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The policies are live and the courses will launch on June 14, 2021. The steps below need to be completed by August 15, 2021. 

Reliant is committed to upholding the highest standards of behavior. Therefore, we take great care in creating policies and procedures that support a healthy and ethical culture. These specific policies have been put in place to ensure the safety of those doing ministry as well as those being ministered to. We believe the updates to the policy on sexual harassment (now called Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Policy) and our new Child and Vulnerable Adult Safety policy are extremely important additions to achieve these goals. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with all the new elements. 

• The Sexual Harassment Prevention Course you complete is dependent on your supervisory or staff level: 
  1. Sexual Harassment Prevention for Employees (length: 1.5 hours): Take this course if you do not have anyone reporting to you OR are not at a staff level of Pastor, Minister, Manager, or Director.
  2. Sexual Harassment Prevention for Managers (length: 2.5 hours): Take this course if you supervise other Reliant staff OR are at a staff level of Pastor, Minister, Manager, or Director. If you supervise volunteers or have other supervisory responsibilities and would like to take this course, go for it! The Managers course includes the same content as the one for employees plus about 30 minutes of additional material for supervisors.
     
     
• All employees must take the first Abuse Awareness Course. Taking the second course is dependent on your supervisory or staff level: 
  1. Abuse Awareness (length: 1.5 hours): Take this course if you're a Reliant employee or Associate. 
  2. Skillful Screening (length: 2.25 hours): Take this course in addition to the Abuse Awareness course, if you supervise other Reliant staff OR are at a staff level of Pastor, Minister, Manager, or Director. If you are involved in interviews or the hiring process for staff or volunteers, this course is optional but recommended for you. Use your discernment or talk to your supervisor on if this course is right for you, and email learning@reliant.org if you would like access to the course.

For most staff, the training will take about 3 hours. For staff in supervisory or leadership roles, the training will take about 6 hours. All of the courses can be taken at the user's own pace and they do not have to be completed in one sitting. Here's more detailed information about the Required Education Courses.

You'll begin receiving communication to your Reliant email address the week of June 8. And you will have until August 7, 2020 to complete the steps listed at the top of this page. We challenge you to complete these steps sooner, rather than later. It's at least 3 hours worth of work.

All Reliant Staff that attended New Staff Training (NST) as of May 2020 were required to complete the courses within 30 days of NST. If you attended NST since May 2020 and completed the course, you do not need to take them as part of the Annual Requirements for existing staff.

Some Reliant Staff that are part of the Fixed Term program completed the Abuse Awareness training when they were hired. If you are a resident or intern and completed that training since January 2020, you do not need to complete that course as part of the Annual Requirements for existing staff. You will still need to complete the Sexual Harassment Prevention course.

If you have taken courses on the topic of Sexual Harassment Prevention or Child Abuse Awareness in the last 12 months, you may request an exception. Email the following to Julie Thomas, HR Compliance Officer, as soon as possible:

1. Name of the course
2. Vendor/creator/author of course content
3. Length of training
4. Date you completed course
5. Short description of course
6. Proof of completion (if available)

The exception is not guaranteed, and you may still be required to complete the course.

When you reach part 4/4 Titled: Sexual Harassment Prevention: Apply What You've Learned, there will be four Story Quizzes. To complete each quiz, follow the steps below.

1. Complete each quiz
2. Once each quiz is complete, a Survey Monkey slide will appear
3. Simply click on "Complete & Continue" to move on to the next quiz
4. Once you've completed all four quizzes, a note will appear saying, "Congratulations! You completed Flagship Training 2021: Preventing Sexual Harassment & Discrimination in the Christian Workplace!"
5. Click on "Get Your Certificate" and it will open a new page where you will be able to download your certificate for your records
6. Then you can exit the course

You may send an exception request to Julie Thomas, HR Compliance Officer, at julie.thomas@reliant.org with your reason for the exception. Please copy your supervisor and Program Team Lead on the email.

