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Child Protection & Safeguarding

General principles• Children are under 18s and vulnerable adults• Have a policy - reviewed and understood• Recruit well• Don’t spend time alone with individual children• Transport - parental consent and with another leader• Don’t invite a child into your own home• Always have at least two leaders - ideally one male and

one female• Make sure you have adequate insurance• Have an ‘appropriate touch’ policy

Age Group StaffChildren

0-2 years 1 for every 32-3 years 1 for every 43-5 years 1 for every 85-8 years 1 for every 8Over 8 years 1 for the first 8 children and then 1 for each additional 12.

Child Protection & Safeguarding

http://www.sheffield.anglican.org/safeguarding

In order to ensure your youth and children’s activities are covered by your Parishguard insurance policy, it is crucial that you follow these guidelines. Failing to do so will result in your youth or children’s groups having no insurance, and the church / PCC being liable for any accidents.

These guidelines are a helpful checklist, but you should always seek advice from Ecclesiastical Insurance directly if you have any questions or concerns regarding your insurance needs. Contact details are at the end of this document.

GETTING COVERED

For churches that are insured with Ecclesiastical’s Parishguard Policy, there will be Public Liability cover offered as standard, but there are procedures that must be gone through to activate it.

Insurance

Cover is mainly limited to:

• the UK (check your policy for any variance to this)

• ‘normal’ activities for a church (such as confirmation classes or regular minimal-risk meetings)o As the concept of ‘normal’ is a little fluffy round the edges, it is always worth a phone call to Ecclesiastical to check things out. (Note – always get the name of the person giving advice & ask them to confirm by email)

• activities under the direction and control of the PCC.

Ecclesiastical defines ‘direction and control’ as:

1. The PCC must maintain management and control of selection procedures for all leaders and maintain records of such appointments (e.g. application forms, references, DBS Disclosure checks etc.)

2. Full written details of all activities must be given to the PCC.

3. The PCC must specifically authorise and accept responsibility for the activities and minute such in the PCC records.

Insurance

Risk assessments are important in order to identify any hazards before an event takes place and to reduce / limit the risk of accidents happening as much as possible.

They’re not meant to eliminate risk completely, but are meant to help us limit the possibility of risk as much as possible – and to make us aware of what risks are there.

Usually, if you do not have a risk assessment in place, or if the risk assessments aren’t adhered to, then you won’t be covered by your insurance if any accidents were to take place.

In groups, using the YMCA template provided, undertake a risk assessment of this room identifying all potential hazards and what precautions have – or should – be taken to limit risk.

Risk Assessments

Complete a risk assessment for your regular youth room, and / or the ‘Health and Safety Sell assessment form’ for your Church...

Fund raising

http://www.sheffield.anglican.org/hollowford-trust

Fund raising

http://www.sheffield.anglican.org/grants

St Agatha's Community Kickstart

Fund

Yorkshire wide Christian Trust Funds:

Liz and Terry Brammal Trust FundHarry Bottom Trust Fund

http://www.sheffield.anglican.org/grants

National Christian Trust Funds:

Garfield WestonMercer’s Trust Fund

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