COURSE DESIGNERS
Peter Barnett
Director - Creating Safer Communities
[email protected]Peter has been working in implementation of Safe Ministry prevention education, and policy & procedure development since 2004, as well as responding to Professional Standards concerns within churches across a range of denominations in Australia since 2007.
Peter has been involved in worship and children’s ministry both at a local church and Baptist denominational level, including an itinerant kids’ ministry known as ‘The Shed’ and the ‘GodSpace’ program used across Australia in Christian Schools, churches and for Scripture in primary schools.
Celia Irving
Director - CMI Vocational Training Pty Ltd
[email protected]Celia's career has spanned more than 40 years, starting in primary teaching in 1981, then moving into adult education, with a focus on communication skills. Celia has been involved in lay ministry to children and young people and has served on her local church council. Within the broader church community, Celia has been involved in developing and delivering training in the Safe Ministry field since 2002, as well as Professional Standards and church health in an Anglican Diocese from 2010 until retiring in late 2018. She now also offers church health work consultancy as well as offering professional supervision services to church workers.