Building a Culture of Prevention
You can help protect the children you serve by maintaining an environment that prioritizes both preventing child abuse before it occurs and—since…
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Home / Screening & Hiring / Screening Toolbox: Verify Professional Credentials, Disciplinary Records, & Driving History
For positions that specify an educational requirement, you should verify any credentials listed on the employment application by requesting and reviewing an official transcript, or by contacting the colleges or universities listed.
For positions that require professional certification or licensure, you should obtain a copy of the current license or registration from the applicant, or verify with the accrediting or licensing authority that the applicant is accredited or licensed, and that the accreditation or licensure is current. You can also ask that same accrediting or licensing authority about any past or present disciplinary actions involving the applicant.
Applicants for employment or volunteer service who will be driving children and youth as part of their duties should provide you with a copy of a current, valid driver’s license; verify each year that their driver’s license has not been revoked or suspended, and report any suspension or revocation immediately. A Massachusetts employer conducting a pre-employment screening or employee background check can also obtain a copy of the applicant’s driving record directly from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles online or by mail.
Reporting
You can help protect the children you serve by maintaining an environment that prioritizes both preventing child abuse before it occurs and—since…
Safe Environments
Safe Environment Strategies: Visibility Whether or not you can control the design of your space, physical safety depends on your ability to…
Screening & Hiring
A written application provides you with the information you need to assess the background and interests of applicants for your organization’s paid…
Screening & Hiring
Finding staff and volunteers you can trust to work with children includes additional steps beyond interviewing and checking references. …
Reporting
Physical and Behavioral Indicators of Abuse 1 Type of AbusePhysical IndicatorsBehavioral IndicatorsPhysical Abuse● Unexplained bruises…
Training
Training Employees/Staff/Leadership When it comes to training your employees, paid staff, managers, senior leaders, and board and governance…
Training
Effective abuse prevention training provides learners with new information, knowledge, and skills. Your leadership is critical to the ways in which…
Code of Conduct
It’s essential that interactions between your employees/volunteers and the youth you serve are appropriate and positive, support positive youth…
Safe Environments
Physically safe spaces, with proper supervision, are required to maintain safety standards at your Youth-Serving Organization (YSO). Ensure policies…
Reporting
Staff and volunteers should have a detailed understanding of their responsibility to report child abuse and neglect. At your YSO (Youth-Serving…
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