In October 2023, the Church of England published the National Safeguarding Standards and Quality Assurance Framework, which asks all parishes to assess their safeguarding work against five standards:
Standard 1 - Culture, Leadership and Capacity
Standard 2 - Prevention
Standard 3 - Recognising, Assessing and Managing Risk
Standard 4 - Victims and Survivors
Standard 5 - Learning, Supervision and Support
Page 4 of this Framework says:
"Quality assurance activity needs to be planned over a three-year period as no organisation can gather all the information it might need all the time, nor in one go. For example, each year two standards could be chosen to review and explore in depth".
The upgraded dashboard clearly shows the progress that has already been made towards the National Safeguarding Standards.
Where can I see our progress towards the standards?
The 2024 upgrade adds a new Safeguarding Standards section to of the dashboard. Each diocese has its own plan for enabling this from September onwards.
Once enabled, a button on the home page of your dashboard allows you to switch between the Mandatory Requirements section and the new Safeguarding Standards section (as shown below).
