 Ensure the safety of children in all the organisation’s activities. This includes ensuring that children have the requisite authority to attend activities and that they are accompanied, ensuring that activities are completed on time so that children get home on time 2.1.2. Inappropriate standards of behavior JCT board, employees, interns and volunteers should not:  Abuse the power afforded by position and office to abuse a child  Abuse or exploit a child sexually, physically or emotionally or expose a child to illicit material  Hit and physically assault a child in any other way  Use language that may lead to the emotional abuse of a child  Embarrass, shame, humiliate or degrade a child  Discriminate a child on the basis of gender, disability, ethnicity, religion or any other status  To provide a child with unsolicited help to perform intimate acts that the child can manage alone (such as accompanying the child to the toilet or changing clothing)  Allow children to engage in sexually provocative games with each other. 2.2. Standards for Human Resources The Standards for Human Resources set out in this policy are in line with JCT’s Human Resources Policy Manual and where there are inconsistencies, the Human Resources Policy Manual shall take precedence. 2.2.1. Job advertisement, recruitment and selection  Before the advertisement, selection and recruitment of an employee, a clear job description will be formulated specifying the terms of reference for all posts, including short term contracts and consultations.  The job advertisements will include a reference to our commitment to our child protection policy. Recruiting procedures will be according to the child protection policy procedures where even hired personnel have to comply.  Before the interview, a process to verify the prospective candidate’s identity and qualifications will be conducted. The candidates will be asked to produce at least two referees who can comment on their work with children.  Job offers will only be made subject to satisfactory clearance from checking statutory records including police clearance, satisfactory verification of the candidate’s qualifications and curriculum vitae.