Skills For Safeguarding

<p><b>The Only Textbook on Safeguarding for Faith-Based Ministries and Seminaries</b></p><p><b>Christians are called to care for the vulnerable, but churches have not always led the way in becoming places safe from abuse.</b> Increasingly, organizations and churches are recognizing the importance of the field of <i>safeguarding</i>: training and equipping people to prevent abuse, act when abuse happens, and promote healing for survivors.</p><p>Lisa Compton and Taylor Patterson have edited the first textbook on safeguarding designed specifically for faith-based ministries and seminaries. In <i>Skills for Safeguarding</i>, experts from universities around the world have contributed on topics in their areas of expertise. This book</p><ul><li>provides an understanding of trauma and abuse from a Christian integration perspective;</li><li>gives insight into perpetrator dynamics and systems that enable abuse;</li><li>teaches skills necessary to interact with victims and their families;</li><li>includes questions for self-reflection and discussion; and more. </li></ul><p>Safeguarders can be individuals hired by the church in a vocational role, but they can also be pastors and other church leaders, laypeople, mental health professionals, and anyone who desires to promote a safe environment. Ideally, every adult in the church should recognize their responsibility to safeguard and seek to grow in skills to better serve abuse survivors and cultivate a culture that protects the vulnerable. This book provides the essential starting place.</p>