Geraldine Costello Email & Phone Number

Banstead, Gb

Shropshire

Welfare & Safe Sport Director, supporting the vision for gymnastics in the UK to deliver an uplifting gymnastics experience for all, with a commitment to ensuring gymnastics is safe, enjoyable and open to everyone. Leading, shaping and delivering a strategic approach to welfare and safe sport that is both healthy and person-centred, ensuring the wellbeing of all involved is paramount in British Gymnastics’ approach and thinking.

London, United Kingdom

In this role I drove strategic and operational priorities in relation to safeguarding, safe practice, complaints, membership compliance and investigations across the UK and British Girlguiding Overseas. I ensured all areas of the organisation’s work are developed, delivered and promoted in line with safeguarding, managing concerns about adult volunteer policies and statutory requirements.

London, United Kingdom

In this role I used my extensive, demonstrable, strategic knowledge of Safeguarding children and adults, adhering to legislative and regulatory frameworks to lead improvement and performance in complex case and relationship management. I had overall responsibility for the review and re structuring of Girlguiding's safeguarding policy, operations and procedures.

London, United Kingdom

In this role I ensured the safeguarding of children, young people and adults coming into contact with Girlguiding. I developed and maintained policies, procedures and practices working in partnership with statutory agencies. I managed a team to ensure all allegations, concerns and disclosures were investigated and supported administration being accurate and records maintained in a timely way. Oversaw the process of risk assessing for individuals with disclosure checks and worked with Commissioners, safeguarding leads and the Head of Safeguarding to decide upon the offer/rejection of membership .I provided advice to Trustees, directors, employees and membership in all matters relating to safeguarding

London, United Kingdom

As a police safeguarding lead for a Multi agency safeguarding hub (MASH). I managed a team of police officers and staff. Assessed and managed risk, liaised with other agencies, implemented plans to protect and prevent harm to children and vulnerable adults. I quality assured, checked compliance on actions and reports taken in response to safeguarding concerns. I provided advice for complex investigations and enquiries with discretion and sensitivity. I was the single point of contact regarding child sex offence disclosures. Whilst I was a police officer I had roles in neighbourhood policing, community engagement, communications and as an operations supervisor.I investigated allegations of crime, interviewed victims, witnesses and suspects. I was a child abuse investigator and contributed to child protection conferences. I was an offender manager of violent and sex offenders and had a role at the youth offending service, where I met people within the criminal justice system to promote engagement within the community. I was employed on the training and development team, planning and delivering material to probationary constables.

Understanding Children And Young People'S Mental Health, Pass

Understanding the principles of mental health concerns in the context of children and young people Legislation and best practice relating.

Child Protection

Child protection supervision skills training

Certificate In Police First Line Management, Policing, Pass

Policing management and leadership

Cert Ed, Adult And Continuing Education And Teaching

Certificate of Education