Safeguarding
Contacts
Local contacts available to speak to if you have any safeguarding concerns:
H Hill, Parish Safeguarding Officer, email: [email protected]
Rev Charles Higgins, Vicar, tel. 024 7664 3396
Diocesan Safeguarding Team, tel. 024 7652 1345 (24 hour)
Local social care teams out of hours numbers:
Coventry - 024 7683 2222
Solihull - 0121 605 6060
Warwickshire - 01926 886 922
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Safeguarding Policy of
St Botolph's Church, Burton Hastings with Stretton Baskerville
In accordance with the Church of England Safeguarding Policy our church is committed to:
• Promoting a safer environment and culture.
• Safely recruiting and supporting all those with any responsibility related to children, young people and vulnerable adults within the church.
• Responding promptly to every safeguarding concern or allegation.
• Caring pastorally for victims/survivors of abuse and other affected persons.
• Caring pastorally for those who are the subject of concerns or allegations of abuse and other affected persons.
• Responding to those that may pose a present risk to others.
The Parish will:
• Create a safe and caring place for all.
• Have a named Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO) to work with the incumbent and the PCC to implement policy and procedures.
• Safely recruit, train and support all those with any responsibility for children, young people and adults to have the confidence and skills to recognise and respond to abuse.
• Ensure that there is appropriate insurance cover for all activities involving children and adults undertaken in the name of the parish.
• Display in church premises and on the Parish website the details of who to contact if there are safeguarding concerns or support needs.
• Listen to and take seriously all those who disclose abuse.
• Take steps to protect children and adults when a safeguarding concern of any kind arises, following House of Bishops guidance, including notifying the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser (DSA) and statutory agencies immediately.
• Offer support to victims/survivors of abuse regardless of the type of abuse, when or where it occurred.
• Care for and monitor any member of the church community who may pose a risk to children and adults whilst maintaining appropriate confidentiality and the safety of all parties.
• Ensure that health and safety policy, procedures and risk assessments are in place and that these are reviewed annually.
• Review the implementation of the Safeguarding Policy, Procedures and Practices at least annually.
Each person who works within this church community will agree to abide by this policy and the guidelines established by this church.
This church appoints H Hill as the Parish Safeguarding Officer
Incumbent Rev C Higgins
Churchwarden A Dickinson
Date: 25 May 2021, Reviewed 23 March 2023
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References
The above policy is taken from the link entitled Model Parish Safeguarding Policy, that is on the Church of England's safeguarding page: https://www.churchofengland.org/more/safeguarding/templates-resources
https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2018-09/6.%20Model%20Parish%20Safeguarding%20Policy.docx
(Viewed April 2019)
The attached document is entitled Promoting a Safer Church - Safeguarding Policy Statement, found on the Coventry Diocese Safeguarding page: http://www.dioceseofcoventry.org/SafeguardingResources and has a web site reference http://www.dioceseofcoventry.org/images/document_library/UDR02228.pdf
(Viewed April 2019)