2018 Safeguarding Annual Report
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Safeguarding Annual Report 2018 www.bristol.anglican.org Welcome Contents Diocesan Safeguarding Steering Group 4 As Interim Independent Chair of the Diocesan Membership 5 Safeguarding Steering Group (DSSG), I am pleased to Attendance 7 present the Safeguarding Annual report for 2018. Firstly, I would Safeguarding Staffing 8 like to thank our previous Chair, Justin Humphreys, who has led the Safeguarding Service Development 9 DSSG so ably over the last five years and has recently stepped down. Diocese 9 This report demonstrates that the Diocese of Bristol has developed Policy and Procedures 13 robust procedures and processes to ensure that the DSSG has Diocese 13 oversight of the safeguarding and protection of children and Parish 13 vulnerable adults across the diocese. The data and performance National 14 metrics gathered, analysed and responded to by our excellent, Safeguarding Training 16 professional team of safeguarding staff demonstrate a steady and Courses available 16 sustained improvement in safeguarding arrangements. Online training 17 People with outstanding training needs 18 I have been continually impressed by the rigour, oversight, and Parish Safeguarding Officers 18 priority that both the safeguarding team led by Adam Bond, Diocesan Monitoring and reporting 21 Safeguarding Adviser, and overseen by Oliver Home, Diocesan Additional Training needs 21 Safeguarding Lead, and the entire membership of the DSSG have DBS and Safer Recruitment 23 demonstrated when addressing key safeguarding issues on behalf Parish Registration with Thirty One: Eight to process DBS checks 23 of the wider Church. We expect our parishes and benefices to play DBS – Not Clear 24 Outstanding DBS checks 2018 25 their part and that is exactly what they are doing as we all navigate Number of DBS applications completed in 2018 26 to the same ‘page’ together. Quality Assurance 27 These are complex issues. However, this annual report demonstrates National 27 that we are well into our journey of placing preventative safeguarding Diocesan Safeguarding Audit 27 at the core of every bit of church activity that we deliver or commission. Annual Self Evaluation 27 We still have to complete that journey. Complacency is not an option. Past Cases Review 27 The detail of this report creates strong foundations for the road ahead Diocese 28 Parish Safeguarding Audit 28 of us, and also enables us to plot clearly the course that is before us. Case Work 30 New cases recorded and enquiries made 30 Comparison with 2017 32 Mal Munday Budget 34 Interim Independent Chair of the Diocesan Safeguarding Steering Group Supporting Safeguarding 35 2 DIOCESE OF BRISTOL SAFEGUARDING ANNUAL REPORT 2018 3 MEMBERSHIP Diocesan Representation from external organisations Safeguarding has been sought during 2018. Mal Munday, Head of Service, Children’s Services Wiltshire Steering Group Council, joined the group during 2018 prior to his retirement on 31 August 2018. Nicola Laird, The DSSG has been established since April 2014. the Local Authority Designated Officer for This was in response to the review of safeguarding Bristol City Council, has continued as a arrangements within the Diocese undertaken by member the group. Barnardo’s in 2013. Meetings have occurred quarterly through 2018. Mal Munday has taken on the role of Vice The terms of reference1 for the DSSG were revised in Chair, following a revision to the Terms of November 2016 and have been further revised during 2018 Reference of the group. following the publication of new guidance in October 2017. As at December 2018 the membership of the The Group has quarterly meetings to oversee safeguarding DSSG is as follows: activity within the Diocese. There are standing agenda items which include national updates, information regarding IICSA, performance metrics and the Strategic Safeguarding Improvement Plan (which outlines the development work of the DST and the DSSG). The introduction of ‘Quarterly Metrics’ to each meeting from April 2015 has been particularly effective. These figures report on training, casework and DBS compliance levels. This monitoring process has overseen improvements in levels of in-date training and a move to less than 1% of monitored DBS checks being out of date (against national five year standard) compared to 13% in Q1 of 2015. 