Safety: The Most Critical Conversation
Safety: The Most Critical Conversation It’s essential that your staff can easily discern inappropriate behavior and harmful actions. That’s…
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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provide you with a copy of a current, valid driver’s license; verify each year that their driver’s license has not been revoked or suspended, and report any suspension or revocation immediately.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.
Monitoring Behavior
Safety: The Most Critical Conversation It’s essential that your staff can easily discern inappropriate behavior and harmful actions. That’s…
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
Mandated reporters are required to immediately report suspicions of child abuse and neglect to the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families…
Training
A Model for Evaluation: Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Training Every training course needs a method of collecting feedback to ensure a course is…
Training
Whether designed in-house, provided by a government or state agency, or purchased from a commercial vendor, workplace training programs can take…
Safe Environments
Standards should be implemented to ensure safe physical spaces for children, such as clear sight–lines and visitor procedures. To ensure child…
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…
Policies & Procedures
Whether your organization is evaluating an existing policy or creating a new one, we’ve provided a convenient Child Sexual Abuse Prevention (CSA)…
Training
Strangers are not the main offenders when it comes to child sexual abuse. Children and youth are much more likely to be abused by people …
Training
Training for Different Audiences Training programs designed to prevent child sexual abuse take many forms and contain varying levels of detail,…
Customized child sexual abuse prevention guidelines to meet the unique needs of any organization that serves children.
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