WELCOME TO THE SAFE MINISTRY JUNIOR LEADER’S COURSE.

The purpose of this course is to educate Junior Leaders with a basic understanding of what it means to lead and protect children and youth in a ministry setting.

A Junior Leader will:

• be any person under the age of 18;
• be a helper in the context of the ministry they are involved in;
• not be in a paid or supervisory ministry position;
• be supervised at all times by an experienced leader.

If you are a Junior Leader who is 16 or 17 years of age and/or have greater responsibilities than those listed above then, at the discretion of the senior minister, you are recommended to complete the Safe Ministry Essentials course to ensure you are fully trained for your ministry role.

Regardless of the training course completed, Junior Leaders, i.e., leaders under 18yrs, should not be counted as a leader for supervision purposes.

NOTE: When a Junior Leader turns 18yrs of age, they must complete the Safe Ministry Essentials course.

The Course Content block below contains all of the topics for this course. Most topics will have a number of sub-topics and you must complete these in order. To progress through the topics and sub-topics, just read the material and complete the activities including the Checkpoints contained at the end of each topic. 
Note: A green tick next to a topic below indicates that you have successfully completed all the activities and the Checkpoint for that topic.

In the sidebar of each page, you will see 

• Navigation links for your course Topics/Sub-Topics
• A reminder of the expiry date of your enrolment.

At the top of each page of your course you have a Materials tab. Click on this to access key documents related to your course.

To begin your journey through the training now, click on Topic 1 below.