We are committed to excellence in safeguarding practice
The Diocese and Church of England are committed to saferly recruiting and supporting all workers and volunteers who work with children, young people and vulnerable adults who attend church activities.
The Church of England's Safer Recruitment and People Management Guidance must be followed for all new appointments for paid and volunteers working with children, young people and/or vulnerable adults. It comprises of 16 sections, each of which include:
- Requirements - The minimum standards that everyone must adhere too
- Good practice advice - Information about why the requirements must be met, and how to meet them to a good level
- Toolkit - Templates and resources than can be used
Links to the sections within the guidance:
- Responsibilities
- Role Description and Person Specification
- Advertising a role
- Application Process
- Confidential Declaration
- Shortlisting applicants
- Interviews and Assessment
- Pre-Appointment Checks
- Disclosure and Barring checks - DBS
- Criminal Records
- Appointment
- Induction
- Propationary/Settling in period
- Ongoing support, accountability, oversight and supervision
- Learning and Development
- Record Keeping
Links to Toolkit documents:
- Volunteer role description
- Person Specification Template
- Application form template
- Confidential declaration form (automatically downloads onto your computer)
- Example Interview Questions
- Reference request template
- Letter of appointment template
- Induction Checklist
- Sample Volunteer Support Meeting Agenda
- Recruitment, DBS and training record keeping template
Recruitment of Ex-Offenders
Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. But we do follow strict guidelines and procedures for the recruitment of ex-offenders which we expect all parishes to follow
Read our policy here
Recruitment of Overseas Applicants
Overseas applicants must complete the Church of England Safer Recruitment Process before commencing their role. For information relating to DBS checks for overseas volunteers please see the DBS web page guidance
For further information or queries relating to Safer Recruitment contact Debbie Doran, Safeguarding Support, tel 0151 705 2124 any Tuesday or Wednesday or email: deborah.doran@liverpool.anglican.org or the Safeguarding team via email: safeguarding.team@liverpool.anglican.org
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