Professional Standards (including Child Safe) Training Seminars 2021

The 2021 seminar schedule is coming soon – information will be emailed to parishes and posted here about the new program, commencing April onwards, which will provide accessible training for all those required to attend.

A key element of safeguarding our churches is training and so it is a requirement of Archbishop in Council that all clergy, lay ministers, churchwardens, vestry members, people in prescribed lay offices and positions and volunteers in prescribed offices and positions attend a Professional Standards seminar. 

Please note that these training seminars are different to that of the OH&S training that was run in 2015 and the current Child Safe Standards Seminars.  These seminars have been updated from the previous PSA11 training that most Clergy have attended.  Topics include:

• Royal Commission Recommendations

• Types of Child Abuse

• Criminal Law Reform

• Grooming

• Reportable Conduct Scheme

• Mandatory Reporting

• The Role of Kooyoora – What to Report

• The Role of CCYP

• Creating a Culture of Safety

• Human Resources – Screening, WWCC

• Complaints eg. Bullying, Harassment

• Codes of Conduct – Faithfulness in Service & Child Safety Code of Conduct

• Strategies to Include the Child’s Voice

• Implementing the Child Safe Standards

• Child Safe Risk Management Plan

Professional Standards Seminars should be completed every 3 years and anyone who has not attended a seminar in the past three year years should attend one this year.  

If you have attended a Professional Standards Act seminar in the past three years you do not need to attend this seminar again. If you have not attended any – you are required to do so as soon as possible if you are in a ministry role.