St Jude’s Brighton takes our responsibility around the safety of children and vulnerable people seriously. The Priest, Wardens and the Parish Council are committed to keeping all children safe at church. We follow the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide Safe Ministry protocols requirements.

Please click here for the Diocesan Safe Ministry Information.

Please click here for the Safe Ministry FAQ.

Contacts

If you were ever concerned about the safety of a child in the parish we would recommend contacting at your earliest convenience to Father John Stephenson, or one of the Wardens; Virginia Summers or Roger Read.

The Safer Ministry officer at St Jude’s is Kathryn Pugh. To contact Kathryn please make contact via the office.

Please note that the Diocese of Adelaide both requires and maintains records of all the people required to undertake background checks and training. You may contact their office at safeministry@adelaideanglicans.com for further information.

If you ever needed to report abuse you could find more information about that process on the Diocesan website here.

An overview of Safe Ministry

Safe Ministry exists to ensure that our church environments, our spaces, leaders, and culture, are safe. The Anglican Diocese of Adelaide aims to ensure that all people within its environments are free from harm or abuse.

Working in adherence to biblical standards, the legal requirements set by the Federal and South Australian State Governments and the National Anglican Church, the Diocese of Adelaide aims to ensure that:

• All clergy, church workers and volunteers undertake to act in accordance with these standards
• That all people, especially children and the vulnerable, are to be protected from all forms of abuse including physical, sexual, psychological and spiritual
• That where abuse has occurred, it is identified and responded to immediately

To achieve this, the Diocese has in place a Safe Ministry ‘clearance’ process, consisting of screening and training, for all clergy, those licensed by the Bishop, paid church workers, and volunteers serving in any capacity within a church or related entity.

Following successful completion of the initial screening and training process, clearance is maintained via two short refresher programmes to be undertaken once every three years.

If you need to apply for Safe Ministry training you may start the application here, or email: safeministry@adelaideanglicans.com