Policies and Documents

 

Uniting Church SA

Policies:

Duty of Care Policy 20 Aug 2021 (618 kb PDF)

Safeguarding All: Children and Young People March 2024 (994 kb PDF) - This replaces the former policy 'Child Safe Policy for congregations eform'

Safe Church Policy (712 kb PDF)

Documents: 

Safe Church Contact Person (146 kb PDF)

Code of Conduct for Volunteers and lay leaders (635 kb PDF)

Guidelines for Church Councils when Dealing with Complaint 0518 (1.1 mb PDF)

Managing Persons of Concern 0518 (1009 kb PDF)

Who Needs to Know 0518 (637 kb PDF)

Managing Challenging Behaviours 0518 (1019 kb PDF)

A Template for a Code of Conduct for Church Councils 2021 (242 kb PDF)

 

Uniting Church in Australia Assembly

National Child Safe Policy Framework>

Other national policies> include:

• Member or Adherent Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Complaints Policy
• Policy on the prevention of vilification and harassment within the UCA
• Code of Conduct for Lay Leaders
• Guidelines for Councils of the Church when implementing the Code of Conduct for Lay Leaders
• Social Media Policy