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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 |
Church Council |
Inform Congregation of Safe Church Policies |
Weekly Bulletin for a month |
Begin week of March 23 |
Neil |
Make Safe Church brochures available to Congregation |
Wiki |
Begin week of March 23 |
Neil |
Include Safe Church Policy in CC meetings |
Include Safe Church Policy as a regular agenda item for Church Council |
Next 6 months |
Church Council |
Appoint Safe Church Contact Person/s & Administration Person |
As per position descriptions in Serving Safely Policy |
ASAP |
Church Council |
Once appointed, inform Culture of Safety Unit |
Current contact: Josh Woollett |
TBC |
Church Council HR |
Once appointed, communicate role to Congregation |
Clearly communicate the role to the entire church Congregation, via: |
TBC |
Church Council / Neil |
Distribute draft Serving Safely Policy to all Church leaders for review |
Church Council |
March 24 |
Neil |
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 |
Neil |
Submit to Church Council |
Submit revised version to April Church Council meeting for approval |
April 28 |
Neil |
Leadership awareness & support |
All current leaders to be made aware and asked to sign |
After April 28 |
Church Council |
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 |
Church Council? |
Audit |
Audit implementation and identify any gaps |
December 2015 |
Church Council |
Present to ChurchCouncil by NeilSkilton in CouncilMinutes20150324