Committed to robust Safeguarding
Safeguarding everyone at Bethel is a top priority and is an outworking of our Biblical principles.
This page contains more information and useful links to ensure everyone is protected.
Our Safeguarding Policy is available on request at church or via email.
If you have a safeguarding concern, please contact our the Safeguarding Team immediately on the email address below.
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safeguarding@bethelliverpool.co.uk
Our Safeguarding Team are:
Leader: David Cullen
Deputy: Andrew Wah
You can also contact:
Liverpool Children's Social Service
0151 459 2606
Liverpool Adult's Care Service
0151 709 6010
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Police Protection Team
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Helpful external links
We are supported by Thiryone:eight in our Safeguarding and Child Protection. You can access their website by clicking on the logo below.
Click the image below to access more information from the NSPCC.
Click the image below to access more information from childline.
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Bethel Church takes Safeguarding seriously and we work with local and national organisations to help us keep everyone safe. We will fulfil all our legal duties to protect both Children and Adults at Risk of Abuse and to discharge our safeguarding duties in a way that is biblically faithful. Our God calls us to do justice, love kindness and to walk humbly before him.
All Staff and volunteers will be expected to carry out their duties in compliance with our policy.
Our primary Safety guarding objective is to protect from harm, harassment, abuse and exploitation our staff, volunteers and all those who attend the church’s activities.
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To achieve this objective Bethel Church will seek to:
• Ensure that we provide a healthy and spiritually nurturing, environment for everyone who engages with our church community.
• Ensure that that any harm that is identified, regardless of where it occurred is handled effectively, promptly, and proportionately.
• Ensure that where concerns that fall below the threshold for reporting to statutory services are identified the responses are appropriate and consent-based.
• Ensure that people who have experienced harm will be treated with dignity, respect, compassion, that their wishes are given full consideration and that they are appropriately involved in and informed of decisions that affect them.
• Ensure that we act in the best interests of people who have experienced harm.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging individuals to participate in the implementation and development of the Safeguarding practices.
• Ensuring that the Safeguarding policies, procedures, and guides are communicated and understood by all concerned persons and are made available on request.
Staff and volunteers will be provided with up to date Safeguarding training every two years (or promptly if they are new to the role) to ensure that they are competent in their role to identify abusive behaviour and to mitigate Safeguarding risks. The Church Safeguarding poster contains contact details of our Safeguarding Leads.
The Safeguarding team will conduct annual reviews of the Safeguarding policy and practices to assess effectiveness and to identify and implement improvements.
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Our full policy is available on request.