Safeguarding course

Have recently been attending a Safeguarding Children course which has become a requirement for everyone who helps out with Junior Church. We started off looking at different types of abuse, and possible indicators of abuse and explored reasons why children may not report abuse, why adults may not listen or act, why professionals may not act and why the church may not act before focusing on what to do if a possibly abusive situation is brought to your attention. I’ve had similar training within midwifery, but it was useful to have guidance on what to do within a church context.