Safesport/Safekids Policy

The following constitutes the policies of The Marblehead Girls Basketball League Corp with regard to awareness and prevention of abuse within our organization. • The Marblehead Girls Basketball League Corp is committed to provide a safe environment and to prevent child abuse and sexual misconduct. • The Marblehead Girls Basketball League Corp will make every reasonable effort to ensure that every person involved in coaching/training a sport activity in our organization will abide by the SafeKids guidelines. • The Marblehead Girls Basketball League Corp will make every reasonable effort to exclude any adult with a legally documented history of child abuse/molestation or any other conviction or record that would bring unnecessary risk to the health and safety of the participants of this organization. • The Marblehead Girls Basketball League Corp will perform a criminal background check on every person applying for a position at our organization. • The Marblehead Girls Basketball League Corp will take appropriate action on all allegations of child abuse and/or sexual misconduct. All allegations will be reported immediately to the authorities for investigation and will cooperate fully will any such investigation. The following represent the preventative measures of our organization with regard to abuse: • Physical, mental, and verbal abuse of any of the participants, coaches, managers, employees, volunteers involved in our sponsored activities is not permitted. • Inappropriate touching of any kind is forbidden. • We agree to provide more than one adult working at or overseeing every activity. If a child needs special attention (one-on-one training or an individual meeting), it will be handled with the assistance or presence of another adult. • Coaches/trainers should not socialize with the participants outside of the sponsored activities of the organization. • Coaches/trainers should never ride alone with a child or participant in the car. Procedures will be established for coaches to follow in the event a participant is stranded at an activity. • Parents are encouraged to attend sponsored activities. By signing this statement, I acknowledge that I have adopted these policies. The policy also informs volunteers that The Marblehead Girls Basketball League Corp will be performing background check.