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Spring Safeguarding Forum 2014

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Agenda• Upcoming Changes and Opportunities:

Updated PSO Role and name DBS/ Safer Recruitment Training Policy and Procedures DSSG

• Coffee and Cake

• Over to You

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PSO Role

• The title has changed (you have probably noticed)

• The Role Description has been updated- it is on the website and hopefully you have picked up a copy

• What do you think?

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DBS/ Safer Recruitment• Moving to E Bulk via CCPAS• No more paper forms, ID checkers in each parish, some results

on-line and faster.• More information by letter on (or around) 22nd April 2014• You will need to attend training before you can use the new

system (Mid May to end of July). • The current system will continue to run until at least late

summer.• Updated safer recruitment guidelines will be released for the

training dates

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Training

• Everyone working with children, young people or adults at risk needs safeguarding training at least every 3 years.

• Training for ministers, PSO’s, diocesan staff provided via DSA:• Course dates should be out in the next few days

• Training in Parishes- how do you manage, do you manage?

• Training plan likely to change for year 2015

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Training this Year

• For Ministers, PSO’s and those with specific safeguarding responsibility: Basic and Refresher Safeguarding Allegations Management Domestic Abuse Understanding Mental Health Working with Offenders Safer Recruitment

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Policy and Procedures• Updated Diocesan ones are on their way!

They will be web hosted. Check out the website, but you can print off paper copies if you wish.

• First to arrive:Policy -Joint children and adults (currently going through drafting)

Information storage and sharing guidance

Allegations management (currently going through drafting)

Updated Good Practice Guidelines and Safer Recruitment Procedure are on their way- due late May

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DSSG

• Diocesan Safeguarding Steering Group• Formed to oversee safeguarding work and risk management in the

diocese• Meets quarterly- first meeting 8th April 2014• Independent Chair: Justin Humphreys- Head of Safeguarding at CCPAS• Also includes police and local authority reps, two parish safeguarding

officers, diocesan staff, registrar.

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Work later this year

• Parish checklist and annual audit- how are we doing, what shall we focus on next year?

• National team are issuing new training and procedure guidance

• Authorised Listeners

• More forums?

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Coffee Break Tasks

First and foremost : Eat cake, get a drink and get to know some other people.Then…

•Do I have up to date contact details for your parish/ group/ cathedral/ project? If not find the ‘update’ sheet.•Do you have a training venue we can use- find the training venue sheet and let me know. If you host training, you don’t have to travel far! •Do you have points/ questions you would like to raise- fill in a ‘questions slip’, I’ll try to address them in the second half.

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Over to You

• So do you have ideas, issues that need answers, totally confused and want to ask?

• Lets hear it!

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THANK YOU