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Safer Churches Training

Allows flexibility with rules when intentions are good

Prioritises the wellbeing, dignity, and protection of people

Focuses mainly on forgiveness after harm occurs

Allowing young people full independence to build trust

Providing care while maintaining clear, appropriate boundaries

Treating everyone the same regardless of risk factors

Avoiding difficult conversations to preserve relationships

Boundaries exist mainly to prevent closeness

Some boundaries are flexible, and others must never be crossed

Boundaries depend entirely on personal comfort

To create safe, respectful relationships where people can flourish

To ensure consistency across all interactions

Appropriate, as pastoral care requires availability

Appropriate if the leader is busy during the day

Inappropriate, as timing and method should respect boundaries

Appropriate if the teenagers respond positively

Insufficient leader screening and approval

Inappropriate injury response and isolation of a child

Removal of young people from church premises without consent