Code of good practice


CHURCH of SCOTLAND
Policy Statement – safeguarding the well-being of young people

‘The Church of Scotland has a deep concern for the wholeness and well-being of each individual. It seeks to safeguard the welfare of all people, regardless of age, who come into contact with the Church and its organisations. It is the responsibility of each individual within the fellowship of the Church to prevent the physical, sexual or emotional abuse of children and young people.’

St. Andrew’s Church has adopted the above policy. It governs all of our activities with children and young people and the conduct of our full-time and volunteer youth workers.Within that, we have developed various systems to put the guidelines into practice:

CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE
(a summary of the code that our youth work team follow)