Diocesan policy and essential resources for everyone
- Promoting a Safer Church - Safeguarding Policy Statement
- What to do if…
- Coventry Diocesan Board of Finance (CDBF) Safeguarding Privacy Notice
The above documents make reference to the following resources:
- Policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders
- Model role description for a volunteer
- Application form for a volunteer
- Confidential declaration form
- Reference request for a volunteer
- Face-to-face questions to ask a volunteer
- Letter of appointment to a volunteer
Resources for the PCC and Parish Safeguarding Officers
- Parish Dashboards
- Parish Safeguarding Handbook
- Safeguarding information on parish websites
- Safeguarding roles within a parish
- Safeguarding poster (A3)
- Safeguarding poster (A4)
- Childline poster
- Health and safety checklist for children's activities
- Responding to a safeguarding concern or allegation - Model procedure for PCC
- Recording Allegations of Abuse or Concern
- Stop it Now! Website
Other resources will be added to this section in response to requests from parishes. Please send any requests to the safeguarding team at safeguarding@coventry.anglican.org
For people working with children and vulnerable adults
- Responding to disclosures, allegations or concerns in your church
- Personal risk assessment tool
- Activities risk assessment template
Resources will be added to this section in response to requests from parishes. Please sent any requests to the safeguarding team at safeguarding@coventry.anglican.org
Responding to safeguarding concerns or allegations
Please click here for information about how to respond to safeguarding concerns or allegations.
Parish Safeguarding Audits
National policy statements and practice guidance
- Fact sheet: Types of Abuse - 2018
- Key Roles and Responsibilities of Church Office Holders and Bodies - 2017
- Responding to Assessing and Managing Safeguarding Concerns or Allegations against Church Officers - 2017
- Responding Well to Domestic Abuse - 2017
- Glossary Reference Document - 2017
- The Gospel, Sexual Abuse and the Church - 2016
- Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure - 2016
- Amending Canon 34 - 2016
- Safer Recruitment - 2016
- Safeguarding in Religious Communities - 2015
- Safeguarding Guidance for LEP’s - 2015
- Responding Well (to those who have been sexually abused) - 2011
- Protecting All God’s Children (4th Edition) - 2010
- Promoting a Safe Church (safeguarding adults) - 2006
- Practice Guidance: Safeguarding Training and Development September 2019
Diocesan accountability
Diocesan Accountability and Responsibilities for Safeguarding