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What is a Code of Conduct?
Your Code of Conduct is an essential tool to help you ensure the safety of the children and youth in your care, and prevent child sexual abuse.
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Code of Conduct
A Code of Conduct establishes acceptable interactions and outlines the expectations and responsibilities of any person with access to children at your organization.
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Developing the Code of Conduct
For your Youth-Serving Organization (YSO) to ensure the safety of the children it serves, there must be a set of principles to guide the environment...
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Implementing the Code of Conduct
Your Code of Conduct should cultivate standards of behavior for staff and volunteers at your Youth-Serving Organization (YSO) which prioritize child...
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Reinforcing the Code of Conduct
Leadership at your Youth-Serving Organization (YSO) should implement the Code of Conduct by including it in many aspects of the organization. The...
Explore the 8 Elements of Prevention
Learn more about preventing child sexual abuse in your organization by exploring the other Elements of Prevention. Save your favorite articles in your Learning Library.
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Training Best Practices
Training Best Practices To protect the children/youth you serve, your organization needs a comprehensive framework: a set of abuse prevention...
Analysis, Review, and Self-Audits: Collecting Data
Depending on the size of your youth-serving organization, the data you’ll need to collect and analyze—or even simply summarize—could be...
Checklist for Safety Checks in Your Facility
How is Your Facility Designed to Keep Children Safe? Child development and school-age programs operate in many different types of facilities....
Guidelines for Interactions at Your Organization
It’s essential that interactions between your employees/volunteers and the youth you serve are appropriate and positive, support positive youth...
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Training Best Practices
Training Best Practices To protect the children/youth you serve, your organization needs a comprehensive framework: a set of abuse prevention...
Analysis, Review, and Self-Audits: Collecting Data
Depending on the size of your youth-serving organization, the data you’ll need to collect and analyze—or even simply summarize—could be...
Checklist for Safety Checks in Your Facility
How is Your Facility Designed to Keep Children Safe? Child development and school-age programs operate in many different types of facilities....
Guidelines for Interactions at Your Organization
It’s essential that interactions between your employees/volunteers and the youth you serve are appropriate and positive, support positive youth...
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