•  Safeguarding

    We Rosminians affirm the One Church approach to safeguarding children, young people and adults through the promotion of a sustained and sustainable culture of constant vigilance. The Church recognises the personal dignity and rights of all Vulnerable People towards whom it has a special responsibility. The Church and individual members of it undertake to take all appropriate steps to maintain a safe environment for all and to practice fully and positively Christ's Ministry towards children, young people and adults and to respond sensitively and compassionately to their needs in order to help keep them safe from harm. The Church authorities will liaise closely with statutory agencies to ensure that any allegations of abuse are promptly and properly responded to and where appropriate survivors supported and perpetrators held to account.

    The Catholic Church in England and Wales welcomed the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). Its reports will now inform the ongoing reform and improvement of safeguarding in all aspects of the Church’s life.

    IICSA Final report statement October 2022

    The Conference of Religious of England and Wales published a basic set of guidelines for Religious called Integrity in Ministry. The Rosminian Community has adopted the contents of this important publication as a part of its Safeguarding policy. Each member of the Community has his own copy of the book for personal study and reference. In addition to this we continue to be guided by the safeguarding division of the RLGs (Religious Life Groups)


    In November 2020, the Church commissioned an independent review into its safeguarding work and structures. One of the areas recommended was a specialist organisation to provide safeguarding support for Religious Life Groups (RLGs). The RLSS is this specialist provision and has been delivering services to nearly 200 RLGs from 2nd February 2022.


    The RLSS will continue to put victims/survivors at the heart of our work, to empower them and aid them to feel heard. We will continue to make the protection of all people our key safeguarding message and we will of course keep pushing for continuous and demonstrable improvement in all areas of safeguarding. In short we are committed to continuing to address the many challenges to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults for the Catholic Church identified by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.


    And Anthony Furlong is our safeguarding officer and his contact details are ‭+44 7913 753382‬

    anthonyfurlong19@gmail.com


    THE ROSMINIANS
    SAFEGUARDING -  IMPORTANT INFORMATION

    Safeguarding Representative: 
    Fr Tony Furlong. : +44 7913 753382 : anthonyfurlong19@gmail.com

    The CSSA is the new Catholic Church regulator. They provide the standards , guidelines and audits while RLSS works closely with CSSA to ensure our service meets the requirements of the regulator we are separate to the CSSA. To find out more about the CSSA please click below. 

    If you are concerned about the welfare of a child or adult at risk, do not delay in contacting the police, using 999 if a child or adult is believed to be in immediate danger.
     
    It is the policy of the Catholic Church in England and Wales to report all allegations of abuse to statutory authorities, regardless of whether the abuse occurred recently or in the past, or whether the accused person is living or deceased. 
     
    If you are in any role within the Catholic Church in England and Wales, you must refer allegations directly to the safeguarding office for your diocese or religious congregation, or directly to the Police.  
     
    If you are a member of the public, please refer allegations directly to  the Religious Life Safeguarding Service  by telephoning  0151 5562311or via email at safeguarding@religioussafeguarding.org

    USEFUL LINKS

    England and Wales Catholic Trust Safeguarding Policy - View Here

    Rosminian province policy handbook - View Here

    Functions of the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency ‘CSSA’


    Regulation


    The CSSA holds a regulatory function extending to all dioceses and Religious Life Groups. It monitors compliance by Church bodies with the safeguarding standards adopted by the Church, using its own independent audit and review function and is empowered to undertake its role as a regulator through the freely entered into contractual relationships between it and the Church bodies it provides a service to. Through this, the CSSA has the powers to ensure that each Church body partnered with it, is complying with the published standards.

    

    These powers include:

    • Mandatory audit and follow up activity by the CSSA, with the publication of audits at the sole discretion of the CSSA
    • Escalation and intervention in the event of practice not reaching agreed standards
    • Investigation into the handling of complaints that have exhausted local processes

    In addition to its regulatory work, the CSSA offers a number of other services. These include:


    • Managing the Catholic Church DBS Registered Body and providing advice to the Catholic Church of England and Wales on risk and DBS checks
    • Providing policy and procedure to support the professional standards to which its partners are to operate
    • Offering informal advice on case management
    • A formal case consultation service by the way of a Case Consultation Committee, which will be a sub-group of the CSSA.
    • Development of training materials and the delivery of national training


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