Inappropriate conduct

As a worker you should not:

• Undertake regulated work/regulated activity with a workforce that you do not have PVG/DBS clearance through the Church of Scotland to work with
• Develop inappropriate relationships with children or protected adults
• Accept/give money or gifts of monetary value from/to children or protected adults
• Have any sexual contact with children or protected adults
• Share your personal contact details with children or protected adults
• Contact children or protected adults via your personal phone, email address or social media account
• Use inappropriate language
• Make derogatory or sexually suggestive comments
• Bully or intimidate or permit any form of bullying to take place by other children, protected adults or workers
• Act in a threatening or harmful manner
• Act unlawfully
• Smoke, consume alcohol or use illegal substances when working
• Allow concerns of suspected harm or abuse to go unreported
• Arrange social occasions with children or protected adults or invite them to your home outside of organised group occasions (other than with the consent of parent, carers or guardians and where at least one other adult is present)
• Allow unknown adults access to children and protected adults.