Screening Toolbox: National Criminal & Sexual Abuse Background Checks
Certain organizations, such as public schools and licensed childcare programs, must also query national criminal record and fingerprint-based…
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When it comes to training your volunteers, there is certain core content that is critical to include in a comprehensive training program to effectively prevent child sexual abuse. Depending on your organization, education/training for volunteers should differ. As is true with interns, consultants, and contractors, volunteer-specific training would look very different for volunteers who meet with children/youth in a supervised site versus on their own in the community.
Training should be based on the volunteer role and the level of engagement with children/youth. The following new and current volunteers should be trained in child sexual abuse prevention:
Screening & Hiring
Certain organizations, such as public schools and licensed childcare programs, must also query national criminal record and fingerprint-based…
Policies & Procedures
Sample Policies & Procedures You can find examples of policies and procedures from organizations whose mission is to serve and protect…
Training
Effective abuse prevention training provides learners with new information, knowledge, and skills. Your leadership is critical to the ways in which…
Sustainability
Leadership at Youth-Serving Organizations (YSOs) should maintain regular communication on the culture of safety with staff, volunteers, parents, and…
Screening & Hiring
Here’s how you can develop a screening policy that fits your organization’s role, size, and resources: Know the screening rules and…
Code of Conduct
Your Code of Ethics helps to guide the behavior and decision-making of your staff, volunteers, and participants by clarifying the standards and…
Reporting
Staff and volunteers should have a detailed understanding of their responsibility to report child abuse and neglect. At your YSO (Youth-Serving…
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…
Safe Environments
How is Your Facility Designed to Keep Children Safe? Child development and school-age programs operate in many different types of facilities….
Reporting
Thinking of children or youth as capable of sexually abusing other children or youth can be difficult to consider and challenging to address. In…
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