GUIDELINE 10
Continious improvement
The Church regularly reviews and improves its systems for safeguarding children and adults.
Criteria
INDICATORS
10.1. The church authority and their leadership team refine and enhance their safeguarding procedures.
10.1.1. The church authority monitors the implementation of the UGF and safeguarding practices, coordinating annual local self-assessment checks.
10.1.2. The Safeguarding Policy is subject to review at least every three years, and outcomes of this review are documented.
10.1.3. Church leaders facilitate third-party audits and reviews of safeguarding policies and practices at least every five years.
10.2. Concerns and complaints are analyzed to identify potential systemic failures in safeguarding methods.
10.2.1. The leadership reviews and considers all serious incidents or complaints of abuse to identify inadequate safeguarding practices and/or failures, systemic issues, or patterns to support continuous improvement.
10.3. The church authority reports findings from safeguarding reviews.
10.3.1. The findings of relevant reviews of safeguarding policies, procedures, and practices are reported to stakeholders.
10.3.2. The findings of audits or reviews undertaken relating to the implementation of the UGF are made publicly available.