Protection Policy for Children and Young People
St Stephens Coorparoo has adopted the Safe Ministry Policy of the Anglican Church of Australia and Diocese of Brisbane:
” The Anglican Church of Australia is committed to the physical, emotional and spiritual welfare and safety of all people, particularly within its own community. The Church will:
- carefully recruit and train its clergy and church workers;
- adopt and encourage safe ministry practices by its clergy and lay church workers;
- respond promptly to each concern raised about the behaviour of its clergy and lay church workers;
- offer pastoral support to any person who has suffered abuse;
- provide pastoral support to and supervision of any person who has been accused of abuse; and
- provide pastoral support to and supervision of any person know to have abused a child or another vulnerable person.”
St Stephen’s Coorparoo carries out its ministry activities according to the standards of care outlined in the Protection Policy for Children (Anglican Diocese of Brisbane).