Overview
The Justice Center's abuse prevention efforts are critical to advancing its mission to support and protect the health, safety, and dignity of all people with special needs and disabilities. In order to prevent abuse and neglect, The Justice Center produces materials to help equip staff with the tools and skills they need to identify situations that pose a risk of harm to people receiving services.
Best Practices
Code of Conduct
The Code of Conduct is a framework for certain employees to help people with special needs “live self-directed, meaningful lives in their communities, free from abuse and neglect, and protected from harm”. Certain employees must read and sign the code upon employment, and annually.
Toolkits
Spotlight on Prevention
The information contained in the Justice Center’s Spotlight on Prevention toolkits is offered as a resource for provider agencies and staff members. These resources are intended to be used as a guide that may be modified as needed to apply to particular types of programs and specific age groups of vulnerable people.
Self-Assessment Tool
Creating Abuse Free Environments
Tool for providers to evaluate programs for risk of abuse and neglect.
Tool for providers to evaluate programs for risk of abuse and neglect.
Tool for providers to evaluate programs for risk of abuse and neglect.
Tool for providers to evaluate programs for risk of abuse and neglect.
Tool for providers to evaluate programs for risk of abuse and neglect.
List of suggested best practices to promote abuse free environments.
Policy guidelines for abuse and neglect prevention.