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The Home Slide
・ Risk Awareness Programme
・ Good Practice in Youth Exchange Projects
・ Name of Trainer
Slide 1
Session 1 - Aim
By the end of this programme you will have:
A basic awareness of the key issues in relation to risk
awareness and youth exchanges.
Slide 2
By the end of Session 1 you will:
・ Have an understanding of the relevance of risk awareness to
Youth in Action exchanges
・ Be aware of the broader context for this work
・ Have explored a range of attitudes in relation to this issue
・ Be aware of the definitions of child abuse
Slide 3SESSION 1 - Objectives Youth in Action Exchange projects
Slide 4Youth in Action Exchange Projects
Youth in Action Exchange projects bring together groups of
young people from two or more countries, providing them with
an opportunity to meet and learn about different countries and
cultures. The Youth in Action Programme provides funding for
Youth Exchanges for 13-25 year olds together with their youth
leaders, for exchanges between 6 and 21 days.
Slide 5INSURANCE
Check that your existing policy covers the following:
・ Travel insurance;
・ Third party liability;
・ Medical assistance;
・ Accident and serious illness;
・ Death;
・ Legal assistance fees;
・ Special insurance for particular circumstances such as
outdoor activities.
Slide 6UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
・ Adopted unanimously by the United Nations
General Assembly in Nov 1989;
・ All rights apply equally to children without
exception;
・ Obligation to protect the child from any form of
discrimination;
・ All action concerning the child shall take account
of his/her best interest
Slide 7UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
・ The state shall provide the child with adequate
care when parents / guardians fail to do so;
・ Every child has the right to life and the state has
an obligation to ensure the child’s survival and
development;
・ The child has the right to express his/her opinion
freely and to have that opinion taken into
account in any matter affecting the child.
Slide 8Definition of Risk
‘Hazard, chance of bad consequences, loss, etc…
exposure to mischance’
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary
Actions as diverse as the use of drugs, unprotected sex, cycling
without a helmet, eating food not cooked properly, using faulty
equipment etc. are examples of behaviours considered risky.
Slide 9Risk Management
Managing risk means assessing possible risks and
setting up procedures and action plans designed to limit
the possibility of material, physical and psychological
damage.
In youth exchanges, identifying potential risks helps to
prevent minor risks from developing into serious
problems.
Slide 10
Definition of ‘Child’
Children are defined as persons up to the age
of 18 years
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Slide 11
General Definition of Child Abuse
Child abuse or maltreatment constitutes all forms of physical
and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or
negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting
in actual or potential harm to the child’s health, survival,
development or dignity in the context of a relationship of
responsibility, trust or power.
Slide 12
Physical Abuse
Physical abuse of a child is that which results in actual or
potential physical harm from an interaction or lack of an
interaction, which is reasonably within the control of a parent or
person in a position of responsibility, power or trust. There may
be a single or repeated incidents.
Slide 13
Emotional Abuse
Emotional abuse includes the failure to provide a
developmentally appropriate, supportive environment, including
the availability of a primary attachment figure, so that the child
can develop a stable and full range of emotional and social
competencies commensurate with her or his personal potentials
and in the context of the society in which the child dwells.
Slide 14
Emotional Abuse
There may also be acts towards the child that cause or have a high
probability of causing harm to the child’s health or physical, mental,
spiritual, moral or social development. These acts must be reasonably
within the control of the parent or person in a relationship of
responsibility, trust or power. Acts include restriction of movement,
patterns of belittling, denigrating, scapegoating, threatening, scaring,
discriminating, ridiculing or other non-physical forms of hostile or
rejecting treatment.
Slide 15
Neglect and Negligent Treatment
Neglect is the failure to provide for the development of the child
in all spheres:
・ Health,
・ Education,
・ Emotional development,
・ Nutrition, shelter, and safe living conditions.
Slide 16
Neglect and Negligent Treatment
This is in the context of resources reasonably available to
the family or caretakers and causes or has a high
probability of causing harm to the child’s health or
physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.
This includes the failure to properly supervise and protect
children from harm as much as is feasible.
Slide 17
Sexual Abuse
Child sexual abuse is the involvement of a child in sexual activity that he
or she does not fully comprehend, is unable to give informed consent to,
or for which the child is not developmentally prepared and cannot give
consent, or that violate the laws or social taboos of society.
