Standard 5 requires that ‘Good practice in the Safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults across the District is consistently promoted. All necessary information is disseminated at a local level to support this work’. To meet this standard, one criteria states that ‘A programme of audits or other means of assessment is instituted to establish compliance, good practice and issues that require attention’.

As a result, each summer, we ask Circuits to provide us with basic safeguarding information relating to work carried out in the current Connexional year. We then collate the information provided to demonstrate that compliance is established and good practise is evident. If issues are identified then help and support is provided in a variety of ways.

The annual review is also helpful for individual Circuits. In the model Circuit Safeguarding Policy, CIrcuit Leadership members agree that the ‘promotion of safeguarding is recognised to include undertaking those tasks which enable all God’s people to reach their full potential’. As the group with legal responsibility for safeguarding, Circuit Leadership Team members are required to ‘actively consider the extent to which it is succeeding in this area’. Completing this review demonstrates that Leadership Team members have done what is required of them, and therefore can demonstrate that they do take their legal responsibilities seriously.

Please be assured that this review is not find fault or to undermine the work of the Circuit Safeguarding Officer or members of your Circuit Leadership Team. Please don’t worry if your review highlights a number of areas for development. Systems are in place to make sure you receive all the help required. 

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