The courses are available to you, your supervisor, and your ministry leaders (even if they are not employed by Reliant). You will need to complete the course on your own. However, we encourage you to discuss as a team how this information and the related policy changes may impact your ministry work. This is especially applicable to staff who work with children and youth (ages 17 and under) or vulnerable adults as the Child and Vulnerable Adult Safety policy and guidelines is new for Reliant.

Sexual Harassment Prevention for Employees

• Ch. 1 Do Religious Organizations Need to Worry?
• Ch. 2 Theology and the Secular Law
• Ch. 3 The Definition of Sexual Harassment
• Ch. 4 Organizational Policy & Procedure
• Ch. 5 Investigation & Discipline
• Vignettes that cover actual situations

Sexual Harassment Prevention for Managers (additional content is highlighted in blue)

• Ch. 1 Do Religious Organizations Need to Worry?
• Ch. 2 Theology and the Secular Law
• Ch. 3 Risks to Religious Organizations
• Ch. 4 How Laws Apply to Religious Organizations
• Ch. 5 The Definition of Sexual Harassment
• Ch. 6 Organizational Policy & Procedure
• Ch. 7 Policies and Reporting Mechanisms
• Ch. 8 Investigation & Discipline
• Ch. 9 Processing Compliants & Safety Plans
• Ch. 10 Preparing for Investigation
• Ch. 11 Internal Investigation Process
• Ch. 12 Considerations When Dealing with Sexual Harassment
• Supplement: Multicultural Work Places
• Vignettes that cover actual situations

Telios Teaches (Sexual Harassment Prevention):

• Click the "Forgot Password" link to receive instructions on resetting your password and a link to the site.

MinistrySafe (Child Abuse Prevention):

• Email your Missionary Liaison (Kathy Zellinger, Bethany Orys, or Carly Erskine)

If you are not a supervisor or leader and took the Manager-level course, that's okay. You don't need to take the Employee version as all the content in the Manager-level course is in the Employee-level one.

If you are a supervisor or leader and took the Employee-level training, you will need to watch a few additional chapters. See below for instructions on how to do that:

Return to the Telios site and launch the Manager-level training. 

Many of the “chapters” are the same, with some additional content in the Manager Level. So when you start the Manager-level course, and you begin a chapter that was in the Employer Level, you can just click the “Complete and Continue” button at the bottom to advance to the next chapter.

Highlighted in blue below are the additional Manager-level chapters so that you can see the chapters that you need to still view. Just don’t forget to take the quiz at the end of the Manager-level course to get full credit!

Manager-level Content:

• Ch. 1 Do Religious Organizations Need to Worry?
• Ch. 2 Theology and the Secular Law
• Ch. 3 Risks to Religious Organizations
• Ch. 4 How Laws Apply to Religious Organizations
• Ch. 5 The Definition of Sexual Harassment
• Ch. 6 Organizational Policy & Procedure
• Ch. 7 Policies and Reporting Mechanisms
• Ch. 8 Investigation & Discipline
• Ch. 9 Processing Compliants & Safety Plans
• Ch. 10 Preparing for Investigation
• Ch. 11 Internal Investigation Process
• Ch. 12 Considerations When Dealing with Sexual Harassment
• Supplement: Multicultural Work Places
• Vignettes that cover actual situations

Sexual Harassment Prevention courses from Telios Teaches

• English subtitles are available on all courses. Click the CC button in the right-hand corner of the video player to start closed captioning.
• The courses are not available in any other language at this time.

Abuse Awareness course from MinistrySafe

• A version of the course is available in Spanish with both the video and quiz in Spanish. 
• A version of the course is available with following subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Vietnamese and Thai. Click the CC button in the right-hand corner of the video player to select the preferred language. The quiz is in English.
• Please email learning@reliant.org to request the training link to the Spanish version or the Multilingual/Closed Captioned version.

Skillful Screening course from MinistrySafe

•  English and Spanish subtitles are available on the course. Click the CC button in the right-hand corner of the video player to select the preferred subtitles.