Risk Management and Youth Safety Components for Mentoring and Youth-Serving Programs - 2022 training outline

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Risk Management and Youth Safety Components for Mentoring and Youth-Serving Programs provides a practical framework for organizations working with children and youth. It outlines components for developing program-level risk management, focusing on participant safety through screening and background checks, organizational risk assessments, staff structure, insurance coverage, and training resources. The document also describes how to implement and maintain a risk management plan, supporting OJJDP grantees and related mentoring and youth-serving programs in reviewing and strengthening safeguarding practices.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

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Pages20

Reading Time7 min

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Intro to Risk Management

Participant Screening and Background Checks

Organizational Risk Assessment

Staff Structure

Insurance Coverage

Training Resources

Risk Management Plan

Risk Management and Youth Safety Components for Mentoring and Youth-Serving Programs 2022 This document will outline several components to program risk management. This information is to provide samples, training resources, and other examples that are intended to serve as a resource and not intended to be comprehensive. This project was supported by Award No. 2019-JU-FX-K001 awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice, Office of Justice Programs. The intended audience is OJJDP grantees, but other mentoring and youth serving programs may find this outline informative and helpful in reviewing and assessing program and organizational risk when it comes to child and youth safety components. RISK MANAGEMENT & YOUTH SAFETY 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Intro to Risk Management ................................................................................................. 2 Risk Management is a crucial part of the work of all organizations and teams, especially for mentoring and youth-serving programs. When an organization has a plan and systems in place to manage the unexpected, this is the start of a risk management plan. This section will explore how to best keep program participants, especially youth, safe from harm during their time in the program. Participant Screening and Background Checks ........................................................... 5 Every individual (mentor, mentee, volunteers, and staff) who participates in a mentoring or youth-serving program should be screened based on established criteria. Setting up your screening process will take time, but keeping participants safe is worth it. This section will explore benchmarks from the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring around screening as well as tips and best practices to screen for suitability for a program. Organizational Risk Assessment ...................................................................................... 8 A risk assessment for an organization can take different shapes. This section will highlight and review potential areas to help a program or organization assess if they have risk management policies and procedures in place or not. Staff Structure 9 Organizational structure is the framework that holds an organization together and defines the lines of authority within a company, nonprofit organization, or governmental agency. This topic will explore different elements of organizational structure and share how they relate to risk management. Insurance Coverage.............................................................................................................11 It is encouraged that all mentoring and youth-serving programs have insurance and know their coverage. In this section there will be a few examples about how to review this within your organization. Training Resources .............................................................................................................13 There are many purposes to conduct program orientation trainings, skill-specific trainings, and offer ongoing support and development to achieve mentor and youth service goals, objectives, and success in the program. This section will highlight what is outlined in the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring and offer tips and best practices. Risk Management Plan ......................................................................................................15 Having good policies and procedures can help an organization better plan and prepare for unexpected situations. It is best to establish procedures for the implementation and maintenance of an organization’s risk management plan. This section will share what a risk management plan could look like and entail. RISK MANAGEMENT & YOUTH SAFETY 1 INTRO TO RISK MANAGEMENT Risk management is a crucial part of the work of all organizations and teams, especially for mentoring and youth-serving programs. When an organization has a plan and systems in p

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What should a risk management plan include?

It should establish procedures for the implementation and maintenance of an organization’s risk management plan to better prepare for unexpected situations.

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