Safeguarding

Our Safeguarding Officer is Petrina Ratty
Tel: 06222 52748, Email: petrinaratty@gmail.com
Please feel free to contact her or the Revd Dr Pearly Walter, the chaplain, if you wish to discuss any aspect of safeguarding.

Courses

The Church of England offers several on-line courses for anyone who is interested. You will need to make and account and sign-in. Course titles include:

• Basic Awareness
• Raising Awareness of Domestic Abuse
• Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking

You can find the course here or here on the Church of England Website.

Resources within Germany and the Heidelberg area

In Germany the round table on sexual misconduct (Runder Tisch „Sexueller Kindesmissbrauch“) recommends in their guidelines (Leitlinien zur Einschaltung der Strafverfolgungsbehörden) that law enforcement authorities be informed when there is evidence of an offence under section 13 of the Criminal Code (‘Crimes against sexual self-determination’).

The police station responsible for our church  is: Polizeirevier Heidelberg-Mitte · Römerstr. 2-4, Heidelberg    06221 990

The national helpline (0800 22 555 30) is available for all affected by sexual violence, whether it be the individual themself, relatives, professionals or any interested party. It is a point of contact for people seeking relief, counseling, support, advice, or information. Help is also available from the following organizations:

For violence against women and children:

• Hilfetelefon Gewalt an Frauen und Kindern,
  phone number 06221 831 282.

For violence against men:

• Hilfetelefon Gewalt an Männern,
  phone number 0800 1239900
• Fairmann,
  phone number 06221 / 600101
  

The following document is a commitment by our Chaplaincy Council in the matters of Safeguarding.