To act as a point of contact to group safeguarding officers or any individual members when advice, guidance, or general information on safeguarding issues is sought/requested.
To raise awareness amongst groups of AA’s safeguarding policies and how they impact Groups and Individuals.
To have knowledge of all aspects of the Safeguarding Policy on the AAGB website.

Main Duties

• To be committed to the safeguarding of all members of Alcoholics Anonymous in General and Bristol and District Intergroup in particular.
• With Regional support to develop intergroup safeguarding systems, policies, and procedures.
• To act as a point of contact for members, to offer guidance with any safeguarding situation presented to ensure that members are adequately and appropriately supported, while respecting the autonomy of our groups and Intergroup.
• To liaise with the Regional Safeguarding Officer to keep informed of current legislation, statutory and other guidance with regards to safeguarding and to cascade the information accordingly.
• To keep informed of current legislation, statutory and other guidance with regards to data protection (GDPR) and confidentiality and cascade accordingly.
• To liaise with the Chair/Vice-Chair of Bristol and District Intergroup to plan and organise safeguarding related workshops thus raising awareness and understanding of AA’s policy on safeguarding.
• To implement best practice in relation to safeguarding.
• To attend safeguarding training where appropriate.
• Where appropriate, to update Bristol and District Intergroup on any safeguarding concerns in our area.