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Safeguarding Office
C/o Hinsley Hall
62 Headingley Lane
LEEDS
LS6 2BX

Tel: 0113 2618046

safeguarding@dioceseofleeds.org.uk

 

CSAS recently issued new versions of the critical forms used in the CRB Disclosure process.  They are dated 2009 November and shown at the top of the list below.  No changes whatsoever are allowed in these forms.  We cannot any longer accept CSAS forms that do not have that date in the footer. 

In the Safeguarding Self Declaration (SSD) that all applicants must complete as part of the Safe Recruitment process reference is made to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and to the Safe Storage and Retention policy.  CSAS policy statements on these two items should be supplied to all applicants - they appear immediately after the SSD itself in the list below.

Other forms to support the Parish Pack appear twice in the list - in PDF format and in MS Word Format.  The PDF format forms cannot be amended, and to read them you need to have Adobe Reader - click here to download and install the free software. This format is used so that you can see what is in the documents whatever word processing software you have on your computer.  The MS Word format allows you to download the documents and save them onto your own computer, and then amend them using MS Word - but please note that CSAS does not allow any amendments apart from the parish details of name, address, phone number, clergy name.

If you do not have MS Word, and would like to have the documents amended to show your parish details, please contact the office.... you can send in a printout of the pdf version, amended in biro, and we will prepare a version for you - ready either for photocopying or for use on your computer.  And if you do have MS Word, but are unsure of how to proceed, we can talk you through the process 'live' if you wish.  Just call - but please remember that the 2009 November documents cannot be amended in any way!

The Parish Pack - Safeguarding Resources is listed below the 2009 November forms, in pdf format only - it is 82 pages long, so please allow time for it to download.  If you would like a hard copy, please contact the Administrator.  Please note that page 35 - the Safe Recruitment of Volunteers flowchart - has been revised, and is listed just below the Parish Pack itself.   The Diocese has also produced an A5-sized Booklet of advice for volunteers reflecting the content of the Parish Pack; all 5,000 copies have now been distributed through parishes, but it is available to download here.  Edition 2 of both the Parish Pack and the A5-sized Booklet will be prepared once the future direction of ISA and CRB checks becomes clear.

The next two documents, again in pdf format only, are the leaflet and laminated card that make up the separate Section 7 of the Parish Pack. 

Other documents are listed in alphabetical order, with the pdf versions first and MS Word versions below.  Again, please note that CSAS does not allow any changes to its forms other than to include the parish details. 

SVP Members now have their own 'personalised' SSDs and Application form, agreed between CSAS and SVP nationally in late August 2010.  Please use these for all SVP members from September onwards. 

The Role Descriptions listed towards the end have not been revised recently and are still current - although parishes may wish to develop their own versions.