Apostolic Church of Fellowship Child and Adult Protection Statement

 

Apostolic Church of Fellowship regards the protection and safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults and good working practice as a priority. In the interests of the safety and well being of all it has developed and operates a formal safeguarding policy, which is registered with the Churches’ Child Protection Advisory Service.

 

Apostolic Church of Fellowship is committed to ensuring that everyone working with children or young people: ● has been safely recruited, ● is adequately trained and supervised, ● understands and follows Apostolic Church of Fellowships safeguarding policy.

 

The safeguarding policy may be viewed and/or a copy obtained from the office at Kingston Road Community Hub, Kingston Road, Manton, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 2UH

 

As part of Apostolic Church of Fellowship's commitment to children, young people and vulnerable adults it has appointed Leah Miayoukou  as Safeguarding Co-ordinator.   All the children and young people and vulnerable adults involved in activities within the church know who they are and how they can be contacted.

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Should Apostolic Church of Fellowship have any safeguarding concerns it will seek the advice of the Churches’ Child Protection Advisory Service and if appropriate contact the statutory authorities.  

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Apostolic Church of Fellowship

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• Apostolic Church of Fellowship is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and ensuring their well-being.

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• We recognise that we all have a responsibility to help prevent the physical, sexual, psychological, financial and inatory abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults and to report any such abuse that we discover or suspect.

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•  We recognise that the personal dignity and rights of vulnerable adults and will ensure all our policies and procedures will reflect this.

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• We believe all adults should enjoy and have access to every aspect of the life of Apostolic Church of Fellowship.

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• We undertake to exercise proper care in the appointment and selection of those who will work with children and vulnerable adults.

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•  We believe every child should be valued, safe and happy. We want to make sure that children we have contact with know this and are empowered to tell us if they are suffering harm.

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We are committed to:

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• Following statutory denominational and specialist guidelines in relation to safeguarding children and adults and will ensure that as a place of worship/organisation all workers will   work within the agreed procedure of our safeguarding policy.

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• Implementing the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Acts 1995 and 2005 and all other relevant legislation.

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• Supporting, resourcing and training those who undertake this work.

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• Ensuring that we are keeping up to date with national and local developments relating to safeguarding

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• Ensuring that everyone agrees to abide by these recommendations and the guidelines established by Apostolic Church of Fellowship.

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• Supporting all in the place of Apostolic Church of Fellowship affected by abuse.

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We recognise:

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• Children’s Social Services has lead responsibility for investigating all allegations or suspicions of abuse where there are concerns about a child. Adult Social Care has lead responsibility for investigating a all allegations or suspicions of abuse where there are concerns about a   vulnerable adult.

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• Where an allegation suggests that a criminal offence may have been committed then the police should b e contacted as a matter of urgency.

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• Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.  We will review this statement and our policy  annually.

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If you have any concerns for a child or vulnerable adult or in relation to any safeguarding matter then please speak to one of the Safeguarding Co-ordinators.

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