For the last 15 years or so Graham (Digger) White has combined his role as our Head Groundsman with the important position as the Clubs Welfare Officer. With the passing years he has found that the responsibility of two such important roles is proving to be too much so he will be stepping down, from the role of Welfare Officer, at the end of the season.
Children are the future of our Club so it is vital that they experience cricket in a safe, friendly and enjoyable environment. Everyone involved in delivering cricket to the children has a role to play in ensuring that this is achieved. The ECB has produced an overall policy for safeguarding and protecting children which must be formally adopted by all affiliated Clubs and overseen by an elected Welfare Officer. Put simply, no Welfare Officer no children’s cricket.
We are therefore reaching out to ask, from within our own Club Membership, for applications to take on the role of Welfare Officer for Sissinghurst Cricket Club for the 2022 season and beyond. Like all the roles undertaken within the Club, this is a voluntary position. However, the Welfare Officer will receive the full support of not just the Club but the ECB and the Kent Cricket Board in both receiving the appropriate training and in overseeing the ECB’s Safe Hands Policy for safeguarding children as it relates to the Club.
A Job Description is attached. Could I please ask that any interested parties contact either myself or Simon Latham as Head of Junior Cricket at the earliest opportunity.
Many thanks
Peter Smith – Chairman of Sissinghurst Cricket Club.
Sissinghurst CC Junior Section Welfare Officer Job Specifcation May 2021