What Kairos does to protect our youth
- Kairos volunteers and staff must read and follow our Child Protection Policy
- Kairos volunteers and staff must sign and follow our Code of Conduct
- Kairos volunteers and staff receive training for their role (described below)
- Kairos volunteers and staff must clear a yearly criminal background check (provided by ActiveScreening Faith)
- Kairos volunteers and staff must be under the pastoral care of a Sword of the Spirit affiliated community or outreach for six months prior to serving at our events, or in our programs
- Kairos volunteers and staff do not work alone. Further, our typical participant to staff ratio is 5:1 or less, and each staff or volunteer has a supervisor
How we train our staff
Frontline Volunteers
- We train them for the task we’re asking them to do: Kairos volunteers have clear objectives in their role with youth
- We train them how to conduct themselves: Kairos insists that its volunteers follow the Child Protection Policy
- We train them to get help for things we’ve not asked them to do: Kairos volunteers and staff are trained to get help from supervisors and, where appropriate, trained professionals
Supervisors
- We train them to report to proper authorities if needed
- We train them in how to follow up with local community leaders who can continue to help youth after a Kairos event
- We train them in how to handle situations of confidentiality
- We train them in how to respond when there are concerns about staff/volunteers ability to fulfill their role