\u201cDetaching the Church of England\u2019s safeguarding staff from their current employers will almost inevitably create additional barriers to communication and cooperation, harming service delivery. Given that \u2018service delivery\u2019 in this context involves protecting children and vulnerable adults, any barriers whatsoever could have the most serious consequences,\u201d the letter says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere is no doubt that transferring staff from 85 current employers to one yet-to-be-created employer will be destabilising, expensive, and likely to take far longer than expected,\u201d the letter argues. \u201cNo other equivalent organisation in the UK employs its safeguarding staff in a separate body.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It continues: \u201cThe disruption to recruitment and retention of staff, to existing relationships, and to morale would be considerable. Moreover, new structures bring new problems: a large national organisation is at least as likely to multiply layers of management as it is to improve frontline service delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> Safeguarding professionals across the Church of England have urged the General Synod\u2019s members not to back a proposal to outsource their work to a new national body https:\/\/t.co\/aXrKJSuLfH<\/a><\/p>— Church Times (@ChurchTimes) February 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>