Kids are safe here!
This video is supplied by the Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service,
PO Box 133, Swanley Kent BR8 7UQ
Telephone: 0845 120 4550
Church Web Site Child Protection Statement
Grace Community Church regards child protection and good working practice as a priority. In the interests of the safety and well being of all children and young people, it has developed and operates a formal child protection policy, which is registered with the Churches’ Child Protection Advisory Service.
The church is committed to ensuring that everyone working with children or young people:
● has undergone a Criminal Records Bureau check at enhanced level,
● is adequately trained and supervised,
● understands and follows the church’s child protection policy.
The child protection policy may be viewed and/or a copy obtained from the church office [our address detais are on the right on this page].
As part of this church’s commitment to children and young people it has appointed Liz Ferguson as Child Protection Co-ordinator and Christine Morris as Deputy Child Protection Co-ordinator. All the children and young people involved in activities within the church know who they are and how they can be contacted.
Should the church have any child protection concerns it will seek the advice of the Churches’ Child Protection Advisory Service, who hold a copy of our child protection policy, and the statutory safeguarding agencies (Children's Social Care and Police Child Protection Team)
Extract from Blackburn Borough Councils web pages:Contact social care servicesEmergencies/24 Hour referrals: (01254) 587547Normal social care services working hours are 8.45am until 5pm Monday to Friday, except bank holidays. At any other time, the emergency duty team (EDT) is available. The EDT can only deal with issues that are urgent. That is, issues requiring an immediate response and which cannot wait until the offices reopen. During normal working hours, you can contact our customer liaison team, who will be happy to help. Their number is (01254) 587547. Social care contact details for adults and children
Switchboard: (01254) 585585 If you live in the area surrounding Blackburn with Darwen, social services are provided by either Lancashire County Council (Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley) or Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. |
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Grace Community Church
- recognises that child protection is everyone’s responsibility.
- is committed to supporting parents and families.
- recognises the unique and individual worth of each child.
- is committed to nurturing, protecting and safeguarding children and young people.
- exercises care in the appointment of all those working with children and young people in the church, working to ‘Safe from Harm’ principles.
- is committed to following statutory, denominational (if relevant) and specialist guidelines in working with children and young people.
- seeks to support all those affected by abuse.
- is committed to supporting, training and resourcing those who work with children and young people and provide regular supervision.
- is committed to the management and supervision of known offenders in the church.
- will review its child protection policy annually and register it with CCPAS.
If you have any concerns for a child or in relation to any child protection matter then please speak to one of the Child Protection Co-ordinators.
Further details about child protection policies, training in child protection, the Criminal Records Bureau and the quality assurance review can be obtained from the:
Churches Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS),
P O Box 133, Swanley,
Kent BR8 7UQ
Telephone 0845 120 4550.
Email info@ccpas.co.uk
Web: www.ccpas.co.uk
