Safeguarding Leadership Pathway Course - One session approx. 3 hrs

LEADERSHIP

This course will be a face-to-face training session which will be approximately 3 hours duration..

Basic Awareness and Foundation modules must have been completed before the Leadership module.

There will be particular focus on lay leadership roles.

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 and lay ministers in training 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.
• Teaching staff at Theological Education Institutions who are delivering the Leadership Pathway.

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*.The requirements for attendance for people in local leadership roles will be determined by agreement between the Bishop/Dean and their respective safeguarding adviser. Where there is a determination that someone must undertake this pathway, that person then becomes a required attendee.

*Whilst in many contexts the level of influence of Churchwardens may well not reach the threshold, it should be noted that this can increase significantly during vacancies.

The Learning Outcomes are as follows:

• 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 and identify changes required which 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 their own faith, beliefs, and values with those underpinning good safeguarding behaviours

Please note that before the training there will be a requirement to complete pre-course preparation and reading and submit a written reflection at the end of the course.

Host or Publisher Julie Grimshaw