail as possible. Here are some helpful tips:

Include important details such as day, date, time and place. Describe the scene in as much detail as possible. Who are you there with and in what role are you there ie parent / coach / player. If you witnessed something, how far away were you? Did you have a clear and unobstructed view? If you heard something use direct speech if you can. Do you know those involved? If so, how do you know them and would you recognise them again. Give a good description of those involved ie physical features. If it involves a player from the opposition, what number shirt were they wearing?. Did you report what you heard to anyone else and what action did you take. What impact has this event had on you?

Our Club Welfare Officers will help guide you through this process and keep you updated as to any action taken.

We will challenge and deal with any behaviour doesn’t meet the standards that we as a club have set. We will ask you to sign a document to confirm that you have read our expectations and agree to abide by these during the season.