Safeguarding Training Requirements Guide

Our Safeguarding training requirements are set out following the 4 principles below (in line with the Learning and Development Framework of the Church of England):

1. All roles require Basic awareness training.
2. The Foundation Pathway must be undertaken by anyone who has a safeguarding role, including those who work with children, young people or vulnerable adults.
3. The Domestic Abuse Pathway is mandatory for anyone working with children, young people or vulnerable adults. This training must be repeated every three years.
4. Any role involved with recruitment must complete the Safer Recruitment and People Management training. This training must be repeated every three years.

Safeguarding training must be repeated every 3 years. *Core Pathway Training must be repeated every three years and repeated at the highest level. So if a role requires Safeguarding Training up to Foundation level of the Core Pathway modules, then that individual in the role would need to complete Basic and Foundation training. Then every three years, they would only need to repeat the Foundation level of training.

Safeguarding training can be found on the National Safeguarding Training Portal. Leadership training for the Diocese of Salisbury is not found on the portal. This can be found here on the Learning Hub.

For those with Parish roles, if you have completed Church of England Safeguarding training, please keep your certificates and share these with your Parish/Church Safeguarding Officer so that the completed training can be recorded.

For Central Roles:

For central roles such as Clergy, Permission to Officiate, Bishops and Licensed Lay Ministers, we have created a Safeguarding Training Matrix as a guide to understanding the level of Safeguarding training required for your role.

For Parish Roles:

For parish roles such as PCC members, Bell Ringers, Children’s Group Worker or LPAs, we have created a Safeguarding Training Matrix as a guide to understanding the level of Safeguarding training required for your role.

Contact us

If you have any questions about Safeguarding Training, please contact safeguarding.training@salisbury.anglican.org.