St Brigid’s parish Coogee, as part of the Archdiocese of Sydney, is wholly committed to ensuring the safety, well being and dignity of all children, and acknowledges its important legal, moral and spiritual responsibility to create a safe and nurturing environment for those children.

Parish Safeguarding Support Officer

Our volunteer Parish Safeguarding Support Officer( PSSO) is Sharon Waller, who will support the Parish Priest in providing staff, volunteers and parishioners within the parish community a greater understanding of what safeguarding means and how it can be implemented within the parish.

The PSSO will receive ongoing support and training and will assist the Parish Priest to implement safeguarding policies and protocols as well as providing training to parish staff and volunteers.

It is not the role of a PSSO to be dealing with any complaints; all complaints need to be referred to either the Parish Priest or the Safeguarding Office.

Email: [email protected] or phone 93157562

Concerns and complaints

Alternatively, you can contact the Safeguarding and Ministerial Integrity Office at 93905810 or [email protected] . 

Parish Volunteers

All parish volunteers must read the fact sheet who need a working with children check to see if they require a working with children check number and clearance prior to commencing any volunteer position at the parish. They must also sign a code of conduct and the volunteer ministry register and complete the online safeguarding training(see links below) .

Online training for Parish volunteers:

Please see the first link below to access the online training. Soon after registering, you will receive an email with logon details. After completing the training successfully, you will receive a certificate. This online training is valid for three years and you’ll be sent a reminder from Sharon to complete the safeguarding online refresher course(second link below).

Please forward the certificates to our PSSO Sharon Waller by email: [email protected]

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