St Nicholas is committed to and has adopted the House of Bishop’s “Promoting a Safer Church; Safeguarding Policy Statement” which can be found on this website. And on the St Albans dioceses web site.
This Policy Statement is based on the 5 foundations
- The 5 foundations are:
- The Gospel
- Human Rights & The Law
- Core Principles
- Good Safeguarding Practice
- Learning from the Past
6 overarching policy commitments:
- Promoting a Safer environment and culture
- Safely recruiting and supporting all those with any responsibility related to children, young people and vulnerable adults within the Church
- Responding promptly to every safeguarding concern or allegation
- Caring pastorally for victims/survivors of abuse and other affected persons
- Caring pastorally for those who are the subject of concerns or allegations of abuse and other affected persons
- Responding to those that may pose a present risk to others.