Families need to know that the Catholic Church is making every effort to protect their children. Pope Francis. contact us on: safeguardingadmin@rcdop.org.uk
Safeguarding in the Catholic Church means doing everything in our power to try and prevent abuse; firstly, by having a safe system of recruitment for clergy, religious, employees and volunteers; which includes PVG checks, references and training; and secondly, by having a reporting system so people can come forward with disclosures and concerns, be listened to and have their disclosures acted upon.
The new Safeguarding Part Two Training session, is for volunteers who have previously attended Safeguarding Training Part One, or Safeguarding Training Level One, more than eighteen months ago. If you attended Safeguarding Training Level One in 2016 or 2017, you should put your name forward for Safeguarding Training Part Two.
FOR THE ATTENTION OF ALL CHURCH VOLUNTEERS WITH PVG CERTIFICATES: volunteers doing regulated work with children and vulnerable adults or both, should complete the Level one Safeguarding training which will be held in St. Mirin’s Parish Hall, Paisley on Wednesday 9th May at 7pm. Please contact Sarah Jane at the Diocesan Safeguarding office safeguardingadmin@rcdop.org.uk or 0141 847 6138 to register for a training session.
Could you be one of our Inverclyde Street Pastors? Working during the night time hours of 10.00 pm until 4.00 am, Inverclyde Street Pastors patrol the streets of Greenock and Gourock on Saturday evenings to care for, listen to and help those who are vulnerable.