Safe Church Awareness Workshop are interactive, awareness raising workshops covering Christian foundations of safe ministry, duty of care, vulnerable people and child protection (abuse prevention), due diligence in relation to recruitment and supervision of all church leaders and the management of program risks.

Workshops are facilitated by trained presenters, hosted by local churches and attendance is recognised by members of the National Council of Churches in Australia Safe Church Training Agreement.

The BUV recommends that all leaders and volunteers including pastors, elders, deacons, leadership teams, ministry leaders, pastoral carers and those working with children & youth attend a Safe Church Awareness Workshop as a pre-requisite to ministry in the local church.

Topics include:

Foundations and principles of a safe church
Protecting vulnerable people - definitions, indicators and response procedures
Information about training, recruiting and supervising safe leaders
How to establish and run safe environments for church ministry programs

Please BYO lunch

Certificate of Attendance provided upon request after attendance at the workshop

Not suitable for people under 15 years.

Arrive 9:15am for registration, to begin at 9:30am to 4pm.

Cost: $40 includes booking fee *

*A booking fee will be charged per registration by the ticketing company. Profits are donated to charity. Check out the impact your booking fee has at https://www.humanitix.com/au/our-impact

BUV Events Policy on Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

With regard to the current Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), all participants registered for BUV events should take heed of the Australian Government Department of Health recommendations.
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We also ask that if you are unwell, you seek medical clearance before attending BUV events. If you are unable to attend, please notify the BUV Events Coordinator as soon as possible on (03) 9880 6154 or events@buv.com.au. All efforts will be made to provide refunds or move bookings, if advice is provided prior to the event registration closing date.

Contact the host of Mt Martha - Safe Church Awareness Workshop