Organizational Screening: Best Practices for Building Your Safe Environment with Staff and Volunteers
https://vimeo.com/586430074/b2ee284c4d Recorded August 11, 2021 Description: In conversation with FADICA and Praesidium, this webinar explores safeguarding best practices for screening and selecting candidates for employment and volunteer opportunities. Together, we discuss best hiring practices, the importance and limitations of background checks, and compelling reasons for integrating behaviorally-based questions into applications and interviews. Materials for Download: […]
Safeguarding for Your Organization: How to Minimize Abuse Risk and Protect Your Clients
Recorded September 17, 2020 Description: This webinar explores eight organizational operations that inform best safeguarding practice (the Praesidium “Safety Equation”), with a special focus on maintaining safety in virtually-facilitated environments. Webinar content will be most valuable for management personnel or decision-makers at partner organizations that directly serve children or vulnerable adults. Materials for Download: PowerPoint […]
What the Numbers Show: Safeguarding Research & Abuse Prevention Strategies in 2022
Recorded: June 8, 2022 Description: How can common trends—in abuse cases and in safeguarding interventions—help shape and inform your organization’s best practices? What can we learn from the locations where incidents occur or from verdicts that determine institutional fault? How does this knowledge help us improve prevention strategies and response? Join us for an analysis […]
Safeguarding Responsibilities for Responding and Reporting
Recorded November 10, 2021 Description: Join Praesidium and FADICA for a conversation on safeguarding reporting protocols, including mandated civil reporting. Guided by Praesidium, nonprofit organizations will critically reflect on their responsibility to respond to red-flag behaviors and policy violations, as well as incidents and suspicions of abuse within their programs. Beyond domestic obligations in the […]
Consultation Hours
FADICA is partnered with Praesidium to provide consulting hours for your organization. We would like to better understand and support you in your safeguarding journey, and through consultation, we can provide improved, customized response to your questions. This free, BILINGUAL service (English/Spanish) allows your organization to: Talk about where you are in your safeguarding journey, and where […]
Supporting Cultures of Safety in a Time of Fatigue
https://vimeo.com/567489086/7a10634f70 Recorded: December 10, 2020 Description: The global pandemic has critically impacted many frontline organizations, which continue to work tirelessly to meet the needs of clients. This webinar examines practical ways to support frontline staff, who are experiencing unprecedented fatigue, and avoid “drift” from safeguarding best practices. How can organizations uplift their mission and team […]
Screening and Selection: Safeguarding Best Practices for FADICA Member Grantee Partners
https://vimeo.com/567596185/4463b71456 Recorded: June 30, 2020 Description: This one-hour webinar explores important considerations for the screening and selection of employee and volunteer candidates, particularly within organizations that directly serve vulnerable populations. Questions and discussion points include Why do comprehensive screening practices need to transcend criminal background checks? How can hiring managers use applications to identify initial […]
Safeguarding Best Practices: An Introduction for FADICA Members and their Grantee Partners
https://vimeo.com/567607423/fdac43a17e Recorded April 23, 2020 Description: This one-hour webinar led by Praesidium, FADICA’s technical assistance provider, provides A high-level overview of best safeguarding practices in grantee organizations that serve children and vulnerable adults, Introductory but practical steps for developing safeguarding policy, and An acknowledgment of the unique safeguarding challenges posed by COVID-19, specific to the sectors […]
A Roadmap for Developing Your Safeguarding Policy
https://vimeo.com/556006230/62c289a376Recorded April 28, 2021 Description: Your organization is ready to move from consideration to action in its safeguarding journey—What next? Join Praesidium and FADICA as we explore a framework for developing a written safeguarding policy. The policy will outline best practices for creating a safe environment for staff, volunteers, and clients. Whether you wish to develop a policy […]
FADICA/Praesidium Webinar Series
FADICA and Praesidium provide quarterly webinars on key safeguarding topics for grantee partners. Typically one hour in length, these webinars include live question-and-answer opportunities. Webinars are supplemented by PowerPoint slides and downloadable PDFs. Upcoming webinars will be listed on the Events page. All previous webinar recordings are archived below. September 2022 Organizational Response to Sexual […]
