Your safety is our priority at
GPBC
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
As required by law and as an expression of our faith and concern for the wellbeing of children and youth, GPBC has a Safe Church Policy, a Code of Conduct, and a framework of procedures and processes that prioritise the safety and protection of those who are most vulnerable.
We have a Safe Church Team responsible for overseeing our church’s commitment to providing safe places for our community, especially children and vulnerable people. The team oversee the Safe Church Policy and Procedures and assist Ministry leaders with volunteer inductions and ongoing training. They will also respond to any concerns or complaints.
Carolyn AB, Louise E & Will R make up our Safe Church Team.
SAFE CHURCH TEAM
Our Safer Families Team are devoted to creating safe, loving and secure environments both within the walls of GPBC and in homes through providing practical and emotional support to families in need. Please reach out if you need any assistance in finding safety within your family context.
Dan V, Shingi V, Leza B, Carolyn AB & Sharon B make up our Safer Families Team.
SAFER FAMILIES TEAM
SAFE CHURCH POLICIES & PROCEDURES
Did you know all volunteers serving at GPBC are required to have a current Working With Children Check, complete a screening questionnaire, then understand and sign the Code of Conduct?
The Safe Church Policy, alongside various other procedures, helps us live out our biblical mandate to ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and love your neighbour as yourself’ (Mark 12:30-31).
These include:
Did you know all volunteers serving at GPBC are required to have a current Working With Children Check, to read our Safe Church Policy, then understand and sign the Code of Conduct?
You can access translated versions of the above documents on the Creating Safe Spaces website.
WORK HEALTH & SAFETY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Green Point Baptist Church is committed to the health, wellbeing and safety of every person connected to us, its activities, or who enter the land on which we are built.
We honour the responsibility God has given us to uphold government legislation and the laws of the land since ‘through Him all things were made’ (. Careful planning, implementing, and reviewing of our policies and procedures enables us to guide people in maintaining a safe church environment, just as God keeps us safe.
These include:
