Visiting Children in Their Homes
If a volunteer visits child(ren) and their families at home as a part of ministry, the following guidelines should be followed:
- Ensure verbal parental permission is sought prior to the visit.
- Never go into a child’s home if the parent/adult carer is absent.
- Volunteers must ensure appropriate boundaries when visiting children in their homes by respecting privacy, and avoiding situations that may give rise to suspicion or misunderstanding.
- Ensure the volunteer is not alone with a child e.g. in their bedroom.
- Ensure a responsible person within your ministry or team is informed of the visit.
Please note that this does not apply to personal arrangements made with parents outside of activities in Jesus Youth locations.
Photography and Videography
Parental consent to take photos/videos of children during Jesus Youth activities is to be sought, prior to the event, through the parental consent form. Parents are to be made aware that it is likely that these images may be used as:
- a record of the activity or the event
- publicity material for further activities or events on leaflets/the Jesus Youth UK website/magazines
- illustrations of the activities or events in published articles by Jesus Youth UK
When volunteers take photos of children, they are not to be stored on the volunteer’s personal device, but should be uploaded to the Jesus Youth server for security.
Jesus Youth understands that young people will take photos of each other, but if it is found that these photos are inappropriate in nature or being used in bullying, appropriate action will be taken.