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Our Religious Education programs for children and youth entail a high degree of responsibility for the adults working directly and peripherally with the young people....Utility | May 23, 2018 | From Safe Congregagtions HandbookTagged as: Child Safety, Safe Congregations, Safely Staffing Your CongregationsPage/Article
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Sample Policies, Procedures, and Press Releases Unitarian Universalist congregations and organizations have created these resources on active shooters and gun violence. We offer them here as samples that can assist your own organization in developing a plan.Utility | January 12, 2018 | From Safe Congregagtions HandbookTagged as: Safe Congregations, Safely Staffing Your Congregations, Trauma ResponsePage/Article
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We've created these guidelines to help our congregations develop safety plans for violent situations involving active shooters. Assemble Your Team Your team should include: staff (minister and religious educator) a member of the board a member of the Safe Congregations Team or a congregant with a...Utility | January 12, 2018 | From Safe Congregagtions HandbookTagged as: Safe Congregations, Safely Staffing Your Congregations, Trauma ResponsePage/Article -
This webinar will introduce you to resources to prepare and respond to a variety of situations that put your community at risk. We’ll touch on how to open up a non-anxious dialogue within the congregation, the role of the board in creating clear policies, and how to effectively prepare and train...Webinar | By Patricia Infante, Lisa Presley | December 15, 2017 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Safe Congregations, Safely Staffing Your Congregations, Trauma ResponsePage/Article -
We'll revisit this important topic with the latest information and resources for insuring the physical, emotional and sexual safety of our children, youth, and adults. A process for creating a safe congregation policy will be touched on, including new language to address disaster and trauma...Webinar | By Patricia Infante, Beth Casebolt | December 15, 2017 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Faith Development, Professional Development for Religious Educators, Safely Staffing Your CongregationsPage/Article -
Learn from Rev. Julie Taylor, a member of the UU Trauma Response Ministry, and Rev. Lisa Presley, MidAmerica Staff person and responder, as they discuss what a congregation can, and should do, to prepare themselves for disasters, whether natural or human caused.Webinar | By Lisa Presley, Jules Taylor, MidAmerica Region of the UUA | April 14, 2017 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Safely Staffing Your Congregations, Trauma ResponsePage/Article -
Information on how to access UUA support for addressing professional misconduct in Unitarian Universalist congregations. This can be sexual misconduct, financial misconduct, abuse, bullying, or other forms of relational misconduct, and more.Utility | November 6, 2014Tagged as: Professional Misconduct, Safely Staffing Your CongregationsPage/Article -
Creating security is an ongoing process. Shocking events reported in the media can cause congregations to take immediate action on emergency and security issues, but emergency planning is a long-term process. Regularly updating plans and policies, as well as keeping the congregation informed and...Utility | October 1, 2013 | From Safe Congregagtions HandbookTagged as: Disaster, Safe Congregations, Safely Staffing Your Congregations, Trauma, Trauma Response, ViolencePage/Article
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Essential and Recommended Questions Essential Questions for Persons Under Consideration for Positions in Religious Education, Church Music, Church Administration, and Contact with Vulnerable People Adapt, as appropriate, if talking with a personal reference versus an employment reference.Utility | April 22, 2011Tagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Safe Congregations, Safely Staffing Your CongregationsPage/Article
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If a previous employer won’t give any information about the person’s performance, what are our options? You cannot force a former employer to provide you with information. However, you should ask as many questions as possible to ensure that you have explored possible avenues of information. Make...Utility | April 22, 2011Tagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Safe Congregations, Safely Staffing Your CongregationsPage/Article
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For Unitarian Universalist Association Organizations When Adding Clergy, Professional Leaders, Staff, and Volunteers Authored by: Tracey Robinson-Harris, Director, Congregational Services Staff Group; Harlan Limpert, Director, District Services Staff Group; Beth Miller, Director, Ministry and...Utility | April 22, 2011Tagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Safe Congregations, Safely Staffing Your CongregationsPage/Article
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I. Guidelines We recommend that all Unitarian Universalist institutions—congregations, Districts, Sponsored Organizations, and the UUA itself—adopt the following guidelines when calling ministers, hiring professional religious leaders and staff, and recruiting volunteers whose work will put them...Utility | April 22, 2011Tagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Safe Congregations, Safely Staffing Your CongregationsPage/Article