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The Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Prevention Course you complete is dependent on your supervisory or staff level: 

1. Preventing Sexual Harassment & Discrimination in the Christian Workplace (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. Manager Training 2021: Quelling Misconduct: 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. 
   
   

All employees must take the Abuse Awareness Course (length 1.5 hours).

• For 2021, the Skillful Screening Course (length: 2.25 hours) is optional. This course may be helpful to you if you oversee a children's or youth ministry or if you are involved in interviews or the hiring process for staff or volunteers. If you would like to take the course and do not see it on your MinistrySafe home page, email learning@reliant.org.

For most staff, the training will take about 3 hours. For staff in supervisory or leadership roles, the training will take about 4 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 14. And you will have until August 15, 2021, 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.

Reliant is committed to fostering a safe and healthy ministry environment for employees and for those to whom they minister. Therefore, it is beneficial for us all to be trained and educated on a regular basis on best practices around child safety and workplace harassment and discrimination prevention, two areas that are essential for creating safe ministry and work environments. It also gives you a chance to review the policies that are related to these topics. Plus, some states require annual training on workplace harassment, and this ensures that we are compliant with those state laws. 

The Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Prevention course courses by Telios Teaches has have been updated for 2021 with new content. The Abuse Awareness training by MinistrySafe is the same course that you took in 2020, but it is such a vital topic for churches and ministries today that the information that is covered in the course must remain top of mind for anyone who works with children, youth, young adults, or any vulnerable population.

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.

Employee Level: Preventing Sexual Harassment & Discrimination in the Christian Workplace

Content:

1. Overview: Introduction
   • Religious Organizations, Harassment, & Discrimination
   • What We Will Cover in This Training
   • A Theological Basis for Preventing Harassment & Discrimination
2. Overview: Secular Laws
   • Title VII and Accompanying Laws
   • Other Laws Against Harassment & Discrimination
3. Overview: Definitions
   • What is Harassment? What is Discrimination?
   • Types of Harassment & Discrimination
4. Overview: Reporting, Investigation, and Discipline
   • When & How to Report
   • What Investigations Are & Are Not
   • Discipline & Follow-Up
5. Sexual Harassment Prevention: Introduction
   • Do Churches Have to Worry About Sexual Harassment?
   • A Theological Basis for Confronting Sexual Harassment
6. Sexual Harassment Prevention: Definitions
   • What is "Sexual Harassment?"
   • Components of Sexual Harassment
7. Sexual Harassment Prevention: Costs and Risks
   • Sexual Harassment Prevention: Financial Costs of Sexual Harassment
   • Sexual Harassment Prevention: High Risk Environments
8. Sexual Harassment Prevention: Response and Discipline
   • How Can Churches and Ministries Guard Against Sexual Harassment?
9. Sexual Harassment Prevention: Apply What You've Learned
   • Story Quiz 1: Overly Affectionate Coworkers
   • Story Quiz 2: "The Pence Rule"
   • Story Quiz 3: Teacher at a Religious School
   • Story Quiz 4: Social Media Problems

2021 Manager Training: Quelling Misconduct: Sexual Harassment Prevention for Managers (additional content is highlighted in blue)

The training includes the content in the Employee-level course outlined above and also:

1. For Managers: Risks to Religious Organizations
   • Risks to Religious Organizations
   • PR Risks
2. Manager Training: Leadership Responsibility
   • Managers and Responsibility
   • Faragher Ellerth Defense
3. For Managers: How Training Helps
   • How Training Helps
   • Anti-Harassment & Anti-Discrimination Policies
4. For Managers: Laws and How They Apply
   • How Laws Apply to Religious Organizations
5. Manager Training: Reports and Reporting Mechanisms
   • Designing a Reporting Mechanism
   • What about Matthew 18 Policies
6. For Managers: Beyond Reporting
   • Beyond Reporting
   • Retaliations: Don't Do It.
7. For Managers: Caring for Complainants & Witnesses
   1. Addressing the Complainant
   2. Safety Plans
   3. Resignations, Criminal Allegations, and Investigations
8. For Managers: Discipline and Follow-up
   • Disciplinary Decisions
   • Follow-Up
9. Litigation and Common Mistakes
   • Litigation and Legal Proceedings
   • Common Mistakes

Sexual Harassment and Discrimination 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 the 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.