Link to SafeChurch

Glen Waverley Uniting Church

Safe Church Implementation Plan

Item

Description

Date

Who

Adopt Safe Church Policies

Adopt policies (Chapter 2.3 of Serving Safely Policy)

March 24

ChurchCouncil

Inform Congregation of Safe Church Policies

Weekly Bulletin for a month
Noticeboard
Next monthly bulletin
Notices on Sunday services

Begin week of March 23

NeilSkilton

Make Safe Church brochures available to Congregation

Wiki
Handouts from office|
Email in weekly bulletin

Begin week of March 23

NeilSkilton

Include Safe Church Policy in CC meetings

Include Safe Church Policy as a regular agenda item for Church Council

Next 6 months

ChurchCouncil

Appoint Safe Church Contact Person/s & Administration Person

As per position descriptions in Serving Safely Policy

ASAP

ChurchCouncil

Once appointed, inform Culture of Safety Unit

See SynodSafeChurchEducator

TBC

ChurchCouncil PeopleAndCultureCommittee

Once appointed, communicate role to Congregation

Clearly communicate the role to the entire church Congregation, via:
Weekly Bulletin for a month
Noticeboard
Next monthly bulletin

TBC

ChurchCouncil / NeilSkilton

Distribute draft Serving Safely Policy to all Church leaders for review

ChurchCouncil
Missional Group leaders
MinistryTeam
CommunicationsCommittee
Property Team
Supervisor (GavinBlakemore)
Culture of Safety Unit

March 24

NeilSkilton

Collate & revise, send out revision of draft to stakeholders

Collate revision suggestions from all stakeholders; ensure all ministries are accurately represented in Policy document within Safe Church parameters.

March 31

NeilSkilton

Submit to Church Council

Submit revised version to April Church Council meeting for approval

April 28

NeilSkilton

Leadership awareness & support

All current leaders to be made aware and asked to sign

After April 28

ChurchCouncil

Present to next Congregational Meeting

Explain the process & core changes, volunteer any initial feedback and possibly organise a public review session if necessary

After April 28

ChurchCouncil?

Audit

Audit implementation and identify any gaps

December 2015

ChurchCouncil

Presented to ChurchCouncil by NeilSkilton in CouncilMinutes20150324

SafeChurchImplementationPlan (last edited 2015-08-05 07:23:08 by DavidMorgan)