Staff and Volunteer Behaviour
Staff and Volunteer Behaviour
Last Updated (Tuesday, 30 November 1999 01:00) Written by Iain Monday, 21 April 2008 14:41
Always
• Try to ensure that another adult is present when you are with young people.
• Respect a person’s right to privacy.
• Remember that someone might misinterpret your actions or comments, no matter how well intentioned.
• Exercise caution when dealing with sensitive issues.
• Be aware of the possible implications of physical contact with young people.
• Treat everyone with respect.
If one-to-one contact is unavoidable
• Make sure that it is for as short a time as possible.
• Ensure that you are accessible to others.
• Tell someone else where you are going, what you are doing, and why.
• Try to move the young person to an area where there are more people.
• Try to avoid unnecessary physical contact.
• If you do have to touch the young person, get his/her permission beforehand.
Never
• Permit abusive youth peer activities (ridiculing, bullying etc).
• Jump to conclusions.
• Allow yourself to be drawn into inappropriate attention-seeking behaviour by young people.
• Exaggerate or trivialise child abuse issues.
• Show favouritism to any individual.
• Make suggestive remarks or gestures.
• Rely upon just your good name to protect you.
• Believe ‘It could never happen to me’ if dealing with abuse or being accused of committing abuse.
Child Protection Officers
To make it easy to get help our Policy enables people to approach any member of the Operations Sub Committee. However, to comply with external requirements for named Child Protection Officers, Eric Beak and Sally Sharp will jointly fulfil this role.
