Safeguarding and the practice of love, honesty, respect, support and accountability are essential parts of our Catholic ministry and mission. Every human being has a value which we acknowledge as coming directly from God's creation of male and female in his own image and likeness.
We believe therefore that all people should be valued, supported and protected from harm and we recognise the personal dignity and rights of vulnerable people towards whom the church has a special responsibility. The Catholic Church and its individual members will undertake appropriate steps to maintain a safe environment for all, by practising fully and positively Christ's Ministry towards children, young people and adults and responding sensitively and compassionately to their needs in order to help keep them safe from harm.
This is demonstrated by the provision of carefully planned activities for children, young people and adults, caring for those hurt by abuse and robustly managing and ministering to those who have caused harm. This involves the following:. Parent baby-toddler club guidance July Parish Surveillance Camera Assessment policy.
More forms such as the ones here below can be found here. Disclaimer: Throughout our section, you will find links to external websites. Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly and ensure these links are accurate, up to date, and relevant. However, the Safeguarding Department cannot take responsibility for pages maintained by external providers.
If you come across any external links that do not work, we would be grateful if you could report them to the web content team or at safeguardingadmin rcdow. Creating a Safe Environment. Home Safeguarding Creating a Safe Environment. This involves the following: Ensure every person, on paid and voluntary role, involved in regulated activities with children, young people, and vulnerable adults have been formally interviewed, DBS checked or have an up to date DBS and references are taken.
