Reporting abuse and finding support
If you have information about a safeguarding situation where a child or adult is in immediate danger or requires immediate medical attention call the emergency services on 999. Do not delay.
Church Safeguarding Officer
Sally Campion
01452 854303
Diocesan Safeguarding Office
Brett Riches
01452 835516
safeguarding@glosdic.org.uk
Gloucestershire Domestic Abuse Support Service
01452 726570
support@gdass.org.uk
IF THERE IS IMMEDIATE RISK OR DANGER PLEASE CONTACT THE POLICE ON 999
HELPLINES
- NSPCC helpline for Children and Adults: 0800 800 5000
- Childline: 0800 1111
- Stop It Now: 0808 1000 900
- NAPAC: 0808 801 0331
- Samaritans: 116 123
- Family Lives: 0808 800 2222
- National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247
- Men’s Advice Line: 0808 8010 327
- National Careline: 0800 0699 784
Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
We will do all we can to ensure that our worshipping communities offer the safest places for children and vulnerable people.
Information on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults is available from the Church of England.
The Diocesan Safeguarding website includes the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor’s contact details and details of how anyone can report a concern.
The Nominated Person responsible for safeguarding in our parish is Sally Campion. Please contact Sally on 01452 854303.
Information about Safeguarding Training and Checks
“Speak up for people who cannot speak for themselves. Protect the rights of all who are helpless.”
Proverbs 31.8
We ALL have a duty as Christians to protect those who are vulnerable, including children, young people and vulnerable adults.
As part of that protection it is important that everyone involved in the life of St Peter’s undergoes the appropriate checks and training.
Important ways in which we keep everyone safe are by carrying out DBS checks and by undergoing Safeguarding Training.
DBS Checks
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is a non-departmental public body of the Home Office of the United Kingdom. The DBS helps employers to make safer recruitment decisions each year by processing and issuing DBS checks for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
DBS also maintains the Adults’ and Children’s Barred Lists and decides whether an individual should be included on one or both lists and barred from engaging in regulated activity.
The following groups of people at St Peter’s are examples of those who need to undergo a Standard or an Enhanced DBS check:
- PCC Members
- Youth/Junior Church leaders (where no parent/carer is present)
- Licensed worship leaders (vicars, readers)
- those leading training activities which may involve children or young people (choir practice, bell-ringing training)
You will be informed if the role you undertake means you are eligible for a DBS check.
Safeguarding Training
The Church of England National Safeguarding Team has created a new range of training modules for people who undertake roles within churches to complete. These should be completed, every 3 years according to the level of training required for the role.
- Basic Awareness – covers the basics of safeguarding and enables someone to understand the connections with the Christian faith and the Church’s ministry. It is open for anyone to complete, regardless of their role, including members of congregations.
- Foundation – builds on the Basic Awareness module and the aims are “To enable learners to contribute to, and implement, good safeguarding practice within church and community contexts.”
- Leadership Training – aimed at those in a Leadership role. Clergy, Licensed Readers and Parish Safeguarding Officers should complete this training. It is also required for those in specific leadership roles in a parish setting. This is a course taught over zoom or face to face, and requires pre work to be completed.
Click here to see a list of roles and recommended training.
If you are involved in running any activity at St Peter’s you should undertake Basic training as a minimum.
You can access the online training here: https://safeguardingtraining.cofeportal.org/.
You will need to register first (please click on ‘Create New Account’ and follow the instructions).
Please email the Parish Office (parishofficeleck@gmail.com) once you have completed any training, so that St Peter’s can keep a record of your training.