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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...
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What’s in a Code of Conduct?
Along with guiding appropriate behavior, your Code of Conduct should include a clear description of the lines of communication and reporting...
About Mission Statements & Codes of Ethics
Keep in mind that a Code of Conduct is limited; it usually refers only to the most common and expected behaviors staff/volunteers may encounter each...
Who Are Mandated Reporters?
Who Are Mandated Reporters? Massachusetts law defines a number of professionals as mandated reporters (for the full list, see MGL Chapter 119,...
Recognizing Abuse & Neglect
Recognizing Abuse & Neglect The minimum required safety elements for you to prepare leadership, staff, and volunteers to recognize, respond...
Physical and Behavioral Indicators of Abuse
Physical and Behavioral Indicators of Abuse Type of AbusePhysical IndicatorsBehavioral IndicatorsPhysical Abuse● Unexplained bruises (in...
Responding to Direct Disclosures
Sometimes, a child/youth might self-disclose an abusive situation to an adult in your organization. These disclosures can be direct, where the child...
Safe Environment Strategies: Access
Safe Environment Strategies: Access Complementing the physical aspects of safety are the procedural aspects of safety and security, and how...
Know the State & Federal Laws That Apply
State and federal laws and regulations require specific types of screening and background checks—particularly criminal and sexual offense records...
When to Report Abuse and Neglect
With some exceptions, a single incident or observation of suspected abuse or neglect may not necessarily trigger the need for a call to the...
Screening Toolbox: Personal Interview
A personal interview provides an opportunity for you to meet applicants and determine if they are a good fit for your organization. It’s also a ...
How to Report Child Sexual Abuse
When a member of your staff suspects that a child is being abused and/or neglected, they are required to immediately call your local Department of...
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....
Sustaining Systemic Change in the Organization
Common Implementation Roadblocks Natural conflicts exist between strategy and culture. These conflicts—if left unaddressed— predict that...
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...
Training Best Practices
Training Best Practices To protect the children/youth you serve, your organization needs a comprehensive framework: a set of abuse prevention...
Training for Different Audiences
Training for Different Audiences Training programs designed to prevent child sexual abuse take many forms and contain varying levels of detail,...
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What’s in a Code of Conduct?
Along with guiding appropriate behavior, your Code of Conduct should include a clear description of the lines of communication and reporting...
About Mission Statements & Codes of Ethics
Keep in mind that a Code of Conduct is limited; it usually refers only to the most common and expected behaviors staff/volunteers may encounter each...
Who Are Mandated Reporters?
Who Are Mandated Reporters? Massachusetts law defines a number of professionals as mandated reporters (for the full list, see MGL Chapter 119,...
Recognizing Abuse & Neglect
Recognizing Abuse & Neglect The minimum required safety elements for you to prepare leadership, staff, and volunteers to recognize, respond...
Physical and Behavioral Indicators of Abuse
Physical and Behavioral Indicators of Abuse Type of AbusePhysical IndicatorsBehavioral IndicatorsPhysical Abuse● Unexplained bruises (in...
Responding to Direct Disclosures
Sometimes, a child/youth might self-disclose an abusive situation to an adult in your organization. These disclosures can be direct, where the child...
Safe Environment Strategies: Access
Safe Environment Strategies: Access Complementing the physical aspects of safety are the procedural aspects of safety and security, and how...
Know the State & Federal Laws That Apply
State and federal laws and regulations require specific types of screening and background checks—particularly criminal and sexual offense records...
When to Report Abuse and Neglect
With some exceptions, a single incident or observation of suspected abuse or neglect may not necessarily trigger the need for a call to the...
Screening Toolbox: Personal Interview
A personal interview provides an opportunity for you to meet applicants and determine if they are a good fit for your organization. It’s also a ...
How to Report Child Sexual Abuse
When a member of your staff suspects that a child is being abused and/or neglected, they are required to immediately call your local Department of...
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....
Sustaining Systemic Change in the Organization
Common Implementation Roadblocks Natural conflicts exist between strategy and culture. These conflicts—if left unaddressed— predict that...
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...
Training Best Practices
Training Best Practices To protect the children/youth you serve, your organization needs a comprehensive framework: a set of abuse prevention...
Training for Different Audiences
Training for Different Audiences Training programs designed to prevent child sexual abuse take many forms and contain varying levels of detail,...
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