At St Chads Vange we have adopted the suite of Policy and Practice Guidance provided by the National Safeguarding Team for the Church of England. Old Safeguarding policy

All previous  Policy/Policy Manual documents have now been replaced with the NST Policy and Practice Guidance

Click here to access National Safeguarding Team Policy and Practice Guidance.

Please note under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 all authorised clergy, bishops, archdeacons, licensed readers and lay workers, churchwardens and PCCs must have ‘due regard’ to safeguarding guidance issued by the House of Bishops (this will include both policy and practice guidance). A duty to have ‘due regard’ to guidance means that the person under the duty is not free to disregard it but is required to follow it unless there are cogent reasons for not doing so. (‘Cogent’ for this purpose means clear, logical and convincing.) Failure by clergy to comply with the duty imposed by the 2016 Measure may result in disciplinary action.

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