1 https://www.bristol.anglican.org/documents/dssg-terms-reference/ 4 DIOCESE OF BRISTOL SAFEGUARDING ANNUAL REPORT 2018 5 Name Role ATTENDANCE Justin Humphreys Independent Chair Vice Chair (and current Interim Name 22 Jan 23 Apr 17 Jul 15 Oct Mal Munday Chair pending recruitment) Justin Humphreys ✔ ✔ ✔ A Oliver Home Diocesan Secretary David Cain ✔ A ✔ A Bishop’s Chaplain ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Revd Paul van Rossum Oliver Home (retired December 2018) Revd Paul van Rossum A A ✔ A Ven Michael Johnson Acting Archdeacon of Bristol Ven Christine Froude ✔ ✔ - - Head of Parish and External Chris Priddy Ven Michael Johnson - - ✔ ✔ Relations Mal Munday ✔ ✔ ✔ Olive Gascoigne Parish Safeguarding Officer A Chris Priddy A ✔ ✔ A Jan Coombes Parish Safeguarding Officer Olive Gascoigne ✔ ✔ ✔ A David Cain Parish Officer Jan Coombes ✔ ✔ ✔ A Revd Canon Raymond Adams Chair of House of Clergy Revd Canon Raymond Adams A ✔ ✔ ✔ Adviser for Ministry Development & representing Revd Canon Derek Chedzey ✔ ✔ ✔ - Revd Canon Derek Chedzey Bristol Cathedral (left role in Wendy Matthews - - - ✔ August 2018) Roland Callaby ✔ ✔ A ✔ Wendy Matthews Cathedral Chapter Clerk Ben Evans ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Roland Callaby Diocesan Registrar Inspector Paul Bolton-Jones A A A A Ben Evans Communications Officer Nicola Laird ✔ ✔ ✔ A Avon and Somerset Inspector Paul Bolton-Jones Adam Bond* ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Constabulary Katheryn Caithness* ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Nicola Laird LADO, Bristol City Council Helen Styles* ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Safeguarding Co-ordinator Katheryn Caithness (Notetaker) Denise Channing** - - ✔ - Diocesan Safeguarding * Members of Diocesan Safeguarding Team attend DSSG but are not members Adam Bond Adviser ** Attended for a specific agenda item - Attendance not required Safeguarding Training and A Apologies received Helen Styles Development Officer ✔ Attended 6 DIOCESE OF BRISTOL SAFEGUARDING ANNUAL REPORT 2018 7 Safeguarding Safeguarding Service Staffing Development 2018 has seen stability in the Diocesan Safeguarding Team DIOCESE with no changes in our staffing. The Safeguarding Improvement Plan was agreed by the Diocesan Safeguarding Steering Group in January 2016. This Plan was developed following the previous year’s Safeguarding Annual Report which incorporated results of the second Parish Safeguarding Audit. The plan has been added to and revised following the SCIE Audit (2017) and progress in relation to the plan is reported quarterly to the DSSG. Adam Bond Helen Styles Nick Papuca Katheryn Safe and Welcome: The Safe and Welcome scheme invites Diocesan Diocesan Safeguarding Caithness parishes to review their activity in the following five areas; Safeguarding Safeguarding Caseworker Safeguarding Safeguarding, Children and Young Peoples Ministry, Health and Adviser Training and Co-Ordinator Development Safety, Hospitality and Accessibility. The Safeguarding section Officer is fully integrated with the Safeguarding Annual Audit process. Oliver Home, Diocesan Secretary, is the safeguarding lead Parishes work towards completing certain actions in order to and line manages Adam and Katheryn. Adam line manages reach a ‘standard’ at which stage they are awarded bronze, Nick Papuca and Helen Styles. silver or gold certificates. Our volunteer trainers, Mike Bosher, Becky Fisher, Sara At December 2018, 37 parishes were engaged in the scheme. Wadsworth, Clare Waggett, Fran Clarke, Liz Leaman and Karen 14 have been awarded Bronze level and 3 Silver level with Wilmot have continued to support the delivery of safeguarding 23 parishes currently working towards Bronze level. training across the Diocese this year and have been joined by Inductions: One-to-one Safeguarding Inductions for Clergy Tori Silletti. and Diocesan Officers were continued during 2018. Six new Arthur Panton, an independent Social Worker, provides incumbent status clergy, the two acting archdeacons and the independent professional supervision for the DSA on a private new Bishop of Bristol have received one-to-one inductions with consultancy basis every six weeks. the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser during 2018. Authorised Listeners: The Diocese is able to offer the services of an Authorised Listener to any victim or survivor of abuse that would like this support. 8 DIOCESE OF BRISTOL SAFEGUARDING ANNUAL REPORT 2018 9 Bristol Cathedral: A service level agreement was renewed REGIONAL during 2017 between the Bristol Diocesan Board of Finance South West Ecumenical Safeguarding Forum and Bristol Cathedral. This outlines how each organisation This meets quarterly and comprises DSAs from the Region communicates and cooperates in terms of safeguarding and safeguarding representatives from the Roman Catholic casework and provision and sets out functions in relation to Dioceses, Methodist Circuits and United Reformed Church provision of training and DBS services. Safeguarding Training Synod. There are also links to the Baptist Church and the is provided to the Cathedral by the Diocese Safeguarding Team. Salvation Army. This agreement remains in place and will be reviewed in 2020. South West Safeguarding Trainers Network Trinity College: Trinity College in Bristol is the only Theological This is a network for safeguarding trainers in Church of England Education Institution within the Diocese of Bristol. Support has Dioceses