Core Safeguarding Learning Pathways
Basic Awareness
Pre-Requisites		N/A
Delivery		Online Pathway
		(Replica of online material available for in-person delivery in exceptional circumstances)
Outcomes		> Connect the core principles and practices of safeguarding to the Christian faith. > Recognise issues of power and abuse as they present themselves in a range of contexts, including the Church. > Identify the barriers (emotional, psychological & theological) that can prevent the promotion of healthy Church communities. > Apply a clear process in the handling of concerns/safeguarding information whilst recognising the boundaries of their own role.
Required Attendees		> All Church officers > Anyone going on to complete any other courses on the safeguarding learning pathway
Recommended Attendees		> Anyone wanting or needing a Basic Awareness of safeguarding
Fidelity to the Pathway		Online/Virtual Delivery	In-person Delivery
		Completed online.	> In-person delivery in a single session by exception using the material provided by the NST. > Optimum group size of 24 with two facilitators.
Evaluation		Level 1 - Immediate feedback captured at the end of the learning pathway.
Foundations
Pre-Requisites		Basic Awareness
Delivery		Online Pathway
		(Replica of online material available for in-person delivery in exceptional circumstances)
Outcomes		> Connect an understanding of good safeguarding practice to their own roles an responsibilities. > Recognise commonalities and differences arisingfrom the age or circumstances of those affected, and how this informs appropriate action. > Identify wider support, accountability, and governance arrangements relevant for safeguarding in their context. > Analyse and respond appropriately to a variety of safeguarding scenarios whilst recognising the boundaries of their own role.
Required Attendees		> Any holding the Bishop's licence, commission, authorisation or permission (clergy, PtO, Readers, LLMs). > Anyone in a role which involves work with children, young people, or vulnerable adults. > Churchwardens > Anyone going on to complete any other courses on the safeguarding learning pathway. > Pre-ordination or licence students, prior to BAP or selection Panel. > Vergers > PCC Members/Lay Chapter Members > Members of the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisory Panel.
Recommended Attendees		N/A
Fidelity to the Pathway		Online/Virtual Delivery	In-person Delivery
		Completed online.	> In-person delivery in a single session by exception using the material provided by the NST. > Optimum group size of 24 with two facilitators.
Evaluation		Level 1 - Immediate feedback captured at the end of the learning pathway.
Leadership
Pre-Requisites		Basic Awareness and Foundations
Delivery		Local delivery using a virtual platform or in-person learning sessions
Outcomes		> Connect the Church's mission and theological foundations with what good leadership behaviour looks like in a safeguarding context. > Evaluate aspects of their own leadership practice an identify changes required whuch they then take forward with confidence. > Analyse what healthy Christian communities look like, how healthy communities keep people safe, and their role as leaders in shaping Christian communities that are healthy and safe. > Reflect on the impact that abuse and trauma have on individuals' lives, relationships, and interaction in a community setting. > Integrate ther own faith, beliefs, and values with those underpinning good safeguarding behaviours.
Required Attendees		This is designed for those people who play a lead role in shaping the culture of the Church body concerned. This will always include: > All clergy holding the Bishop's licence, commission, authorisation or permission (including PtO where exemption has not been given) including Honorary/Assistant Bishops and Chaplains. > All Readers and Licensed Lay Ministers holding the Bishop's licence (under Canons E6 & E8), together with all others who hold the Bishop's commission, authorisation, or permission to          carry out similar ministerial functions (including PtO where exemption has not been given. (Ordinands need to have completed the Leadership Pathway before their diaconal ordination.          Lay ministers in training  need to have completed the Leadership Pathway before they are licensed.) > Non-executive members of Chapter (unless their role in the diocese requires a higher level). > Safeguarding Officers/Leads in all Church bodies.
		It should also, according to the local context, include such other people who significantly influence the culture of that Church body. These may include, for example, lay ministry staff employed by a PCC or Bishops' Mission order, locally appointed leaders of new worshipping communities, focal ministers, and Churchwardens. Where there is a determination by agreement between the Bishop/Dean and their respective safeguarding adviser that someone must undertake this pathway, that person then becomes a required attendee.
Recommended Attendees		Whilst in-person learning is not possible and senior leaders are completing a Virtual Safeguarding Senior Leadership Pathway, the Leadership Pathway is recommended but not required for them.
Fidelity to the Pathway		Online/Virtual Delivery
		> Two 90-minute sessions delivered via Zoom, one week apart. > Optimum group size of 12 with two facilitators. > Pre-course work completed and submitted before Session One > Session One: the four questions are discussed as per the pathway. > Session Two: theological reflection is completed. Case study exercise. Identifying three things learned, three things to change in participants' chaplaincies. > Post Session Two: Watching documentary "Exposed - the Church's Darkest Secret". > Evaluation (comprising personal reflection) completed 4-6 weeks after Session Two is recommended.
Evaluation		Level 3 - Immediate feedback captured at the end of the learning pathway. Reflective evaluation tasks. Setting of safeguarding goals which can be discussed and reviewed by DSA/CSA and during the person's developmental meetings over the next few years before their refresher is due and/or 360 degree feedback.