MODEL POLICY STATEMENT – SAFEGUARDING ADULTS
The following statement was agreed by the leadership on: 01/05/2013
We are committed to safeguarding vulnerable adults and ensuring their well-being.
- We recognise that we all have a responsibility to help prevent the physical, sexual, psychological, spiritual, financial and discriminatory abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults and to report any such abuse that we discover or suspect.
- We recognise that the personal dignity and rights of vulnerable adults and will ensure all our policies and procedures and practice will reflect this.
- We believe all adults should enjoy and have access to every aspect of the life of this place of worship.
- We undertake to exercise proper care in the appointment and selection of those who will work with vulnerable adults or are in positions of trust and in promoting safer practice and supporting, resourcing and training and regularly reviewing those who undertake this work.
- Keep up to date with national and local developments relating to safeguarding. Follow statutory denominational and specialist guidelines in relation to safeguarding adults and will ensure that all workers will work within the agreed procedure of our safeguarding policy.
- Implementing the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Acts 1995 and 2005 and all other relevant legislation.
- Supporting all in the place of worship/organisation affected by abuse.
We recognise:
- Adult Social Care has lead responsibility for investigating all allegations or suspicions of abuse where there are concerns about a vulnerable adult.
- Where an allegation suggests that a criminal offence may have been committed then the police should be contacted as a matter of urgency.
- Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.
We will review this statement and our policy annually