Creating Safer Communities provide online training that contains videos, links to relevant websites, written information, tasks, reflections and short quizzes. It can then be used on an ongoing basis as a reference guide and resource for Safe Ministry enquiries.
Register individuals or groups for Safe Ministry courses below.
Payments using credit card will receive a link directly to our eTraining platform.
If you are paying by direct deposit, you will receive a link to our eTraining platform as soon as we have confirmation that payment has been received.
ONLINE COURSES AVAILABLE
ABOUT THE COURSE DESIGNERS
Celia Irving – Director CMI Vocational Training Pty Ltd
Celia holds a Master of Education (Adult Communication Management & Adult Education), a Bachelor of Vocational Education & Training, a Diploma of Teaching (Primary), a Diploma of Management, a Diploma of Community Service Co-ordination, and a Certificate IV in Assessment & Training.
Her career has spanned more than 40 years, starting in Primary Teaching, then moving into Adult Education, and has had a focus on communication skills since 1981.
Celia has been involved in lay ministry to children and young people and served on the local church council. Within the broader church community, Celia has been involved in developing and delivering training in the Safe Ministry field since 2002, and at an Anglican Diocesan level in the area of Professional Standards since 2010.
Reverend Peter Barnett – Director Creating Safer Communities
Peter holds a Bachelor of Ministry, Advanced Diploma of Ministry, and Diploma of Teaching.
Peter has been working in implementation of Safe Ministry prevention education, and policy & procedure development since 2004, as well as responding to Professional Standards concerns within churches across a range of denominations in Australia since 2007.
Peter has been involved in worship and children’s ministry both at a local church and Baptist denominational level, including an itinerant kids’ ministry known as ‘The Shed’ and the ‘GodSpace’ program used across Australia in Christian Schools, churches and for Scripture in primary schools.
Theological statement
The course designers acknowledge that across the Christian church there can be different theological perspectives.
The information and activities in these courses come from a trinitarian, grace-based perspective, which is that of the course designers. We also wish to express that the main concepts in this course, ‘duty of care’ , ‘being respectful in our boundary-crossings’, ‘protection of the vulnerable’ and ‘safe environments’ are all an expression of love for one another, a love which comes from God.
FACE TO FACE TRAINING
CSC has over 15 years of experience in implementation of face to face Safe Ministry prevention education
Safe Ministry training aims to assist church workers in understanding their pastoral, organisational, legal and risk management responsibilities towards reducing the instances of ministry misconduct, abuse, and duty of care and/or safety failures, and to provide churches with general good practice advice for Safe Ministry.
CSC recognises that training does not ensure Safe Ministry, but that this will be achieved through the implementation of robust policy, procedures and through safe ministry interactions.
FACE TO FACE / ZOOM SESSIONS
Child Protection Basics
To help educate staff and volunteers in relation to:
– child safe environments (incl National 10 Child Safe Principles)
– understanding harm and risk of harm
– responding to risk of harm concerns
Volunteer Essentials
To train volunteers in relation to:
– Child Protection / Safe Ministry policy
– Safe Ministry concepts (boundaries, codes of conduct, and duty of care)
– identifying and responding to concerns about harm
Safe Church/Ministry for Senior Leaders (Induction / Refresher)
Designed to assist church workers in their understanding and awareness of:
– God-honouring, life-giving and harm-free ministry interactions
– appropriate boundaries and codes of conduct
– duty of care
– identifying and responding to concerns about harm
– procedures for responding to risk of harm
– safe physical, emotional and spiritual environments
– denominational policies and procedures
– National 10 Child Safe Principles
Safe Church/Ministry Policy & Procedures Implementation
– working from Safe Church/Ministry policy, through procedures, to implementation
Governance Board – Management of Persons of Concern
– provided to assist local church governance boards who are considering ministry to a Person of Concern
Pricing:
4 – 6 hours $900 for up to 20 people and $30 per person over 20 people
1 – 3 hours $450 for up to 20 people and $30 per person over 20 people
Workshops include all materials
Travel costs i.e. train, tram, airfares (economy), bus, taxi, transfers, car hire, 60c/km for car travel, overnight accommodation (up to $280 per night), $80 per person per day food allowance.
Disclaimer: These publications are not legal advice. The ideas and procedures herein are based on nationally recognised good practice advice and have been written with due regard to Australian legislation March 2020. Legal advice may need to be sought when responding to individual incidents.