July 7, 2021

Building a People-First Culture

Workers want outstanding leadership. Research states, happier staff and volunteers work harder to achieve overall goals. A people-first culture is not only a terrific approach to leadership but also easily adopted into most organizations. It is an excellent way to build trust, increase worker satisfaction, ...

KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Shares Eight Tips for Networking Today

June 29, 2021

Eight Networking Tips for Today

This last year has significantly impacted child and youth-focused organizations and changed how people behave and interact. On hold are the days when you could intermingle with peers at networking events, industry conferences, tradeshows, or coffee and lunch dates. In today’s world, meeting in person ...

June 8, 2021

Ten Tips for Social Media Guidelines

Social media guidelines are often used interchangeably with a social media policy. Both refer to a set of “practices or rules” which will determine how an organization intends to use, or not to use, social media. For example, they provide direction regarding language, protocol, and ...

May 3, 2021

Developing a “Speak Up” Culture

A “Speak Up” culture improves child safety and provides an excellent opportunity to create a safe and welcoming environment. It encourages staff and volunteers to raise concerns about illegal practices or policy violations without fear of getting in trouble or experiencing retaliation. A “Speak Up” culture ...

April 27, 2021

How a “Speak Up” Culture Improves Child Safety

Organizations dedicated to children and youth have an excellent opportunity to create a safe and welcoming environment by fostering transparency and encouraging open dialogue between leadership, staff, volunteers, and families. Encouraging stakeholders to come forward with questions, comments, and concerns, illegal practices, or policy violations, lays ...

KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Is Sharing What To Do After Child Abuse After Prevention Month

April 19, 2021

Ways To Help After Abuse Prevention Month

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and the one month of the year that organizations dedicated to kids and youth highlight the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child neglect and abuse. Beyond that, prevention needs to remain an ongoing priority ...

March 15, 2021

Comprehensive Candidate Screening – The Virtual Interview

For individuals applying to work directly with kids and youth, professionals agree the interview is an essential step in the overall Comprehensive Candidate Screening process and contributes to preventing abuse. Conducting an interview generates valuable candidate information and allows individuals to be viewed from different ...

February 9, 2021

The Power of Collaboration

For child and youth-focused organizations, collaboration is the key to success. Whether you are new to leadership, or an experienced veteran, learning to create an atmosphere that encourages collaboration can drive your organization forward and provide many benefits. Here are four areas of development for becoming ...

January 13, 2021

2021 Trends for Organizational Success

For child and youth-focused organizations, 2021 is about rebuilding. This year offers a fantastic opportunity to create a proactive culture to elevate efficiency, safety, communication and prioritize prevention and response. Over the last year, many organizations found themselves conducting more daily operations online than ever before. ...

KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Is Sharing The Most Popular KidCheck Blog Posts of 2020

January 5, 2021

The Most Popular Posts of 2020

KidCheck’s goals are to help child and youth-focused organizations improve child safety, increase efficiency, and share relevant, actionable, timely information with the families they serve. With that, the purpose of the blog remains the same to provide new insights, guidance, discoveries, and highlight the benefits ...