Child sexual abuse is evidenced by this activity between a child and an
adult or another child who by age or development is in a relationship of
responsibility, trust or power, the activity being intended to gratify or
satisfy the needs of the other person.
Slide 18
Sexual Abuse
This may include but is not limited to:
・ The inducement or coercion of a child to engage
in any unlawful sexual activity.
・ The exploitative use of child in prostitution or
other unlawful sexual practices.
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Other Forms of Inappropriate Behaviour
This may include but is not limited to:
・ Verbal abuse;
・ Bullying;
・ Unwelcome behaviour including favouritism;
exclusion, sexual harassment and sexual innuendo,
humiliating and embarrassing others, deprivation of
basic rights and harsh disciplinary regimes.
Slide 20
Definition of Bullying
“The intentional hurting of one person by another,
where the relationship involves an imbalance of
power. It is usually repetitive or persistent,
although some one-off attacks can have a
continuing harmful effect on the victim.”
- Unicef definition
Slide 21
Examples of Bullying Include:
・ Physical bullying - hitting, kicking, shoving
・ Verbal bullying - name calling
・ E-bullying - using internet and mobile phones to intimidate
and attack others
・ Extortion - the deliberate extraction of money or other
items of property accompanied by threats
・ Homophobic bullying - aimed at young people who are gay
or who are perceived to be gay
・ Racial bullying - when one is labelled negatively as being
different from others according to one’s race
Slide 22
Thank you for your participation and attendance
Name of Trainer
Slide 23
・ Risk Awareness Programme
・ Good Practice in Youth Exchange Projects
・ Name of Trainer
The Home Slide
Slide 24
By the end of this programme you will have:
A basic awareness of the key issues in relation to risk
awareness and youth exchanges
Risk Awareness Programme Aim
Slide 25
By the end of this session you will have an understanding of:
・ How to conduct a risk assessment
・ Possible responses to dealing with disclosures/
concerns/suspicions involving risk;
・ The need for Reporting procedures;
・ The use of a partner agreement
SESSION 2 - Objectives
Slide 26
1. Agree on a Partnership Agreement for participants and leaders
(timing, behaviour, roles etc; see the Programme Guide)
2. Get the young people involved from the start (throughout the
five stages of project management: idea, planning,
implementation, evaluation, follow-up)
3. Plan and prepare in detail (all partners working together)
4. Explore cultural differences and similarities before you meet
(expect the unexpected)
5. Consider an advance planning visit
Top Ten Tips - for when you are organising or participating in an International Youth Project
Slide 27
6. Maintain regular and clear communication (via phone, email,
webcam, social networking sites/facebook/hotmail, for example)
7. Share the workload;
8. Be structured - but adaptable;
9. Talk to other groups that have participated in the Youth in Action
Programme
10. Aim to have a well-matched partnership
Top Ten Tips - for when you are organising or participating in an International Youth Project
Slide 28
・ Remove the young person from the situation
・ Contact the National Authorities, i.e. police, social services, child
protection agency and follow their instructions
・ Keep the young person informed
・ Support the person in charge of managing the problem
・ Get in touch with the nominated contact person named during the
preparation in both the hosting and sending organisations
・ Get in contact with the National Agencies (hosting or sending countries)
・ Don’t try to be a psychologist! Wait for advice from the experts
Top Ten Tips - for when you are organising or participating in an International Youth Project
Slide 29
Confidentiality
・ Confidentiality is about managing sensitive information that arises in a
trusting relationship and doing so in a manner that is respectful,
professional and purposeful.
Confidentiality may arise as an issue when
・ Leaders receive personal information about young people;
・ Young people receive personal information about other young people;
Anyone, (volunteer/employee or young person) disclosing information in this
context needs to know in advance the limits of confidentiality and the responsibilities
attached. All information regarding concerns of possible child abuse should
only be shared on “a need to know” basis with appropriate persons, in the
interests of the child or young person.
Confidentiality
Slide 30
When an incident involving risk or harm to a young person occurs:
Who do you report this to?
e.g. Police / Social Services / Child Protection Services
How do you make a report?
e.g. by telephone, in person, in writing
Who else needs to be informed?
e.g. the young person’s family and who should do this?
Reporting Incidents Involving Risk/Harm
Slide 31
Thank you for your participation and attendance
Name of Trainer