Creating a safe ministry church

To ensure church is safe for all to attend, the various guidelines, policies and training must be attended to by all churches.

The actions required to be taken by churches are contained in the:

Safe Ministry Booklet
- read online
- download

What is required of members of the ordained clergy and all church workers and volunteers is contained in:

Faithfulness in Service (National Code of Conduct)
- download

Some of the most common procedures and forms are:

Forms and Procedures for Background checking (Screening) of Employees and Volunteers
Working with children check forms are at our Guidelines and Polices page under screening

Ultimately, rules, regulations, policies and procedures, whilst essential, are not a substitute for wise caution and an on-going attitude of care and concern for the protection of the vulnerable, especially children.