Templates and resources to be used alongside the Church of England's safeguarding policy and practice guidance documents
If you require any of the Safeguarding Pocket guides, please contact a member of the Safeguarding Team.
In addition to the Church of England templates and resources, the Diocese of Ely Safeguarding Team has also developed a number of example templates for parishes to use which can be downloaded via the links below.
All templates have been designed to act as an example form and must be tailored to suit individual circumstances.
Resources and Templates
| Resources related to general recruitment (Human Resources) and people management (including example role outlines, recruitment forms and volunteer forms) can be found on the Recruitment and People Management section of the website. |  |
Resources related to Safer Recruitment, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and ID checks can be found on the Safer Recruitment and DBS section of the website. |  |
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Risk Assessments
Please note these risk assessments are for illustrative purposes only and will need amending according to individual settings.
- Personal Risk Assessment Tool
- Activities Risk Assessment Template
- Example Parent & Toddler Group Risk Assessment
- Model Risk Assessment Checklist for Home Visiting
- Pastoral Visiting - Risk Assessment
- Messy Church Risk Assessment
- Vulnerable Adults Attending Day Centre Risk Assessment
- Model Risk Assessment Parish Visits & Trips
- House Group Risk Assessment
- Lone Working - Suzy Lamplugh Trust - A range or resources and tools
Safeguarding Forms and Information
- Parish Safeguarding Officer and DBS Administrator Registration Form - April 2022
- SRPM Assessment Tool 07.2021
- Logging a Concern form
- Diocese of Ely Confidential Declaration Form December 2024
- Model Safeguarding Provision that can be attached to any Hire of Church Premises Agreement
- Model Safeguarding Provision for visiting groups (Bell Ringers, choirs etc.)
Permission forms
Responding well to Domestic Abuse
These templates and documents relate to Responding well to domestic abuse practice guidance (2017).
- Domestic abuse fact sheet
- Domestic abuse disclosure flowchart
- The legal context
- Theology
- Diocesan statement on domestic abuse
- Parish statement on domestic abuse
- Template safety and exit plan
- Confidentiality and data protection
- Marriage preparation: recommended good practice
- Resources on domestic abuse
General Forms and Tools
- Fact Sheet - Sexting (youth produced sexual imagery)
- Types of Abuse - Fact Sheet
- Parish DBS & Training Record 03.2022
- Model Parish Safeguarding Policy
- Parish Roles and Responsibilities - Who's Who
- Parish Safeguarding Officer Commissioning Service Sheet
- Responding Promptly to Every Safeguarding Concern or Allegation Flow Chart
Safeguarding Dashboard
New policies and procedures are making churches safer - Safeguarding Dashboards are making safeguarding administration simpler.
- The Safeguarding Dashboard is available free of charge to Church of England churches in Ely Diocese.
- To sign up for the Safeguarding Dashboard or for further information please e-mail Sarah King at sarah.king@elydiocese.org
- You can book a place on a Parish Safeguarding Dashboard Workshop via our Diocesan Training Portal.
- You can watch a short video explaining the Safeguarding Dashboards in more detail from Clearly Simpler on Vimeo (below).