Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
From time to time, the parish provides a range of activities for children and teens. These include spiritual, catechetical and pastoral activities as well as games, dance, sport, art and craft, drama. Children also serve on the altar, sing in the choir etc. We are committed to the protection and safeguarding of these children and young people in accordance with the guidance from the Archdiocese of Birmingham.
THE CHILD PROTECTION OFFICER
Each Parish in each Diocese has to nominate a person to be responsible to the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency for the clearance of everyone who, in the course of their work for the Parish has contact with children or with vulnerable adults. This involves the filling in of a rather daunting form and the Protection officer has to examine certain documents which provide evidence of the person’s identity. No one should mind or worry about this somewhat intrusive process since we all have to go through this procedure, and it is after all extremely important to safeguard our children and vulnerable adults. The form then has to checked by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The Child Protection Officer for St Peter's is Paul Reilly who should be contacted through the official diocesan email address which is : [email protected] and may also be contacted via the sacristy and in complete confidence about any relevant problem or worry. For full information about Archdiocesan policy and support for those abused, click here for the next page
THE CHILD PROTECTION OFFICER
Each Parish in each Diocese has to nominate a person to be responsible to the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency for the clearance of everyone who, in the course of their work for the Parish has contact with children or with vulnerable adults. This involves the filling in of a rather daunting form and the Protection officer has to examine certain documents which provide evidence of the person’s identity. No one should mind or worry about this somewhat intrusive process since we all have to go through this procedure, and it is after all extremely important to safeguard our children and vulnerable adults. The form then has to checked by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The Child Protection Officer for St Peter's is Paul Reilly who should be contacted through the official diocesan email address which is : [email protected] and may also be contacted via the sacristy and in complete confidence about any relevant problem or worry. For full information about Archdiocesan policy and support for those abused, click here for the next page
