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Safe
Recruitment All
employees and volunteers who have involvement with children, young
people and/or vulnerable adults within the work they undertake for the
parish are required to comply with the diocesan Safe Recruitment
procedures. Each individual must complete a Volunteer Application Form
to register for the role they wish to undertake, provide two independent
referees and sign a confidential declaration form. In conjunction with
this they are required to undergo a Criminal Record Bureau (CRB)
Disclosure. Failure to comply with the above requirement will mean an
individual will not be able to undertake their ministry. (Having a
criminal record will not necessarily mean you cannot undertake your
role. Each application will be appropriately assessed in accordance with
nationally agreed procedures. Any detail contained in a volunteer’s
CRB will not be divulged within the parish). A
CRB Disclosure form can be obtained from our Parish Safeguarding
Representative, Mrs. Brenda Coyle (see below), or from the Diocese by
telephoning The Safeguarding Office. Please note that if you
already possess a CRB Disclosure from another organisation, you are
still required to complete a form from the Diocese, as we are a
different registered body. The Diocesan
Safeguarding Co-ordinator is Mrs Pauline Butterfield. Pauline
has spent over 20 years as a social work practitioner and manager, and
has extensive knowledge and experience in the field of child protection
and working with sex offenders. She commenced in post with the diocese
in February 2002. You
may write to her at:- Diocesan
Safeguarding Office, Curial Offices, 2 Park Road South, Prenton, Wirral, Pauline
also has a mobile number 07715 120 518 for out of hours emergency
contact, or to discuss matters requiring confidentiality. Our Parish
Safeguarding Representative is Mrs. Brenda Coyle She
will supply the necessary application forms for those volunteering for
work with children or vulnerable adults within the parish, and explain
the procedures for filling them in. Her role is to ensure that as a
parish we are complying with Diocesan policy in these matters. She can
offer advice and guidance, she ensures the register of those approved
for working with children and vulnerable adults is kept up-to-date, and
assists the Diocesan Safeguarding Co-ordinator in carrying out our
safeguarding duties.
Tel.
0161 972 0476. ANY
WORRIES, CONCERNS, SUSPICIONS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING SAFEGUARDING
MATTERS ?
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