National Resources & Local Safeguarding Policies
There are a wealth of helpful resources, information and templates relating to safeguarding in the Church of England that can be found on The Church of England Website.
This e-manual contains the House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Guidance and Safeguarding Code of Practice. Each specific piece of Guidance / Code comprises a Chapter of the e-manual. Each Chapter can be directly accessed from the links below. The e-manual will soon be the only place you can access practice guidance.
- Declaration of Conflict of Interest
- Responding Well to Victims and Survivors of Abuse
- Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults
- Safeguarding Learning and Development Framework
- Safeguarding Practice Reviews
- Safeguarding in Religious Communities
- Safer Recruitment and People Management Guidance
- Safeguarding Serious Incident Reporting to the Charity Commission
- Ukrainian refugees
- Safeguarding Guidance for Local Ecumenical Partnerships
However, there are still some standalone policies that will eventually become part of the e-manual listed below.
Practice guidance
Safer Environments and Activities – this contains guidance for filming and photography
Responding well to domestic abuse practice guidance (2017)
Key roles and responsibilities of church office holders and bodies practice guidance (2017)
Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Safeguarding Records Retention 2024
Policy Statements
Promoting a Safer Church; House of Bishops policy statement (2017)
Model Parish Safeguarding Policy
Glossary reference document (2017)
Local Policy and Practice Guidance
Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy (this document is being updated)
Survivor Engagement Protocol (this document is being updated)
Diocesan Safeguarding Policy Statement (this document is being updated)
Whistle Blowing Policy – Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham (this document is being updated)
Complaints Policy for Southwell and Nottingham Diocese