Basic Awareness is the first of the core Safeguarding training modules and should be completed by everyone who has a role in the church.
Who should attend?
Everyone who has a designated role in the church, whether paid or voluntary, licensed or lay.
This includes but is not limited to:
- Anyone holding a licence, commission, authorisation, permission to officiate or permission to carry out similar ministerial functions (including Clergy, LLMs, Chaplains and Elders)
- Anyone in a role which involves working/volunteering with children (under 18 year olds) and/or adults at risk (vulnerable adults)
- PCC Members
- Churchwardens
- Church volunteers and group members (e.g. choir, bell ringers, welcomers)
- Pastoral Visitors
- Spiritual Directors
- MDR Reviewers
- Line managers and/or anyone involved in the recruitment, selection, appointment, management, of Church Officers (employees, elected members and volunteers)
- Pre-ordination or -license students, prior to a selection or discernment panel
- DBF staff
- Anyone going on to complete any other Church of England safeguarding course
Please download the full list if you want more details.
Location and Duration:
This training is an online module available from the National Safeguarding Portal and will last for one to one and a half hours.
If you would rather complete this training at a face-to-face session, please watch out for dates being added for the new year soon.