Recruitment

Recruitment of Volunteers, office holders and staff

Safeguarding policy includes the appointment and recruitment in the church of volunteers and employees and those who are ordained. It is part of the prevention of child abuse and promotion of children's welfare to appoint only those who are suitable to work with them.

All those who work in posts with responsibility for children, young people and vulnerable adults need to be properly recruited and appointed by the relevant Church Council or other church body. All posts where there is regular face-to-face contact with or responsibility for children and young people require a criminal record disclosure. Other posts may require checks if there is limited regular contact with children or young people. All other posts do not require A Disclosure and it may be illegal to request one.

In order to protect children and young people we require everyone who holds an office, post or responsibility in the church to complete a self-disclosure, upon appointment.

Methodist policy on all offices, posts or responsibility including Standing Order SO 010

Those officers or appointees for whom Disclosures are required

Recruitment of Offenders guidance - when you are being appointed to a post, office or responsibility at any level in the church you need to know: -

For lay volunteers (Word doc 54K)
For lay employees (Word doc 54K)
For Methodist Council lay appointments (Word doc 51K)
For Foundation Training, Candidating Procedures and for Ministers and Deacons (Word doc 52K)

Recruitment of offenders advice and guidance - CIPD (pdf)