Safeguarding
The care and protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults is the responsibility of the whole church. Everyone who participates in the life of the church has a role to play in promoting a safer church for all. The full Safeguarding Policy can be seen on the church website. This is reviewed regularly by the Safeguarding Officer and the Vicar to ensure that we, as a church, are meeting Diocesan requirements such as the present emphasis on Safer Recruitment guidelines which need to be taken into account.
In order to remain as current as possible regular ‘Diocesan Updating’ courses are attended by the Safeguarding Officer.
All church members who work directly with children and vulnerable adults on behalf of the church have been asked to undertake relevant Diocesan Safeguarding Courses and where appropriate are DBS cleared.
The Safeguarding officer is Yvonne Portch and can be contacted by email – safeguarding@stmichaelsmere.org.uk
or by phone – 07841 016282
If you have a specific safeguarding concern, you can also contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Team via email at safeguarding@salisbury.anglican.org, or by telephone on 01722 438651.
For non-emergency advice and support outside of the teams working hours, please contact thirtyone:eight on 0303 0031111.
If contact regarding safeguarding or child protection is needed then the first point of call is the Parish Safeguarding Officer, whose details are also found on the information notice in the church porch, in addition to this website. The Vicar, The Revd. Michael Molano, can also be contacted, via email on revd.michael@outlook.com.
If a potential safeguarding issue is brought to the attention of the Parish Safeguarding Officer, then after informing the Vicar, the issue is referred to the Diocesan Safeguarding Officer for advice and any further actions will be taken by them.