Safe Ministry

Safe Ministry Overview

Safe Ministry

Care & Protection For All People

The document that stands behind our practice at NewLife is called Faithfulness in Service and you can find the PDF of it by following this link: https://safeministry.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Faithfulness-in-Service-20230309.pdf

At our parish, to participate in ministry that includes vulnerable people, including children, even if they are leaders, there are 4 requirements:

Partnership

Information about partnership can be found here: https://www.newlifeanglican.org.au/partnership

Working with Children’s Check (WWCC)

Once every five years

https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-for-a-working-with-children-check

Safe Ministry Training (SMT)

There is a cost for these courses see details on the page below

 5 hours for the Essentials and 3 hours for the refresher that needs to be completed every three years

https://safeministry.org.au/safe-ministry-training/

Safe Ministry Check (SMC)

10-15min – just once

The safe Ministry Check website talks about: 

Job Description

Faithfullness In Service

Blueprint Document

If you already know how you are going to serve you should be able to find job description of the role on our church linktree (The QR Code on the Care and Connect Cards) and similarly you should be able to find a relevant blueprint using the link below. If you have trouble working out which on is relevant to you ask you ministry leader for help. You should have already seen the Faithfulness in Service document when doing you safe ministry training but its linked below too.

https://safeministry.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Faithfulness-in-Service-20230309.pdf

https://safeministry.org.au/blueprints/

https://safeministry.org.au/volunteer-smc/

SMC Church ID – 00066

Paper copy: https://safeministry.org.au/safe-ministry-check-information/

Contact the Parish Safe Ministry representative Rick.Holderness@bigpond.com for any questions or other information.