The policies are live and the courses will launch on June 8, 2020. The steps below need to be completed by August 7, 2020. |
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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. |
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:
The exception is not guaranteed, and you may still be required to complete 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
Sexual Harassment Prevention for Managers (additional content is highlighted in blue)
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Telios Teaches (Sexual Harassment Prevention):
MinistrySafe (Child Abuse Prevention):
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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 take a few additional courses. 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:
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