Faith & Religious Organisations
Youth, Children & Family Ministry skills assessment
Youth and children's leaders work closely with young people and families. This scorecard covers program planning, relationships, child safety, behaviour and communication with parents.
- 10 skills to score
- 1–10 scale on every skill
- 5 starting levels
The 10 Youth, Children & Family Ministry skills you can score
These are the default Youth, Children & Family Ministry skills in SkillScorer. Each one is scored from 1 to 10 for every team member, and you can edit, remove or add skills at any time.
Program Planning and Engaging Activities
Plans varied, age-appropriate sessions with games, teaching and discussion that young people want to attend.
Building Trust With Young People
Builds genuine, appropriate relationships with young people that make them feel valued and safe.
Child Safe Practices and Working With Children Checks
Holds required checks and follows child safe policies, including supervision ratios and two-adult rules.
Behaviour Guidance and Group Management
Guides behaviour positively and manages mixed-age groups calmly and consistently.
Communicating With Parents and Carers
Keeps families informed about activities, expectations and concerns and responds to their questions promptly.
Camps, Excursions and Risk Assessment
Plans safe camps and outings with risk assessments, permission forms, first aid and emergency plans.
Teaching Age-Appropriate Content
Explains ideas in language and activities that suit each age and stage of understanding.
Mentoring and Discipleship
Encourages young people's growth through regular, healthy mentoring relationships.
Mandatory Reporting and Responding to Disclosures
Listens, records and reports disclosures of harm correctly and does not promise secrecy.
Volunteer Team Coordination
Recruits, trains and supports volunteers and keeps the ministry team organised and encouraged.
Levels included with Youth, Children & Family Ministry
Youth, Children & Family Ministry starts with 5 levels, which SkillScorer calls “Rank” for faith & religious organisations, so team members can be grouped and compared fairly. Rename, reorder or replace them at any time.
- Volunteer
- Leader
- Senior Leader
- Ministry Coordinator
- Pastor
How Youth, Children & Family Ministry works in SkillScorer
Score
Each team member in a ministry is scored on the Youth, Children & Family Ministry skills in the Skills Matrix: tap a cell, type a score, and it saves itself.
Compare
Rank team members, compare two side by side, or compare your ministries against each other to see exactly where the strengths and gaps are.
Track
Scores are kept year after year, so you can see who is improving and which Youth, Children & Family Ministry skills need attention. Reports also follow each ministry leader's ministry.
Youth, Children & Family Ministry scorecard: common questions
What skills does the Youth, Children & Family Ministry scorecard include?
SkillScorer's Youth, Children & Family Ministry scorecard covers 10 skills: Program Planning and Engaging Activities, Building Trust With Young People, Child Safe Practices and Working With Children Checks, Behaviour Guidance and Group Management, Communicating With Parents and Carers, Camps, Excursions and Risk Assessment, Teaching Age-Appropriate Content, Mentoring and Discipleship, Mandatory Reporting and Responding to Disclosures and Volunteer Team Coordination. Each one comes with a written description of what it measures, and you can edit, rename, remove or add skills to suit your organisation.
How are team members scored in Youth, Children & Family Ministry?
Every team member is scored from 1 to 10 on each skill (1 = Poor, 5 = Average, 10 = Elite), one ministry and year at a time. Scores autosave in the Skills Matrix, and the 18 built-in reports turn them into rankings, radar charts, skill gaps and year-on-year trends.
Which levels come with Youth, Children & Family Ministry?
Youth, Children & Family Ministry starts with these levels (called “Rank” in the app): Volunteer, Leader, Senior Leader, Ministry Coordinator and Pastor. They are just a starting point, so you can rename, reorder or replace them.
Can I change the Youth, Children & Family Ministry skills and wording?
Yes. The skills, levels and labels are all editable per organisation. In faith & religious organisations the app talks about team members, ministries and ministry leaders, and you can change any of those words too.
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