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… to create a Safe Church Policy for my church? Safe church policies help protect the most vulnerable among us, … the topic here , we can all learn from one another. Books Preventing Child Abuse: Provides guidelines for churches and nonprofits to create policies and procedures for abuse prevention. Available for purchase from Faith Alive, or …
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… As a supplement to the Safe Church Policy Toolkit , we are providing these sample policies as examples of what other churches use as their abuse prevention policies. The policies listed here are samples … Sample Safe Church Policies …
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… based organizations in the development of Safe Church Policies. These policies provide practical steps to follow to … that are free from abuse. Policies are designed as a prevention tool, but are also key in developing awareness … Safe Church Policy Roundup …
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… This was the second step, focused on making and revising policy which happened on May 18th, 2022. The webinar … key myths that many of us hold about our abuse prevention policies—and how to go forward with revisions and making new … Safe Church Basics Step 2 Webinar: Making and Revising Policy …
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… Safe Church Ministry developed this Model Safe Church Policy (this link navigates your browser to a "viewable only" … to provide faith leaders, safe church teams, and abuse prevention teams with a tangible policy that reflects … Safe Church Model Policy …
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… In the U.S. April has been designated Child Abuse Prevention Month. In Canada, it happens in May. This is a good time for your church to update your abuse prevention policy and/or plan to talk about this important … In April and May, Let’s Talk Child Abuse Prevention …
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… to ask as a church as they consider creating their own policy on sexual harassment. It is strongly encouraged that churches research the state/province policies as a guideline. As the #metoo movement has grown at … training program: State of Illinois Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Description of Sexual Harassment in the …
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… congregations work toward the following guiding goals: Policy - Laying solid groundwork in preventing abuse means having good policies in place. The safe church team helps the council set …
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… Canada require their employees to take sexual harassment prevention training. Here are a few reasons they do so: laws … lives, respecting every person who bears the image of God. Preventing sexual harassment and responding well when it does … the Government of Canada Ontario Human Rights Commission: Policy on preventing sexual and gender-based harassment …
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… do better in preventing abuse. Step 2: Making and Revising Policy (Wednesday, May 18 at 12:00 PM Eastern) In this … staff highlight common myths hidden within many abuse prevention policies, share a new model policy, and hear from a panel of …
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… As a consultant for safer churches, I support churches in preventing abuse by helping them to develop and maintain safe church policies and ensure that their staff and volunteers have been screened and trained in abuse prevention. I am also able to provide training to councils …
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… For January, we feature Atie Ott! Atie has made abuse prevention her life’s work. Early in her life, Atie worked as … when there were very few resources to help create abuse prevention policies and very little awareness that abuse … worked with ministry leaders to create an abuse prevention policy for her church. After Synod approved the …