BRAND NEW WEBINAR: Safeguarding Children & Child Protection
There is now a new compulsory webinar as part of team member professional standards training in preparation for camps (see below for info on professional standards) that covers important content about our legal obligations around child protection. At the moment they are run on the fourth Wednesday night of every month.
This 90-minute interactive webinar addresses a range of child protection issues, including:
Grab some snacks and do the webinar with a friend (register separately though!)
*To register, click the register button, scroll down to 'Workshops - locations, dates and registration', click on Victoria and Tasmania, and scroll down to the webinar section.
This 90-minute interactive webinar addresses a range of child protection issues, including:
- knowing your responsibilities in relation to working with children
- recognising abuse and neglect in children
- reporting child abuse and neglect.
Grab some snacks and do the webinar with a friend (register separately though!)
*To register, click the register button, scroll down to 'Workshops - locations, dates and registration', click on Victoria and Tasmania, and scroll down to the webinar section.
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS TRAINING:
NEW in 2017
Attending a Professional Standards Workshop is part of the requirements for volunteers on an LYV camp. These new workshops are an important part of creating a culture of Christian respect and safety in our church, as well as complying with our obligations to our society. This training will include elements of what used to be the Safe Place Training which is no longer being offered.
The workshops we require LYV leaders to do are the 'Professional Standards Workshop' (4.5 hours face-to-face) and 'Working with Children and Youth' workshop (1 hour face to face). These are both refreshed every 3 years.
These workshops are being offered in various congregations around the state, but in order to make compliance as easy as possible for our leaders, LYV has booked several events for your convenience, largely in conjunction with camp training days. (If you do complete a workshop with another congregation, make sure you do both the 'Professional Standards Workshop' and the 'Working with Children and Youth' component and send your certificate to us).
Further questions about the Professional Standards requirements, seminars, and availability may be directed to Denise Muschamp, who is the Professional Standards Officer for Vic|Tas.
You can send Denise an email or telephone her (Wed & Fri) on (03) 9236 1200.
Below you can register for the workshops. NOTE: PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH/SNACKS TO WORKSHOPS. FOOD NOT PROVIDED.
The workshops we require LYV leaders to do are the 'Professional Standards Workshop' (4.5 hours face-to-face) and 'Working with Children and Youth' workshop (1 hour face to face). These are both refreshed every 3 years.
These workshops are being offered in various congregations around the state, but in order to make compliance as easy as possible for our leaders, LYV has booked several events for your convenience, largely in conjunction with camp training days. (If you do complete a workshop with another congregation, make sure you do both the 'Professional Standards Workshop' and the 'Working with Children and Youth' component and send your certificate to us).
Further questions about the Professional Standards requirements, seminars, and availability may be directed to Denise Muschamp, who is the Professional Standards Officer for Vic|Tas.
You can send Denise an email or telephone her (Wed & Fri) on (03) 9236 1200.
Below you can register for the workshops. NOTE: PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH/SNACKS TO WORKSHOPS. FOOD NOT PROVIDED.
REGISTER HERE:
NEXT LYV PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS WORKSHOP:
TBC for 2018
Three things to note when filling out your registration form:
1. If you are registering to do these workshops primarily to be involved in LYV camping ministries, please put LYV as your congregation and we will cover the costs for your involvement in the training. If you are a youth worker for your church and will need to do this training for your role within your home congregation, we encourage you to put down your home congregation instead of LYV.
2. On the registration form it is optional to put in the congregation - please do it anyway.
3. On the second page of the form called 'Agenda', make sure you choose the 'Core Workshop' AND tick the box for 'Working with Children and Youth team member training'.
TBC for 2018
Three things to note when filling out your registration form:
1. If you are registering to do these workshops primarily to be involved in LYV camping ministries, please put LYV as your congregation and we will cover the costs for your involvement in the training. If you are a youth worker for your church and will need to do this training for your role within your home congregation, we encourage you to put down your home congregation instead of LYV.
2. On the registration form it is optional to put in the congregation - please do it anyway.
3. On the second page of the form called 'Agenda', make sure you choose the 'Core Workshop' AND tick the box for 'Working with Children and Youth team member training'.