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Canada has taken a leadership role in presenting screening guidelines
for volunteers. The "Safe Steps Screening Program" offers some
basic information your mentoring program needs to screen its mentors and
other volunteers.
To learn more about protecting your program's children and
youth, you are going to study the safe steps of screening.
- Your study session takes place at the "Safe
Steps Screening Program" site. (
this page will open in a separate browser window to allow you to see
both the Safe Steps and this quiz at the same time.)
- Study the information presented in the "Background" and
"Safe Steps" sections. (To get to the "Safe Steps"
section from the "Background" section, just click on Safe
Steps in the left hand menu)
- Return to this page and show how much you know by taking the quiz
below.
- Type in the correct answers to the questions in the spaces provided.
(In providing your answers, please attempt to use the exact language
used in the "Safe Steps" --
you can cut and paste text from the "Safe Steps" page into
the answer box.)
| A young person in your mentoring
program is at risk of harm because he or she may have difficulty
protecting himself or herself, and is therefore referred to as a
?.....? |
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| Your organization's responsibility
to protect that young person while he or she is a participant in
the program is referred to as your organization's ?.....? |
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| If your organization fails to protect
that young person while he or she is a program participant, the
organization can be held ?.....? |
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| One of the first steps in protecting
the young person in your mentoring program is to examine the potential
for ?.....? |
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| All your volunteers should receive
a copy of a ?.....? that outlines such information as responsibilities,
expectations, dos and don'ts, screening requirements and follow-up
supervision activities. |
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| Is it true that police records checks
might not give complete details of a volunteer applicant's past
offences, and that the information provided in this report could
vary from one location to another? |
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| Even after a volunteer applicant
has completed reference checks, police records checks and interviews,
additional screening should be done through such means as ?.....?
sessions, supervision, evaluation and follow-up contacts with participants
and family members. |
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Did you pass the safe steps screening test? If not, you
should review Screening and Safe
Steps to ensure you are prepared to do all you can to protect the
children in your program.
Otherwise, move on to learn about the training
component of effective mentoring programs.
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