In the Benefice of Baldock with Bygrave we are concerned with the wholeness of each individual, which is God’s purpose for everyone. We stake very seriously the importance of safeguarding all persons using our church facilities or having dealings with representatives of our church community.
Our policy has been drawn up following the principles of the Church of England’s Safeguarding policy for children, young people and adults, ‘Promoting a Safer Church’ 2017.
This policy should be read alongside our policies and procedures on:
- Recruitment, induction and training
- Role of the Parish Safeguarding Officer
- Parish Safeguarding Handbook October 2018
- Dealing with disclosures and concern about a child or young person
- Managing allegations against staff and volunteers
- Responding well to domestic abuse
- Code of conduct for staff and volunteers
- Safe recruitment
- Safe use of images
- Computer and internet usage
- Complaints
- Risk Assessment and Health & Safety Policy
- Training, supervision and support
- Diocese of St Albans Recruitment Policy
- Preventing individuals from being drawn into serious and organised crime:
These and all other safeguarding documents and can be downloaded from the St Albans Diocesan website: https://www.stalbans.anglican.org/diocese/safeguarding/
If you have any concerns regarding safeguarding please contact any of the following:
We want our churches to be safe places where everyone can flourish. We take very seriously the importance of safeguarding all persons using our church facilities or having dealings with representatives of our church community.
We are committed to following government and Church of England guidelines on the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and good working practice, including safer recruitment of volunteers and paid workers.
If you have a safeguarding concern, please email rev.phillipa@stmarysbaldock.org.uk or our Safeguarding Officer, Sarah West, at safe_guarding@stmarysbaldock.org.uk
- Baldock with Bygrave Benefice Safeguarding Policy
Other relevant policies
- Promoting a Safer church policy can be found here
- Parish Safeguarding Handbook can be found here
- Working with children and vulnerable adults can be found here
Two very useful links:
More information on the Church of England’s National Safeguarding can be found here: www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding
More information about Safeguarding in the Diocese of St. Albans can be found here:
Parish Safeguarding Officer
Mrs Chris Caine
07960691456
christine_caine@hotmail.com
Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor (DSA)
Jeremy Hirst
01727818107 / 07867350886
Assistant Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor
Martyn Hedley
01727818106 / 07391010033
The email address for both DSAs is safeguarding@stalbans.anglican.org