Safeguarding Policies- under development 14/11/23

 

The aim of this page is to

a) give a one stop place to easily find policies which Nigel has found useful or are essential to our work in safeguarding and

b) give a fixed source (as they are on the Aire and Calder website) that will not disappear as those on the connnexional site might move/change and

c) give some perspective of their currency and /or change history

If you learn that a connexional or more useful document is available, please inform Nigel (Storey- CSO) so that this page can be updated

Policies/ procedures or guidance below are not intended to be in a priority order, but you might find they are in order of usefulness. Please note that it is felt just to agree a policy without local procedures or actions can be of lower value.

Categorised as:

1 is the main overarching policy

2 concern recruitment; helping ensure that our volunteers are background checked and have a job description

3 and 4 concern our work with young people (i..e those vulnerable)

are health and safety related

5, 6 and 7 are property related- especially external (not through our bank account) users

10 concerns how we use photographs- links to 3, 4 and 11

16 is concerned with organising residential events- see also :https://www.methodist.org.uk/our-work/children-youth-family-ministry/the-well-learning-hub-equipping-and-supporting-workers/policy-and-practical-help/organising-events/

17 relates to pastoral care

 

Title Found here on our site Original source from web Which replaced Comments
1

Safeguarding policy and procedures

The main overriding policy July 2023

july 2023 here

145 pages

 

here

valid 24/2/25

 March '23 (142 pages) and Oct 21 (c180 pages) the updates, simplify the text
2a

Safer recruitment

Jan 24

helping ensure we recruit safely

 jan 24/ nov 23 on this site here

here

valid 24/2/25

file name says Jan 24, yet document is November 23 

 oct 22

Rather than concentrating on DBS applications, new document deals with all recruitment

Forms and other information found here
2b Example job descriptions

here

valid 24/2/25
2c safer recruitment 12 steps low risk from Yorkshire West here

 
2d sheffield district's guide to safer recruitment here

here

 slides from a presentation
3

Guidance for Working with Children and Young People

APPENDIX 2 – SAFER WORKING PRACTICES WHEN MANAGING CHILDREN’S
ACTIVITIES

 here

here

valid 24/2/25

 contains staffing levels and safe environment
4a Children and youth social media May 20

here

valid 24/2/25
4b

Social Media guidelines

undated, believed 2020

 here

here

valid 24/2/25
4c

Methodist Guidance on Church Photography, the Internet and Publicity

2007

 here

 

 

consent forms  here
5 Premises risk assessment (Methodist Insurance) Small Church here
6a

Model Policy Key Points for External User Groups of Premises - Checklist

Are our external groups aware of our policies?

 july 2020 here here
6b User groups- licence here
7

Key register records

Do we know who has our keys?

 here
8 Lone Working Guidance here here
9 Working at height policy here

here

methodist insurance

here
10 Photography

 

 

consent forms here
11 Social Media

 

guidelines 

here
12a Domestic Abuse Policy 2021 here

 

here
12b

Domestic Abuse guidelines to support the report

2010

 

here
12c

Sexual Harassment:
Good Practice Guidelines
for Churches

2020

 here
12d
13 wifi policy here
14 Bullying

short report here

and

long report here

 here
15 Recording policy (GDPR) methodist insurance guidance here
16 Planning residential events

here

17a

 "Pastoral Care Guidance" (for visitors) here here new aug '24
17b "Safeguarding and Pastoral Care" (for leaders) here here new Aug '24
17c

Policy and guidance for working with victims and survivors

 here
18

Transport procedures (see also page 101 of main policy.

The links here are from Sheffield District

 here here

Last update 24/2/25 Nigel.