Training

Who Requires Training

The training required for each person, depends on their level of involvement with children. To do this, the following guidance should be used as a minimum requirement:

• For each Church activity that involves children, at least one leader/coordinator must attend the full-day training programme
• All clergy/religious who are inactive ministry with children must attend the full-day training programme and subsequent refresher training 
• Any personnel with a key position of responsibility for child safeguarding must attend a full- day training programme (e.g. DLP, advisor, support person, local safeguarding representative) and subsequent refresher training
• All other Church personnel must be given the opportunity to attend an information session.

Regardless of the level of training required, all Church personnel are required to abide by good child safeguarding practice.

Safeguarding Children Training

The training required for each person, depends on their level of involvement with children. To do this, the following guidance should be used as a minimum requirement:

• For each Church activity that involves children, at least one leader/coordinator must attend the full-day training programme
• All clergy/religious who are inactive ministry with children must attend the full-day training programme and subsequent refresher training 
• Any personnel with a key position of responsibility for child safeguarding must attend a full- day training programme (e.g. DLP, advisor, support person, local safeguarding representative) and subsequent refresher training
• All other Church personnel must be given the opportunity to attend an information session.

Regardless of the level of training required, all Church personnel are required to abide by good child safeguarding practice.

Safeguarding Adult Training

The training required for each person, depends on their level of involvement with adults who may be vulnerable. To do this, the following guidance should be used as a minimum requirement:

• Priests, Staff and Volunteers who are involved with adults who may be vulnerable in activities such as Pilgrimages, Eurchistic Ministry with people who are housebound and other areas of ministry with people who may be vulnerable must attend a safeguarding information session.
• Areas of ministry such as pilgrimages may require specialised training in areas such as manual handling, safe lifting, etc. This should be discussed with the Director of Safeguarding
• People involved in leadership roles in ministry with adults who may be vulnerable may require customised training for their particular role. This may for example include risk assessment and mitigation. This should be discussed with the Director of Safeguarding

Regardless of the level of training required, all Priests, Staff and Volunteers are required to abide by good safeguarding practice.