Safeguarding, safer recruitment and complaints procedure

Safeguarding

The safeguarding policy for All Saints Worcester (The PCC Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Nicholas & All Saint's Worcester with St Helen’s) is available here, in which we subscribe to the Diocese of Worcester and Church of England policies that can be found here. Any allegations of mistreatment, abuse, harassment or bullying must be responded to without delay. All queries and concerns can be directed to any of our clergy or our Parish Safeguarding Officer, Sue Price. Email: safeguarding@allsaintsworcester.org.uk or download our Safeguarding Incident Report Form. All concerns will be treated with due care and appropriate confidentiality.

The Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor is Hilary Higton - 07495 060869.

If you think that someone is at immediate risk of serious harm you must contact the police on 999. For non-urgent police enquiries use 101.

Safer recruitment

All voluntary and paid roles within the life of the church community require an application form to be completed and two references to be taken up. All voluntary and paid positions working with children and vulnerable adults require a DBS-check to the appropriate level and safeguarding training to be completed.

Complaints procedure

In any community, from time to time, problems occur. Human brokenness plays out resulting in upset and pain. Given this reality, we want our church community to be safe, sensitive, and skilled at finding resolution and reconciliation. Access our resolution and reconciliation procedure document here.