Coaching or volunteering with TTSASK – especially with youth – comes with a responsibility to keep everyone safe. Here's what we ask of the people who lead, coach, drive, and chaperone, so families can trust the environment we create.
These requirements follow our Safe Sport Policy Manual and Sask Sport's standards. Exactly what applies to you depends on your role and how much contact you have with athletes – the office will confirm your specific requirements, but here's the picture.
Anyone in a position of trust with athletes is screened before they start. The level depends on the role:
Minors who volunteer are screened through references rather than record checks, in line with the policy.
TTSASK manages screening and compliance through oneBADGEsport – the platform Sask Sport provides to provincial sport organizations, from ISB Global Services. Your background check runs through ISB Global, and once your checks and training are complete you're issued a digital badge with a live QR code that confirms, in real time, that you're screened and in good standing.
All coaches must hold current Respect in Sport certification (or an approved equivalent), as required by Sask Sport. New or incoming coaches complete it within six months, and coaches without valid certification can't coach at TTSASK-sanctioned training or competitions until it's done.
We ask coaches and team staff to complete Safe Sport training so everyone understands the Universal Code of Conduct (UCCMS), how to recognize and prevent maltreatment, and their duty to report. This is required for anyone coaching at national or international events, and encouraged for all.
Coaches are expected to hold or be working toward the appropriate National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) level for the athletes and settings they work with, and to keep it current.
A coach is never alone and out of sight with a single minor athlete. One-on-one interactions happen within sight and earshot of another screened adult, and communication with young athletes stays in group channels or copies a parent or second adult.
On team travel, this extends further: at least two screened adults with the team, no adult alone in a vehicle or hotel room with an athlete, and room checks done in pairs. It protects the athletes – and it protects our coaches and volunteers, too.
Contact the office and we'll walk you through exactly which checks and training apply to your role, and how to complete them. We're glad to have you.
Get started →These requirements summarize our Safe Sport Policy Manual for the public; the manual and Sask Sport's current standards govern in the event of any difference. To report a concern, see Report a Concern.
