What Should You Do?

If you have an incident or allegation of abuse you should:

•Handle and record it in a secure and responsible way with the full support of the RLSS

•Follow your protecting people and safeguarding policies and procedures

•Act timely, ensuring you stop or minimise any further harm or damage

•Report it to all relevant agencies and regulators when required

•Plan what to say to those involved with your Religious Life Group and the media if appropriate

•Be as open and transparent as possible, so that you build your RLG’s reputation for acting with integrity while protecting confidentiality appropriately

•Review what happened to understand how to stop it from happening again