Standard 1: Safeguarding is embedded in the Church body’s leadership, governance, ministry and culture:

LGC 2 Governance – The Church body’s leadership will: ·Establish and regularly update their governance arrangements to ensure they facilitate the implementation of the safeguarding standards. ·Set out clearly the responsibilities of Bishops/Superiors, Parish Priests and other leaders of ministries and services for safeguarding practice to enable effective adherence to the agreed standards. ·Establish a Safeguarding Implementation Group made up of leaders and professional experts to drive their Safeguarding Implementation Plan and oversee their safeguarding practices. ·Develop and publish a Safeguarding Implementation Plan for a period of three years with an annual review and update. ·Provide adequate resources, recruit and support suitably trained and experienced safeguarding personnel to deliver their safeguarding services at every level including that of the parish and other ministries and services. ·Encourage and support a culture of transparency through their promotion of the communication standards. ·Adhere to information sharing practices and record creation policies that have been agreed nationally. ·Promote constructive engagement with the CSSA/RLSS.

Standard 2: Communicating the Church’s Safeguarding Message:

CSM 2 – The leadership of the Church body will: ·Actively engage with volunteers, parents, and guardians, adults at risk and children and young people, when deciding how to communicate their safeguarding messages effectively ·Promote an understanding of their commitment to effective safeguarding amongst those that they serve, and to the wider public. ·Demonstrate that they own the safeguarding messages that they produce.

Standard 3: Engaging with and caring for those who report having been harmed:

EC2 – The leadership of the Church body will: ·Actively reflect upon their response to those who report that they have been harmed, to enhance their commitment to it being compassionate and caring, and improving their practice. ·Engage with those that report harm to try to learn from their experiences. ·Support development in their practice that is aimed at enhancing a compassionate and caring response.

Standard 7: Training and Support for Safeguarding:

TS2 – Support – The leadership of the Church body will: ·Prioritise the provision of effective safeguarding training which delivers and promotes critical reflection on practice. ·Raise an alert to its trustees and notify the CSSA/RLSS on any failures to meet its training requirements which may impact negatively on its practice.