Safeguarding Office
C/o Hinsley Hall
62 Headingley Lane
LEEDS
LS6 2BX
Tel: 0113 2618046
safeguarding@dioceseofleeds.org.uk
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. The Diocesan Safeguarding Manual (The Diocesan Handbook) was last fully revised in January 2007. It was updated in January 2008 to include the new style of forms issued by our national body COPCA in November 2007, and to reflect the replacement of 'Child Protection' with 'Safeguarding'. It is available here .
With effect from 1 July 2008 the national body itself has changed its name from COPCA to CSAS - The Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Service. Its website is at www.csas.uk.net.
There are sample forms to amend with your parish name for use in your parish - just click the link here; others are included as part of the Diocesan Safeguarding Manual, in the Appendices (Section 14). (Please note, however, that CSAS insists that no changes be made to the forms other than to the parish name.)
STOP PRESS: 23 July 2008 - We are pleased to confirm that the new Diocesan Safeguarding Co-ordinator will be Ms Suzanne Mitchell. She will take up her post with effect from Friday 1 August.
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.