(From U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nfollowing questions may be used in a written application or personal interview.\nA single\nanswer should not determine whether an applicant is selected or rejected. Along with other forms\nof information, answers to these questions can help you build a more complete picture\nof an applicant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 What type of supervisory situation do\nyou prefer?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If\napplicants are very independent, they may not fit in an organization whose policies\nand procedures require close supervision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 What age\/sex of youth do you want to\nwork with? How would you feel about working with a different age\/sex?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If an\napplicant seems fixated on one age\/sex, be wary. However, it may be that the\napplicant has experience or is gifted with working with certain age groups. Asking\nfollow-up questions about why an applicant has a strong preference can help you\ndetermine if there is cause for concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Is there anyone who might suggest that\nyou should not work with youth? Why or why not?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Why do you want the position?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 What would you do in a particular\nsituation?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Set up\nscenarios that involve potential concerns, boundary issues, or youth protection\npolicies and interactions to gauge the applicant\u2019s response. Be concerned if\napplicants disregard the organization\u2019s policies and procedures or handle a situation\npoorly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 What makes you a good candidate for\nworking with youth? What would your friends or colleagues say about how you\ninteract with youth?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 What other hobbies or activities do you\nenjoy?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Determine if applicants have mature, adult relationships\u2014not just relationships with youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n content edited 1-23-2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Screening Questions for Employees and Volunteers (From U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) The following questions may be used in a written application or personal interview. A single answer should not determine whether an applicant is selected or rejected. Along with other forms of information, answers to these … Continue reading Appendix F<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10130,"featured_media":0,"parent":173,"menu_order":27,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-337","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/youthsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/youthsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/youthsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/youthsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/youthsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/youthsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/youthsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/337\/revisions\/338"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/youthsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/youthsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}