Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults

"Our parish of Chinley with Buxworth is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO). Our Safeguarding Policy is provided below.

 

Our Diocese of Derby’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor who advises our PSO. (https://derby.anglican.org/en/safeguarding.html)

 

If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm, or if you want to discuss any aspect of helping vulnerable people stay safe, please contact the PSO - Rachel Hodges, or the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor. Details are provided below.

 

If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority’s children or adult social care services."

 

Parish Safeguarding Officer: Jo Winterbottom 07773 029136, cwithbsafeguarding@gmail.com 

 

Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor: Sue Griffin 01332 388659,  07540 719447,  sue.griffin@derby.anglican.org

 

Or follow this link:  REPORT A SAFEGUARDING CONCERN

Links to copies of our Parish Safeguarding Policy, Parish Responding to Domestic Abuse Policy and The Church of England Parish Safeguarding Handbook that are all regularly reviewed by members of the PCC and can be found here:

Social Media:

Chapter 12 of the CofE National Parish Safeguarding Handbook contains details of the way we should deal with Social Media. One requirement of that is where there are Facebook or similar online groups set up on the church's behalf, the PCC must ensure there is a named person to whom all workers and volunteers are accountable. Chinley and Buxworth Parish does not have any social media accounts directly but they do some through 'Lighting Up CB&B' and some Whatsapp groups for communication. Therefore they have appointed Rachel Hodges as their named Social media person. We would also encourage people to refer to the following guidelines when using social media either personally or for church purposes.