Screening Toolbox: Observation of the Applicant & Home Assessment
When possible, it can be informative to observe an applicant in your environment with the child(ren) and youth you serve, to look for potential red…
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Home / Monitoring Behavior / Monitoring Behavior: What Does It Mean?
Monitoring and responding to inappropriate behavior is a part of the job of every individual involved in your organization. It means observing interactions and reacting appropriately. This includes interactions involving employees and volunteers with children/youth, as well as child-to-child and youth-to-youth interactions. Youth leaders often require more supervision and monitoring because they’re young, lack experience, may lack judgment, and are harder to screen. Your monitoring requirements should be defined based on your organization’s mission and activities.
Supervisors and managers have a particular responsibility to remain vigilant and available to staff and volunteers who deal directly with children and youth. Your staff will need to know how to respond to behaviors that appear inappropriate or are causing concern, how to intervene appropriately and effectively, and how to report harmful behaviors. Staff are also responsible for helping other staff, especially new staff members, understand and adhere to your Code of Conduct. Your staff members and volunteers should be aware that if they see something, and don’t correct or report it, they become part of the problem.
Screening & Hiring
When possible, it can be informative to observe an applicant in your environment with the child(ren) and youth you serve, to look for potential red…
Training
Once you have identified your training expectations and standards and have researched current and available local and national training, explore…
Screening & Hiring
Your Youth-Serving Organization’s (YSO’s) hiring process should include basic screening measures for potential staff and volunteers through…
Screening & Hiring
Start with Basic Screening It is very important that all applicants who provide direct services and who are seeking positions of trust—either…
Screening & Hiring
By checking a candidate’s references, you can obtain additional information about applicants and help verify their previous work and volunteer…
Safe Environments
Standards should be implemented to ensure safe physical spaces for children, such as clear sight–lines and visitor procedures. To ensure child…
Training
Ideally, all children/youth should receive training and education on issues of personal safety and abuse prevention. Personal safety and child…
Monitoring Behavior
Protocols should be developed in order to inform staff and volunteers about supervision, communication, and reporting procedures at your…
Sustainability
Open, Extensive Communication There are two keys to helping your organization change and sustain behaviors: the amount of communication that…
Screening & Hiring
Because the internet and social media are a rich source of information about prospective candidates, and social media is perceived as a forum in…
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