10 Safety Basics
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Sacred Safety (Scripture)
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Background Checks
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Write It Down
(Permission Forms and Policies)
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Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response
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First Aid
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Property
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Technology and Social Media
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Off Campus
(Camp, Mission Trips, Retreats, Events)
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Behavior
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Nursery & Childcare Standards
Safety 101
YOUR CHURCH IS NOT SAFE!
This is most important and difficult message for congregations to grasp. We must begin making the church a safer and more sacred place for children, and the adults, to encounter and learn about their faith. We must we willing to see safety as an ongoing, ever changing, and crucial conversation.
Safety is also multifacted and not straight forward. Churches who are willing to enter into the conversation quickly stop because they get lost in lots directions and feel overwhelmed.
WE ARE HERE TO HELP!
Safety Facts
If we can help one child not be bullied, one child not be abused, one child get the help they need, one adult not be falsely accused, one person drive safer, one clergy not be harrassed, and one person be able to encounter God in a safe and sacred place, than all of this safety discussion is worth it.
Child Abuse Statsitics
Childhelp: 6 Million Children in the US Have Reported Child Abuse
FaithTrust Institute, "Learn the Basics"
US Department of Health and Human Services, "Child Abuse and Neglect Statistics"
Safety Resources
These resources are in addition or in conjunction with the 10 Safety Basic Areas children and youth. Some of these resources may be overwhelming at first. They are meant to enhance and continue to assist the work being done by your congregation in the areas of safety.
Safe Santuaries in a Virtual World (Click here)
The Insurance Board will be used in conjunctionw ith many of the 10 Steps to a Safer Church for Children and Youth. The Insurance Board see their work with the three denominations they serve, including Disciples of Christ and United Church of Christ, as a ministry. They have many helpful and free resources.
Policy Template: This is the best resource out there!
This is the organization that works with the Insurance Board. It is FREE and has wonderful training tools. "Praesidium was started more than 20 years ago in response to a request from a youth serving organization that was reeling from an incident of child sexual abuse."
"FaithTrust Institute is a national, multifaith, multicultural training and education organization with global reach working to end sexual and domestic violence."
"Founded in 2001, the Religious Institute is a multifaith organization dedicated to advocating for sexual health, education, and justice in faith communities and society."
US Department of Health and Human Services
State Child Abuse Reporting Numbers from Child Welfare Information Gateway
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
"Childhelp® is a leading national non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect. Childhelp's approach focuses on prevention, intervention and treatment. The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline, 1-800-4-A-CHILD"
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
FaithTrust Institute is a national, multifaith, multicultural training and education organization with global reach working to end sexual and domestic violence. - See more at:
FaithTrust Institute is a national, multifaith, multicultural training and education organization with global reach working to end sexual and domestic violence. - See more at:
FaithTrust Institute is a national, multifaith, multicultural training and education organization with global reach working to end sexual and domestic violence. - See more at:
FaithTrust Institute is a national, multifaith, multicultural training and education organization with global reach working to end sexual and domestic violence. - See more at:
FaithTrust Institute is a national, multifaith, multicultural training and education organization with global reach working to end sexual and domestic violence. - See more at:
This page was last updated by JK 9/26/14