Assessing Risk in Screening and Hiring Requirements
Your Youth-Serving Organization’s (YSO’s) hiring process should include basic screening measures for potential staff and volunteers through…
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To determine what screening tools are most appropriate to use for a particular position and to ensure consistency in your screening protocols, we recommend that you inventory the strengths and risks associated with your paid and volunteer positions. That includes:
To sum it up, whether your youth-serving organization is large enough to have a risk management or human resources office that can conduct a formal assessment, or is a small business with a single proprietor, our risk inventory translates into some basic questions that can help determine the appropriate level of screening for your potential employees and volunteers.
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