Safeguarding in our Parish
The Parish Safeguarding Representative:
Bruno Bubna-Kasteliz
[email protected]
The Diocesan Safeguarding
Co-ordinator:
Becky Cawsey
Diocesan Office for the Protection of Children
Alexander House, Bristol
BS5 0TX
Tel: 0117 954 0993
[email protected]
The Parish Safeguarding Representative has special responsibility for promoting good and safe practices in all activities involving children, young people and vulnerable adults within the parish. The Parish Safeguarding Representative is the link between the parish and the diocese and as such is in regular contact with the Diocesan Safeguarding Co-ordinator and Diocesan Safeguarding Officer.
The Parish Safeguarding Representative attends training sessions and has a sound knowledge of the policies and procedures and also who to contact. The Parish Safeguarding Representative is involved in the recruitment of people to roles within the parish and has the responsibility for facilitating the Disclosure and Barring Service, (DBS – formerly known as CRB), pre-appointment vetting checks at parish level and ensuring that everybody who is required to go through the procedure does so.
Contact details for the Diocesan Safeguarding Co-ordinator and the Parish Safeguarding Representative are shown on the right of this page.
The Parish Safeguarding Representative attends training sessions and has a sound knowledge of the policies and procedures and also who to contact. The Parish Safeguarding Representative is involved in the recruitment of people to roles within the parish and has the responsibility for facilitating the Disclosure and Barring Service, (DBS – formerly known as CRB), pre-appointment vetting checks at parish level and ensuring that everybody who is required to go through the procedure does so.
Contact details for the Diocesan Safeguarding Co-ordinator and the Parish Safeguarding Representative are shown on the right of this page.