Please use the guidance below to understand which roles in U18 football need to have a DBS Enhanced Criminal Record Check with Children’s Barred List:

• Club Welfare Officers
• Coaches [this includes those who are referred to as Assistant Coach]
• Team Managers [including those referred to as Assistant Managers]
• Referees in U18 football, Referee Mentors, Referee Coaches and Referee Assessors
• First Aiders
• Physiotherapists and other Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) registered roles
• Regular Club Drivers

Ordinarily, Club Chairmen, Treasurers and Secretaries do not require a check, if they are just or mainly administrative roles. However, if the people in these roles also help with coaching or at matches, then they will need a DBS Enhanced Criminal Record Check with Children’s Barred List in their role as a coach, team assistant, etc.

Lots of roles do not need to have checks, for example: you do not need to have a check to watch your child play, if you occasionally run the line or if you drive your own child and his/her friends to games if this is a private and personal arrangement with other parents, or if your role is mainly administrative.

It is very important that people who do not need a check are not asked to complete one, as this is breaking the law and has serious consequences.

Extract from The FA Grassroots Football - Safeguarding Children (Policies and Procedures)