Case Management Group Volunteers (CMG) Homebased

UK Athletics (UKA) is looking to recruit individuals with extensive Safeguarding expertise to their Case Management Group (CMG). The purpose of the CMG is to provide advice, guidance, and expert support to the UKA Safeguarding Team in the management of safeguarding concerns.

Key Responsibilities:

Members of the CMG will:

• Promote co-operation, consistency, and confidence in safeguarding-related decision making.
• Provide independent, informed opinions by applying appropriate expertise and experience to assist the UKA Safeguarding Team.
• Ensure all concerns are managed fairly, proportionately, and within appropriate timescales.
• Advise on safeguarding practice and policy development arising from casework.
• Assist with decision-making related to adverse Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosures, and other information relevant to the assessment of risk in relation to children and adults at risk.
• Ensure consistency and appropriateness of assessments in response to DBS disclosures and similar reports.
• Recommend and agree interim or permanent suspensions on behalf of UKA, where required.
• Analyse commissioned reports and determine whether further action is necessary, including initial decisions around risk and how it should be managed.
• Offer expert advice on safeguarding matters across the athletics landscape.
• Consider and recommend referral of individuals to UKA’s Disciplinary Panel, DBS, statutory agencies, or other relevant governing bodies such as the Home Country Athletics Federations or the British Athletics Federation.
• Decide on Level One cases following review of relevant materials where the conduct is not accepted and issue orders that reflect the harm caused.

Experience:

The CMG is made up of individuals with relevant experience and expertise drawn from the following backgrounds:

• Lead Safeguarding Officer(s)
• Representatives from police, social care, or Local Authority Designated Officers (LADOs)
• Legal advisors
• Independent safeguarding professionals
• Professionals from sectors with relevant experience in safeguarding and risk management

Skills:

Members of the CMG should have the following skills;

• The ability to participate in fair, transparent, and child/adult-at-risk focused decision-making.
• Significant Safeguarding knowledge in both child and Adults at risk
• Strong judgement and decision-making skills rooted in policy, legislation, and objective evidence.
• Competence in assessing risk and applying proportionate responses.
• Analytical ability to review complex cases, reports, and patterns of concern.
• Problem-solving skills to manage sensitive and multifaceted safeguarding issues.
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to work constructively with the Safeguarding Team and fellow CMG members.
• A high level of integrity, including the ability to manage confidential information appropriately.

Person Specification:

Group members shall be expected to have skills in the following areas:

• Current or previous professional experience of safeguarding and child and adult at risk protection management achieved from statutory agency, legal, education, health service or other relevant experience.
• Knowledge and experience in the safeguarding of children, young people and adults in the sport or voluntary sector.
• Understanding of the statutory context in which sport’s National Governing Bodies (NGBs) operate and the provision of activities for children, young people, and adults.
• Ability to interpret and resolve complex and sometimes conflicting information around concerns received by the SCMG.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely in oral and written form.
• Diplomacy.
• The ability to demonstrate a high level of confidentiality.
• It is also desirable but not essential to have knowledge of the sport.

Personal Qualities:

• Child and young person focused.
• Able to deal in a helpful, friendly, and professional way with a wide range of people.
• Able to respond positively to challenge.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess and balance risks and be willing to back their own judgment.
• Flexible, and a team player.
• Highly developed sense of personal integrity, independence, and confidentiality are essential.

Please contact Kim Pearce, head of safeguarding at UKA for an informal discussion about the role.

kpearce@uka.org.uk

To apply for the role, please visit; https://careers.ukathletics.org.uk/. Please submit a CV and cover letter explaining your interest and suitability, (Please only apply if you have significant safeguarding experience, as applications that do not meet this essential requirement will not be considered).

• What you think you would bring to UKA and the SCMG with specific reference to the role details
• Any time when you will be unavailable to speak to us due to periods of holiday or other commitments.
• A discussion with selected individuals regarding the role will be arranged following application.

The closing date for applications is 3 September 2026

UKA is an equal opportunities employer, and all the positions are being openly recruited.

You may be required to undergo and complete a satisfactory DBS check as a condition of your engagement as a volunteer. Therefore, any offer of a role as a volunteer will remain conditional prior to the review and assessment of the circumstances of any offence that may be advised on your DBS certificate. For more information, please refer to our recruitment policy for job applicants.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. Therefore, if you are interested in this role, we would encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

As the nation’s favourite Olympic and Paralympic Sport. UK Athletics embraces equality, diversity, and inclusion both on and off the field of play where everyone can participate, we encourage job applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates irrespective of their race, sex, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability, age and other protected characteristics to reflect the diversity of our sport. Athletics is a Disability Confident Leader and will guarantee an interview to any candidate with a disability who meets the minimum job criteria.