What is Safeguarding?
Safeguarding means the action the Church takes to promote a safer culture. This means we will promote the welfare of children, young people and adults, work to prevent abuse from occurring, seek to protect those that are at risk of being abused and respond well to those that have been abused. We will take care to identify where a person may present a risk to others, and offer support to them whilst taking steps to mitigate such risks. (Promoting a Safer Church; CofE 2017)
Safeguarding Mission Statement:
St. Paul’s recognises the importance of ministry to children and young people and its responsibility to protect and safeguard the welfare of children and young people entrusted to it. The Children Act 1989 and the notes of guidance make it clear that child protection applies to children and young people up to the age of 18.
As part of its mission, St. Pauls is committed to:
- Valuing, listening to and respecting children and young people as well as promoting their welfare and protection.
- Safe recruitment, supervision and training for all who come into contact with children and young people.
- Adopting a procedure for dealing with concerns about possible abuse.
- Encouraging and supporting parents/carers.
- Supporting those affected by abuse.
- Maintaining good links with the statutory childcare authorities and other organisations.
St Paul's Policy:
St Paul’s Policy
All leaders that may be unsupervised with children or young people will have two references taken and be DBS checked.
For further information, please download any of the following documents:
St Paul’s Vulnerable Adults Safeguarding Policy
Policy for Child Safeguarding 2019
St Pauls Statement on Child Protection 2018
Child Safeguarding Procedures 2018
Guidelines for Children’s and Youth Leaders 2018
Wider Safeguarding Contact Sheet 2019
If you are looking for any of the forms mentioned in these documents, please go to our Resources page, where they can be downloaded.
If you have concerns you can contact Tori Redding or send an email to safeguarding@stpauls-stalbans.org or any of the contacts on the poster or in the Policy for Child Safeguarding document.