{"id":28,"date":"2025-04-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ballinhassigparish.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:10:16","slug":"child-safeguarding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bp.rpcconsultants.com\/index.php\/parish-groups\/child-safeguarding\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Safeguarding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We in the Parish of Ballinhassig endorse the Child Safeguarding Policy Statement below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Child Safeguarding Policy Statement of the Constituent Members of the Catholic Church in Ireland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As a constituent member of the Catholic Church in Ireland, we recognise and uphold the dignity and rights of all children, are committed to ensuring their safety and well-being and will work in partnership with parents\/guardians to do this.  We recognise each child as a gift from God and we value and encourage the participation of children in all activities that enhance their spiritual, physical, emotional, intellectual and social development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All Church personnel (including clergy, religious, staff, volunteers and any other Church personnel) have a responsibility to safeguard children through promoting their welfare, health and development in a safe and caring environment that supports their best interests and prevents abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>+John Buckley,<br>Bishop of Cork and Ross<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ballinhassig Parish Child Safeguarding Representatives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Ballygarvan<\/td><td>Helen O&#8217;Donovan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ballyheada<\/td><td>Anne Marie Casey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Goggin&#8217;s Hill<\/td><td>Helen Farragher<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Child Safeguarding Representatives can be contacted through the Parish Office at <strong>021-488 5062<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Every child is welcome in the Church<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Every child should be safe!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you need to talk about abuse:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Physical<\/li><li>Emotional<\/li><li>Sexual<\/li><li>Neglect<\/li><li>Bullying<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There are people who will listen and help!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">H.S.E. (TUSLA)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>North Lee Community Services,<br>Blackpool, Cork.<br>Tel: (021) 492 7000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Lee Community Services,<br>St. Finbarr&#8217;s Hospital, Cork.<br>Tel: (021) 492 3001<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Garda\u00ed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Anglesea Street, Cork.<br>Tel: (021) 452 2000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We in the Parish of Ballinhassig endorse the Child Safeguarding Policy Statement below. Child Safeguarding Policy Statement of the Constituent Members of the Catholic Church in Ireland As a constituent member of the Catholic Church in Ireland, we recognise and uphold the dignity and rights of all children, are committed to ensuring their safety and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bp.rpcconsultants.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bp.rpcconsultants.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bp.rpcconsultants.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bp.rpcconsultants.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bp.rpcconsultants.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bp.rpcconsultants.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/bp.rpcconsultants.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/75"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bp.rpcconsultants.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bp.rpcconsultants.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}