There are now two ways of completing the Foundation Module: the online edition (completed on Zoom) and the face-to-face edition.
Click here to find out when the next Foundation Modules are happening in the region.
There are now two ways of completing the Advanced Module: the online, blended learning, edition (completed on MCBX and Zoom) and the face-to-face edition.
This course is split into three parts:
N.B. the e-learning MUST be completed before attending a Gathered Session.
Once the dates are publicised people will need to:
Materials needed for the Advanced Module Online 2023 Edition can be downloaded or collected by participants from an agreed point in each Circuit.
This Creating Safer Space Advanced Module course is split into three parts:
N.B. the Preparing the Ground booklet MUST be completed before attending a Core Learning Session.
Once the dates are publicised people will need to:
Materials needed for the Advanced Module face-to-face training can be downloaded or collected by participants from an agreed point in each Circuit.
Click here to find out when the next Foundation Modules are happening in the region.
You can check if your role requires you to complete the training here: Foundation Module | Advanced Module
If your role does not require you to complete the training, but you still feel it would be useful and would like to attend, you are very welcome to do so.
The Methodist Church and the Church of England have agreed that they will each recognise the other denomination's Foundation and Advanced (Leadership) Module Training as being equivalent to their own. This is the only training we are able to accept which means that if your training is with another organisation then yes, we ask you to complete it with us. The training has been specifically put together to reflect the roles and unique 'quirks' of the Methodist Church. If you have experience of safeguarding in other contexts, however, there is space during the course to share and discuss this so that the whole group can benefit from each other's experiences.
No – the Advanced Module builds on the material covered in the Foundation Module so it is important that, whatever your role, you attend the Foundation Module first. If you have done the Foundation Module, but it was longer than four years ago, you will need to complete a refresher course before doing the Advanced Module.
The short answer is every four years! If your role only requires you to do the Foundation Module, you need to re-do it every four years. If your role requires the Advanced Module, as well as the Foundation Module, you only need to redo the Advanced Module every four years. However, if you did your Foundation Module before 2019, we would warmly encourage you to re-do it before you re-do your Advanced Module, to make sure you are up to date on the most recent thinking about safeguarding in the Methodist Church.
We know everyone has had different life experiences, and so some people might find topics covered in the training difficult. Every training session will have a Chaplin, who will be there to chat with you during and after the session if there is anything that has come up for you that you would like to talk through. If you want any more specific details about what will be covered in the training, please get in touch with Rachel, the Assistant Regional Safeguarding Office, and she will be able to help.
We try our best to help to make the training accessible to everyone. Examples of things we can do to help you include providing printed materials in a larger font, making sure trainers use a microphone, asking the chaplain to check in with you during and/or after the session, and adding additional breaks for people. When you fill out the booking form, we ask everyone if they have any learning needs, so please let us know here if there are any adjustments we can make to help you learn better.
Please contact the Assistant Regional Safeguarding Officer, with any further questions or concerns you have about the Creating Safer Space training: neregsafe.office@gmail.com or 07903 710759.
Darlington Methodist District Office
Elm Ridge Methodist Church
Carmel Road South
Darlington
DL3 8DJ