Meet the Safeguarding Team

For support and advice, you can find details here of the Safeguarding Team at the Diocese.

Safeguarding is never something you have to face alone. You are part of a wider network of care and support across the Diocese of York.

If you need advice, guidance, or simply someone to talk to, please get in touch with:

  • Diocesan Safeguarding Advisers – for expert safeguarding advice and case support
  • DBS Administrator – for help with Disclosure and Barring Service checks and safer recruitment
  • Your Archdeacon – for pastoral support and guidance within your archdeaconry

Safeguarding

Overview of safeguarding in the Diocese of York, with signposts to national Church of England policy

Learning and Training

Introduction to the Learning and Training modules; who needs to do what; how to access the online modules; and dates, times and venues

Parish Safeguarding Dashboards

Good safeguarding can involve a significant amount of work, but the Diocese of York’s Safeguarding Team is pleased to be able to offer the Safeguarding Dashboards which will make the task much easier in every parish that adopts them.

Safer Recruitment & DBS

Recruiting for unpaid or paid roles with responsibility for children or vulnerable adults; applying for disclosure of convictions with the Disclosure and Barring Service