Protecting children and team members with policies

creating and applying protective CM policies

protect the children, the cm team, the church, and your reputation

Creating, evaluating, and enforcing safety and personnel policies and procedures requires much prayer and consulting. After identifying the dangers you want to prevent, begin building policies and procedures.

policy Questions

Find the question that matches your need

If you don’t find your specific children’s ministry question, click on the “Send Us Your Question” button at the end of the question list to send us your question. We will respond with helpful information soon.

“Generally, our safety and procedure policies are…”

(To find your answer, click on the “answer” button beside your question.)

absent

We don’t have any safety or procedure policies; how do we create them?

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weak

We have some policies, but they need to be more thorough or strong. How can we make sure our policies are clear and that they protect us?

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unknown

We have some policies, but the CM team members, and parents, don’t know about them. How can we make our policies more obvious and well-known?

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not enforced

We have policies, but they aren’t enforced. How can we make sure the policies are enforced?

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incomplete

We have some policies, but they don’t cover critical areas such as the LGBTQ+ challenge, the threat of violence, dealing with abusive parents, dealing with custody issues, etc. How can we make sure our policies are “current,” and cover everything?

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don’t cover check-in/out

The kids aren’t checked in or protected at checkout. How do I find the right check-in system and launch it?

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If you didn’t find your specific question in the above list, click the “Send Us Your Question” button below. We will respond with an idea or a connection to help satisfy your need.

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