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February 2024 SMR News
Welcome to the February Newsletter!
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- Safe Ministry parish consultations
- WWCC online renewals
- Face to face training - PROMOTE February/March courses in your church
- SMR Zoom 101 Workshops
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Welcome to 2024
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Safe Ministry Consultations
Would you like to improve safe ministry practices in your church in 2024?
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Then participate in a Safe Ministry Parish Consultation.
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A Safe Ministry Parish consultation provides an opportunity to obtain feedback about your church’s safe ministry practices and receive recommendations for making improvements as part of your church’s continuous improvement process.
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Since 2022 under the NSW Child Safe Scheme churches are required to implement the 10 Child Safe Standards.
A Parish consultation can assist your church to:
- Highlight where your church is already meeting the Standards
- Bring to light gaps in implementation and develop a plan for continuous improvement
Additionally the consultation will review compliance with the Safe Ministry to Children Ordinance 2020.
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What’s involved?
+ Completing an online Child Safe Standards Self-Assessment tool
+ Meeting with the Parish Consultant and relevant staff in your church
+ Receive a Report which includes recommendations for improving Safe Ministry practices.
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WWCC Renewals
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WWCC renewals are now available online.
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WWCC expires after five years. Individuals are notified by email three months before expiry and can renew from this time.
Applicants need:
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- a MyServiceNSW account with the WWCC service added
- three current identity documents including a NSW driver licence or photo card
- a device with a working front camera for face verification
- a credit card, debit card, Paypal or PayID account if payment is required.
The WWCC renewal online service is safe and secure. Service NSW does not store images of faces. The service is optional and people can still renew in-person at Service NSW centres.
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Face to face training
Saturday 17 February 2024 – Registration open
Course enrolments close 48hrs prior to the event
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Safe Ministry Essentials | 9.00am – 3.00pm
St James Anglican Church, Turramurra
Jannali Anglican Church
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Safe Ministry Refresher | 9.00am – 12.30pm
St Paul’s Anglican Church, Canterbury
Oak Flats Anglican Church
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Saturday 23 March 2024
Registrations open 4-5 weeks prior to the event
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Safe Ministry Essentials | 9.00am – 3.00pm
St John’s Anglican Church, Beecroft
St George’s Anglican Church, Gerringong
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Wilton Anglican Church
St Andrew’s House, Town Hall
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Safe Ministry Refresher | 9.00am – 12.30pm
St Andrew’s House, Town Hall
Merrylands Anglican Church
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Dates for 2024 - Locations will be confirmed closer to each date.
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Saturday 16 November 2024
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Please encourage those in your church who would benefit from face to face training to enrol, and be prepared to assist them if necessary with the technology.
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- Applicants for face to face training need to have an account on the Safe Ministry Training website, log in and enrol in the course.
- Once they complete the course, they will be emailed their certificate a day or so later, and a copy of their certificate details sent to you, their SMR.
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New and new-ish Safe Ministry Reps - Zoom Workshops
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The next SMR 101 Zoom workshops will happen in February/March 2024.
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If you are new (or new-ish) to the role of SMR, then invest an hour in this workshop and reap the benefits!
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No booking or rego required - just boot up your device at the right time and click the appropriate link below. Have your questions and a notebook ready!
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Two days/times - identical content.
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- Thursday February 29th @ 10:00am - 11:00am
- Wednesday March 6th @ 07:30pm - 08:30pm
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SMR Facebook Group
A reminder that we have a private Facebook group just for SMR's
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- A safe and private place for SMR's to ask questions, support each other, share ideas or solutions to problems, etc
- The address is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/173114257798286
- Involvement in this group is entirely optional - but it is proving to be a useful extra channel for SMR's to chat amongst themselves and pose questions.
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Keeping up to date with news
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An archive of all SMR Newsletters (since we moved to our new system) is available here.
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That's it for this edition! Back soon with more info about what is happening in the Safe Ministry scene.
If you are no longer the SMR for your church, please unsubscribe using the link below and drop me an email to let me know.
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