Safeguarding - Cambray Baptist Church

Safeguarding children, young people and adults

As members of this church, we commit ourselves to the nurturing, protection and safekeeping of all, especially children and young people. It is the responsibility of each one of us to prevent the physical, sexual and emotional abuse of children and young people, and to report any abuse discovered or suspected.

We recognise that our work with children and young people is the responsibility of the whole church.
We undertake to exercise proper care in the selection and appointment of those working with children and young people, whether paid or volunteer.

The church is committed to supporting, resourcing and training those who work with children and young people, and to providing supervision. The church is committed to the Home Office Code of Practice Safe from Harm and adopts the guidelines and procedures published by the Baptist Union of Great Britain in its booklet Safe to Grow.

Each worker with children and young people is trained to know the recommendations and undertakes to observe them. Each shall be given a copy of the church’s agreed procedures and good practice guidelines.

As part of our commitment to children and young people the church has appointed : One Adult Male and One Adult Female to be their Advocates. NB. The Advocates will not be involved directly with the work of either Junior Church or Young Peoples Group Activities. The role of an Advocate will be explained to children, and they will pay regular visits to both Junior Church Classes and Group Activities. Their names and phone numbers will be publicly displayed in areas of the church regularly used by Young People.

All leaders are subject to our Child Protection Policy, which includes taking up references and running a check through the Criminal Records Bureau via the Churches’ Agency for Safeguarding.

Downloads

To download the documents below, click the link which will open the PDF’s in a new window or tab, from there you should be able to save the document.

CYP safeguarding record
Safeguarding Policy Checklist 2016
Signs and Symptoms Procedure 2016
Application Form 2018

Report a Safeguarding Incident

Your details

Your first name:

Your surname:

Your email

Your Mobile

Your Home Phone

Your Incident Report

Name(s) of the individual(s) of concern:

Date the incident occurred:

Are you recording:
Disclosure made directly to you by the individual of concern?Disclosure or suspicions from a third party?Your suspicions or concerns?

Details of the allegation/suspicions:

(Please state exactly what you were told/observed and what was said. Use the personâ€™s own words as much as possible.)

Who else have you spoken to about your concerns?

(Person at risk, carer/parent, group leader, social services â€“ please give name(s) where possible)

Consent

I understand and agree to the following terms of confidentiality: Although this information is being submitted to the Designated Safeguarding Lead, to help us make decisions about how best to respond Safeguarding Team members may need to be consulted. We may need to contact you to clarify or investigate the information you have submitted. It is possible that the safeguarding concern will need to be reported to appropriate outside agencies who need to respond. We are required to maintain a secure confidential record of this report and any details that arise from investigating it.