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| * The immediate steps to be done, and comments on our progress are: ||How to achieve congregational compliance with the policy|| GWUC Comment || ||1. Formally adopt or reaffirm the Synod’s KCS Policy and procedures, and record a statement of commitment in CC meeting Minutes.|| Adopted our GwucServingSafelyPolicy in July 2015. Need to add the new KCS policy and update as needed. || ||2. Advertising KCS Policy Make the KCS Policy and Statement of Commitment accessible to the congregation.|| Done. Could do more. || ||3. Appoint a Culture of Safety/Safe Church Contact Person|| Done. DorothyLockhart with DavidMorgan as deputy.|| ||4. Their role is to assist in undertaking leadership in child safe church, to support all parties in responding to reports or concerns as well as assisting with required administrative components.|| Understood. || ||5. WorkingWithChildrenCheck Ensure that Church Councilors, Elders, Lay Preachers, worship leaders, music leaders, organists, Bible study leaders, as well as those involved in programs with children and young people have a valid WWCC and have signed the Code of Conduct. || WWCC in hand. We have not required signing of a Code.|| ||6. To keep an up to date WWCC register locally as well as enter the informaBon on the Synod’s WWCC secure data base.|| Being done by ChurchOffice and DavidMorgan, with the intention of returning to the ChurchOffice when load reduces. [[WorkingWithChildrenCheckGroup|Local list derived from database.]]|| ||7. Report immediately a Negative Notice is received (ie. a failure to obtain or cancellation / suspension of WWCC) by contacting The Synod General Secretary who will advise on the appropriate action in accordance with UCA Guidelines || Understood || ||8. Safe Church Training. Ensure that all people requiring WWCC attend Safe Church Training at least every 2 years (records of this need to be kept.)|| We have records in the rolls database, extracted [[SafeChurchTraining|here]], but we are out of date. Waiting for new Safe Church Training course.|| |
* The immediate steps to be done, from the presentation, and comments on our progress are: ||How to achieve congregational compliance with the policy.|| GWUC Comment || ||1. Formally adopt or reaffirm the Synod’s [[https://www.victas.uca.org.au/UCA%20Resources/Pages/Keeping-Children-Safe-Policy.aspx|KCS Policy and procedures]], and record a statement of commitment in CC meeting Minutes.|| Adopted in our GwucServingSafelyPolicy in July 2015. See [[2.2.1 Working With Children Check Policy|here]]. May need to update and reaffirm. || ||2. Advertising KCS Policy Make the KCS Policy and Statement of Commitment accessible to the congregation.|| Done. See [[2.2.1 Working With Children Check Policy|wiki]] and Serving Safely notice board. || ||3. Appoint a Culture of Safety/Safe Church Contact Person|| Done. DorothyLockhart with DavidMorgan as deputy.|| ||4. Their role is to assist in undertaking leadership in child safe church, to support all parties in responding to reports or concerns as well as assisting with required administrative components.|| Understood. || ||5. WorkingWithChildrenCheck Ensure that Church Councilors, Elders, Lay Preachers, worship leaders, music leaders, organists, Bible study leaders, as well as those involved in programs with children and young people have a valid WWCC and have signed the Code of Conduct. || WWCC in hand. We have not required signing of a Code.|| ||6. To keep an up to date WWCC register locally as well as enter the informaBon on the Synod’s WWCC secure data base.|| Being done by ChurchOffice and DavidMorgan, with the intention of returning to the ChurchOffice when load reduces. [[WorkingWithChildrenCheckGroup|Local list derived from database is here.]]|| ||7. Report immediately a Negative Notice is received (ie. a failure to obtain or cancellation / suspension of WWCC) by contacting The Synod General Secretary who will advise on the appropriate action in accordance with UCA Guidelines || Understood || ||8. Safe Church Training. Ensure that all people requiring WWCC attend Safe Church Training at least every 2 years (records of this need to be kept.)|| We have records in the rolls database, extracted [[SafeChurchTraining|here]], but we are out of date. Waiting for new Safe Church Training course.|| |
Link to > CouncilAgenda20170503 > CouncilMinutes20170503 > SafeChurch
Safety team report to Council May 2017
Presentation by Presbytery on prevention of child abuse
Both DavidMorgan & DorothyLockhart attended the Presbytery session on prevention of child abuse laws and rules since the Jan 2017 legislative changes.
The presentation is available here
- The immediate steps to be done, from the presentation, and comments on our progress are:
How to achieve congregational compliance with the policy.
GWUC Comment
1. Formally adopt or reaffirm the Synod’s KCS Policy and procedures, and record a statement of commitment in CC meeting Minutes.
Adopted in our GwucServingSafelyPolicy in July 2015. See here. May need to update and reaffirm.
2. Advertising KCS Policy Make the KCS Policy and Statement of Commitment accessible to the congregation.
Done. See wiki and Serving Safely notice board.
3. Appoint a Culture of Safety/Safe Church Contact Person
Done. DorothyLockhart with DavidMorgan as deputy.
4. Their role is to assist in undertaking leadership in child safe church, to support all parties in responding to reports or concerns as well as assisting with required administrative components.
Understood.
5. WorkingWithChildrenCheck Ensure that Church Councilors, Elders, Lay Preachers, worship leaders, music leaders, organists, Bible study leaders, as well as those involved in programs with children and young people have a valid WWCC and have signed the Code of Conduct.
WWCC in hand. We have not required signing of a Code.
6. To keep an up to date WWCC register locally as well as enter the informaBon on the Synod’s WWCC secure data base.
Being done by ChurchOffice and DavidMorgan, with the intention of returning to the ChurchOffice when load reduces. Local list derived from database is here.
7. Report immediately a Negative Notice is received (ie. a failure to obtain or cancellation / suspension of WWCC) by contacting The Synod General Secretary who will advise on the appropriate action in accordance with UCA Guidelines
Understood
8. Safe Church Training. Ensure that all people requiring WWCC attend Safe Church Training at least every 2 years (records of this need to be kept.)
We have records in the rolls database, extracted here, but we are out of date. Waiting for new Safe Church Training course.