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Skillful Screening Training

Required Audience: All Supervisors and Leaders

Length: 2.25 hours

Vendor: MinistrySafe

Description

Screening job applicants and volunteers who will work or interact with children is an important responsibility. Effective screening practices limit the possibility that an applicant with inappropriate sexual motives gains access to children through child-serving programs. Program leaders should be aware of high-risk responses indicating that an applicant may be a danger to children served by the program.

Trainees: Child-serving managers, supervisors, and hiring and screening personnel

Topics Addressed

• Common misconceptions related to sexual abuse and abusers
• Abuser characteristics
• The 'grooming process' utilized by offenders
• Common ‘grooming behaviors’
• Elements of an effective screening process
• Effective screening practices
• Male and Female Offender Characteristics
• Effective use of criminal background checks
• Recognizing applicant 'high risk answers'