Basic Requirements of Screening and Hiring
Your Youth-Serving Organization (YSO) should create protocols for the application, interviewing, and screening process. Each step of the process…
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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.
Screening & Hiring
Your Youth-Serving Organization (YSO) should create protocols for the application, interviewing, and screening process. Each step of the process…
Monitoring Behavior
Protocols should be developed in order to inform staff and volunteers about supervision, communication, and reporting procedures at your…
Safe Environments
Safe Environments should be created by having clear sight lines, proper staff-to-child ratios, and safety standards for all personnel and…
Reporting
Staff and volunteers at the YSO (Youth-Serving Organization) should be proficient in discussing abuse and responding to disclosures of abuse. YSO…
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…
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…
Sustainability
Depending on the size of your youth-serving organization, the data you’ll need to collect and analyze—or even simply summarize—could be…
Safe Environments
Your youth-serving organization may provide transportation to children and youth—either on a regular or occasional basis. If you’re a larger…
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…
Policies & Procedures
Sample Self-Audit Form for YSOs You can use the following “Self-Audit” form to take an inventory of your youth-serving organization’s abuse…
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