Youth protection training

From policies to background checks and more, get what you need to fulfill our most important responsibility.

Training resources

Advisors

As a Key Club advisor, you need to know how to protect your members. Learn about Kiwanis Youth Protection Policies and Procedures. (French-speaking members can click here for a translation of the written policy.)

Kiwanis youth protection measures include three actions:

    1. Youth protection policy training, completed annually by each Kiwanis club.
    2. Individual background checks.
    3. Praesidium Academy online youth protection courses, taken individually.

Kiwanis club-level policy training is typically carried out using our slides, available at kiwanis.org/youthprotection. When a Kiwanis club completes this training for the year, the club secretary confirms this on the Kiwanis Engage Secretary Dashboard, just under the officer names.

All advisors need a clear, current Kiwanis International background check, which is valid for two years. Click here for more information about background checks.

Key Club advisors take six  youth protection courses through our partner in abuse prevention, Praesidium Academy. The Praesidium courses include topics such as “Abuse Risk Management for Volunteers,” “Social Media Safety,” “Preventing Sexual Activity Between Adolescents” and “Duty to Report.” There is no cost to Key Club advisors to complete this training.

Chaperones

Note that chaperones for Key Club events are required to complete the Kiwanis background check and three Praesidium Academy courses, in addition to being familiar with Kiwanis International Youth Protection Policies & Procedures.  

Note also that faculty advisors are not required to complete the background check or youth protection courses unless they will be chaperoning a Key Club-sponsored event off school premises.    

Other youth protection resources include a 24/7 toll-free helpline, as well as a roster of youth protection managers for each Kiwanis district. (Click here for the youth protection manager job description.)  

For more information or to get started with youth protection activities, go to kiwanis.org/youthprotection or email [email protected].   

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