Safe Environment Strategies: Visibility
Safe Environment Strategies: Visibility Whether or not you can control the design of your space, physical safety depends on your ability to…
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Training programs designed to prevent child sexual abuse take many forms and contain varying levels of detail, sophistication, content, and length. Some youth-serving organizations employ a “one size fits all” program that is taken by all administrators, supervisors, employees, and volunteers. Others have distinct levels of training based on the intended audience and duration. For instance, a longer training for administrators, supervisors, and program/project directors could include information on organization policies, procedures, staff screening and hiring practices, supervision responsibilities, state laws and local reporting requirements, while a more streamlined training could inform “front line” staff and volunteers who engage directly with the children and youth. These latter training programs are less focused on administrative and policy concerns and are more “code-of-conduct” and “boundary” oriented, including guidance on interpersonal behaviors and relationships, how to recognize maltreatment and grooming behaviors, and how to respond to/report suspected maltreatment and inappropriate behavior.
How you tailor your training program depends on the size and resources of your organization, the number of staff, employees, volunteers, and clients you have, and the varying functions and responsibilities of your employees/staff. Of course, a training program for a small business that serves children/youth with a single owner and two or three assistants would look different from a training program for a summer camp, school, or other organization with scores of employees and volunteers and hundreds of children/youth. Still, common elements in each would present the basic and most critical abuse prevention content training is designed to provide.
Safe Environments
Safe Environment Strategies: Visibility Whether or not you can control the design of your space, physical safety depends on your ability to…
Reporting
Sometimes, a child/youth might self-disclose an abusive situation to an adult in your organization. These disclosures can be direct, where the child…
Code of Conduct
Along with guiding appropriate behavior, your Code of Conduct should include a clear description of the lines of communication and reporting…
Training
Effective abuse prevention training provides learners with new information, knowledge, and skills. Your leadership is critical to the ways in which…
Screening & Hiring
Certain organizations, such as public schools and licensed childcare programs, must also query national criminal record and fingerprint-based…
Code of Conduct
Your Code of Conduct will provide your staff, volunteers, and others responsible for children and youth with very specific guidelines that will…
Monitoring Behavior
Monitoring Behavior is the responsibility of all staff to hold each other accountable for appropriate behaviors and to report inappropriate conduct…
Code of Conduct
Once your Code of Conduct is in place, it’s important to implement it through training and by disseminating the information widely, in a variety…
Training
Once you have identified your training expectations and standards and have researched current and available local and national training, explore…
Sustainability
Common Implementation Roadblocks Natural conflicts exist between strategy and culture. These conflicts—if left unaddressed— predict that…
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