The Federal Child Protection Act regulates the comprehensive, active protection of children and young people from sexualized violence. Anyone wishing to work full-time in child and youth welfare must first submit an extended certificate of good conduct. With the Federal Child Protection Act, this obligation has also been extended to volunteers and part-time workers. The type, intensity and duration of contact with children and young people that a particular activity requires or enables depends on which voluntary or part-time activities require prior inspection of the extended certificate of good conduct.

By concluding an agreement with the Office for Children, Youth and Families, independent youth welfare organizations ensure that they do not employ people with a criminal record who could build up and exploit a relationship of trust with children and young people.

Since the NRW State Child Protection Act came into force, child and youth welfare facilities and services must also develop and implement a concept to safeguard the rights of children and young people and to protect them from violence. This concept includes measures to protect against physical, psychological and sexualized violence as well as abuse of power in the facility or service. Children and young people are to be involved in the development of the prevention and protection concept specific to the service and facility in accordance with their age and maturity.