Standard Eight: Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement
Wednesday, March 11th, 2026 @ 12:09 pm
The eighth standard relates to quality assurance and compliance with standards to continuously improve practice.
The Church body will develop a plan of action to quality assure compliance with the safeguarding standards to continuously improve their practice.
The criteria which indicate that this standard is being met include…
QA1: Quality Assurance
The Church body will:
- Put in place and maintain arrangements that will evaluate compliance with the agreed safeguarding standards in all its various activities.
- Undertake audit and review activity in order to learn from and improve practice.
- Analyse concerns and allegations, and complaints received, to draw learning from and inform future practice.
- Actively engage in CSSA audits/ inspections, using recommendations as a means of driving improvements in safeguarding arrangements.
- Report the findings of all quality assurance activity, along with any recommendations, to the competent Bishop or Superior, and to its trustees.
QA2: Continuous Improvement
The Church body’s leadership will:
- Create a rolling Safeguarding Implementation Plan that is reviewed annually (or sooner if required).
- Facilitate the delivery of the Safeguarding Implementation Plan by making available the necessary resources to track and complete the agreed actions. Produce and publish an annual safeguarding report for members, trustees, and other stakeholders.
The following represent evidence that would indicate compliance with this standard. The Church body has:
- Devised a range of mechanisms that track its compliance with the agreed safeguarding standards; these may include direct observation of practice to ensure compliance with agreed standards.
- Sought and shared information relating to its performance with the CSSA.
- Regularly monitored and amended its safeguarding implementation plan as circumstances change.
- Shared details of its performance with its members, trustees, the CSSA, and other stakeholders.
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