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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 courses by Telios Teaches 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.

We realize that not all of our Reliant Missionaries and Associates work directly with children under the age of 18 in their church or ministry. However, many do work with college-aged students, young adults, or other members of a vulnerable population who may be susceptible to grooming and abuse. The principles shared in the training can also apply to those groups. And even if you don't feel like what you learn about in the MinistrySafe course is relevant to your day-to-day work, we hope the training increases your awareness of the issue and teaches you how to help recognize and prevent sexual abuse in any context that you may be.    

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 Story Quiz by scrolling down the page or by clicking "OK"
2. Select "Next" to move on to the next page
3. Each Story Quiz will end when it gets to the "Conclusion" portion and you click "Done"
4. Once each quiz is complete, a Survey Monkey slide will appear
5. Simply click on the blue "Continue" button to move on to the next quiz
6. Once you've completed all four quizzes, a "Congratulations" note will appear 
7. Click on "Get Your Certificate" and it will open a new page where you will be able to download your certificate for your records
8. You may 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 on the email.

The courses are available to you, your supervisor, and your ministry leaders (even if Reliant does not employ them). 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 policies may impact your ministry work. 

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

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

Telios Teaches (Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Prevention):

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

MinistrySafe (Child Abuse Prevention):

• Email learning@reliant.org. 

Email learning@reliant.org.

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.