{"id":29892,"date":"2014-04-29T02:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.churchvolunteercentral.com\/?p=29892"},"modified":"2014-04-29T02:00:57","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T08:00:57","slug":"4-steps-manage-ministry-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwv.group.com\/childrens-ministry\/blog\/sunday-school\/4-steps-manage-ministry-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Steps to Manage Ministry Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The days of pretending bad things don&#8217;t happen at church&#8212;or the people our volunteersserve&#8212;have long since ended. How can you protect your church, your volunteers, and the people you serve?<\/p>\n<p>While you can&#8217;t completely eliminate all risk in your church or area of ministry you can &#8220;manage&#8221; the risk. Where do you start? Take these four steps:<\/p>\n<p>1.<strong> Look at each volunteer position and identify any potential areas for liability.<\/strong> Use your judgement and concentrate on reducing risk in the areas that matter most. This will probably be in areas where the people served are the most vulnerable: \u00a0children and youth, people with disabilities, and senior adults.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Evaluate the ways you can manage those risks.<\/strong> What can you do to protect the people you serve&#8212;and your volunteers? Are you willing to proactively take steps to raise awareness and make changes?<\/p>\n<p>3.<strong> Choose the means and implement your strategy.<\/strong> Here&#8217;s where you actually do something. Be aware that in any risk management strategy, the volunteer recruitment and placement process is thoroughly investigated. Practically speaking, that means when you&#8217;re in the interview phase of volunteer recruitment you&#8217;ll have to decide when to initiate background screenings.<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>Monitor your ministries and determine whether the means of managing the risk is meeting your church&#8217;s needs and the needs of the people you&#8217;re serving.<\/strong> Make sure the steps you&#8217;ve put in place are truly managing the risks you&#8217;ve identified.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than dwelling on what <em>could<\/em> happen in the area of risk and liability, try to determine ways to manage and minimize those risks for safe ministry!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[<strong>Editor\u2019s Note<\/strong>:\u00a0 April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to recognize that we each play a part in promoting the social and emotional well-being of children and families in our communities. Learn more on the National Child Abuse Prevention Month website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.childwelfare.gov\/preventing\/preventionmonth\/\">https:\/\/www.childwelfare.gov\/preventing\/preventionmonth\/<\/a>\u00a0To honor this effort to protect children, Group is offering Shepherd&#8217;s Watch Premium membership for the price of Basic during the month of April. Call 800-447-1070 to join. Use discount code: \u00a0<strong>SW14101<\/strong>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The days of pretending bad things don&#8217;t happen at church&#8212;or the people our volunteersserve&#8212;have long since ended. How can you protect your church, your volunteers, and the people you serve? While you can&#8217;t completely eliminate all risk in your church or area of ministry you can &#8220;manage&#8221; the risk. Where do you start? Take these four steps: 1. 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