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Legislation requires all churches to ensure that children using church premises are 'Safe From Harm'. We are required to make provisions and to take all reasonable measures to ensure that this is so. The guidelines require us to maintain a comprehensive up to date register / list of ALL leaders, workers, teachers, helpers etc. etc. who work with children and young people on our premises.
PLEASE NOTE !
Anyone who wishes to join any of our teams of children's workers or who is proposed for any such role must be registered with the circuit or the local church FIRST, before they begin. We are aware of the difficulties this implies but our responsibility is clear and we permit no exceptions to this policy.
All who join the children's / young peoples workers register will be asked for two references, these will be followed up in every case, this is now routine and is part of our commitment to provide a safe environment for children using our premises. Enhanced disclosures will be obtained via the Criminal Records Bureaux (CRB) through the Churches Agency for Safeguarding (CAS)
A policy for good practice in the care of children and young people
The guidelines - Safeguarding - set out the current policy and practice of the Methodist Church as it seeks to protect the children and young people in its care.
The latest guidelines, 'Safeguarding' were published by the Methodist Church in 2003.
© Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes. Details can be found by using the hyper text links below:
Link to Safeguarding Information
Copies can be ordered from the Methodist Publishing House.
Quick Link to many of the standard Safeguarding forms
Uniformed Organisations will provide the training, appropriate to the task, for all new volunteer workers and helpers.
Copyright (c) Rev. M. Williams