Tag: Safeguarding adults

Order job opportunity: ECA Safeguarding officer (also available as job share)

After seven years as Triratna’s European Chairs Assembly’s Safeguarding officer, Munisha is stepping down by the end of June and applications are now invited for this Order post by 28th March 2023.

This is an opportunity to be of real help to those running centres and retreat centres, who express great appreciation of the help available to them, from both Amaladipa and Munisha, at the Safeguarding team.

The ECA Safeguarding officer is employed by the ECA executive (trustees) to advise Triratna charities and other legal bodies...

DBS checks made simple: free webinars in March

Free DBS webinars for faith charity trustees, staff and volunteers:

Wednesday 2nd March, 12pm – 1pm repeated on
Thursday 3rd March, 7pm – 8pm

Book for one of these webinars

All charities in England and Wales are required to DBS (security) check staff and volunteers, as appropriate. But

• who needs to be DBS checked?
• what level of DBS check does a given role require?
   

Strengthening Faith Institutions in partnership with the Disclosure and Barring Service are hosting these free webinars to look at:

• An introduction to
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Learning from the FPMT in the case of Dagri Rinpoche

Post updated 11th February 2021; see final paragraph.

November saw the publication within the Tibetan tradition FPMT (Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana) of a report on allegations of sexual assault carried out by Dagri Rinpoche. Dagri Rinpoche is not a member of FPMT, but is a visiting teacher ordained in the same lineage.

Whenever such reports are published, the ECA’s Safeguarding team looks carefully to see what we in Triratna can learn from others’ experience. In the spirit of...