The Redwoods Group offers several training courses specifically tailored to the operations of a YMCA in order to enhance the safety efforts of the YMCAs who are in the Redwoods Group YMCA Insurance Program. The following courses are some of those offered. Each is normally presented by a Redwoods’ associate at your YMCA facility.

Safety Training
Sexual Abuse Prevention
Camp Counselor Training
Back to Basics
Claims, Claims, Claims
A Risk Management Overview
Employment Practices

Safety Training
Safety Training Programs are available exclusively to YMCAs from The Redwoods Group. Successful YMCAs understand that ongoing training is a major factor in all effective safety programs. They also realize that improving safety and reducing incidents and accidents not only reduces operating expenses but, perhaps more importantly, has a positive impact on member satisfaction and retention as well as staff morale.

Sexual Abuse Prevention

Sexual Abuse Prevention Training is a modified version of the YMCA of the USA Child Abuse Prevention program and is appropriate for both employee and volunteer groups. It can be modified to fit any time frame from 1 to 3 hours, depending upon your needs. Aspects of the training include the YMCA of the USA video, the code of conduct, disclosure, definition of child abuse, and much more.

Camp Counselor Training
Camp Counselor Training provides both a broad counselor safety orientation and an overview of the YMCA of the USA Child Abuse Prevention program. This session is intended for all summer day and resident camp staff. It emphasizes the distinction between proper and negligent supervision, gives numerous examples of incidents from YMCAs around the country, and much more. Course length is typically 1 1/2 to 2 hours, depending on your needs. This is a great way to start the camping year. Camp safety training is also provided as a DVD formatted video to aid you in training your counselors.

 
Back to Basics
Back to Basics (a defensive driver program) is a modular program that can be used for initial orientation, as a refresher course, or for remedial
training. Not only is the program extremely flexible because of its modular nature, it provides the advantage of being locally administered, allowing for training of a single individual according to your own timetable. Each program segment takes less than 5 minutes to complete for an average reader and has a written test (evidence of proper supervision) and driving scenarios. An initial orientation consists of 16 segments, remedial training normally 7 or 8 segments. A training class can be provided for management staff to illustrate the most effective usage of the program for your personnel.

Claims, Claims, Claims
Claims, Claims, Claims is a brief orientation (about 1 hour) for those responsible for reporting incidents or claims, or for professional staff in general. The course reviews how to accurately complete an incident/accident report, how to follow up on an incident, and how effective reporting helps safeguard your YMCA by giving your insurer the tools for a proper defense. Allow about an hour.

A Risk Management Overview
A Risk Management Overview is a multi-media presentation, which is from 2 to 2 ½ hours in length, and is designed especially for branch executives, program directors, and others who need to be aware of the way that risk management fits into a YMCA’s big picture. Besides being a basic primer for risk management, the presentation illustrates how risk management is not a disabling device but an asset that enables a YMCA to safely offer the programming that its members and communities need and desire.

Employment Practices
Employment Practices Seminar is an interactive session designed for management staff and provides a close and very practical look at the what, how, when, and why of the employment relationship. Candid discussions begin with the very basics and explore many of the hidden traps and pitfalls of human resource management. Allow about 3 hours to give time for questions and pertinent discussion.