Safeguarding Office
C/o Hinsley Hall
62 Headingley Lane
LEEDS
LS6 2BX
Tel: 0113 2618046
childprotection@dioceseofleeds.org.uk
The Safeguarding Website can now be found at www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk/safeguarding/ - you should be re-directed in 5 seconds
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Introduction
The aim of these pages is to give some general information on the work of the Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults Team in the Diocese and to explain our aims and objectives, together with some of the achievements in the parishes and elsewhere.
For information about support and help for people who have experienced or been affected by abuse please either contact our Co-ordinator Suzanne Mitchell or follow the link to the website of our national body, the Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Service - CSAS. On their Resources page, click the word 'here' in the sentence: 'To locate support and guidance click here.'
The CSAS website is at www.csas.uk.net.
The Diocesan Safeguarding Co-ordinator/Officer is Ms Suzanne Mitchell. Her direct dial number is 0113 2618 059, or 0751 559 8523.
Printed Resources:
The Parish Pack - Safeguarding Resources is the latest guide to best Safeguarding Practice issued by our national body CSAS. A hard copy has been issued to all parish reps and clergy, and is also available free of charge to other interested organisations within the Diocese. If you have not yet received your copy, and would like to have one, please contact the Administrator Stephen Hanslip on 0113 2618 046. It is available in pdf format (ie, to read or download, but not to amend) here .
The forms listed in the Parish Pack are all available separately on the Documents page of this site, or on request to the Administrator.
As from 9 November 2009 the layout of several of the earlier forms - including those central to the recruitment proess - has changed, and CSAS has given strict instructions that the new style forms are to be used with immediate effect. Please note that CSAS insists that no changes may be made to its forms.
Training
The CSAS Workshop on Wednesday 1 July 2009 was led by Adrian Child, Director of CSAS, in Leeds Civic Hall (Millennium Square). Starting at 7.00 pm, for two hours, it spelled out the implications for us all of the latest changes in the national Safeguarding scene, including the establishment of the new Independent Safeguarding Authority. More than 150 people attended. Notes from the meeting are available on request to the Administrator.
Structured training sessions for parish reps are held on a regular basis. For information on the current round of training please see the Our Work page.
Suzanne Mitchell has a 'whole-parish' training session available which is aimed at the clergy, rep and volunteers in a single parish. It can be tailored to suit your parish circumstances, and is free of charge - please contact her on the above number for more details.
I warmly welcome this website for the Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults team of the Diocese of Leeds.
I hope it will fulfil several purposes. It should be a useful means of communication between the team and those in the parishes and other groups who are involved in activities for children and vulnerable adults. It should be a source of information and reassurance for agencies and individuals making enquiries about our philosophy and our procedures in this area.
I hope also that this may facilitate contact for anyone who has a question about any aspect of the protection of children and vulnerable adults in our Diocese.