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title: Choosing the safeguarding questions members see | Pairc Goodman
description: Create and change the safeguarding options members can choose, and decide what each one does.
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# Choosing the safeguarding questions members see

Create and change the safeguarding options members can choose, and decide what each one does.

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Safeguarding options are the choices members can make about their own safety, for example "I would like a coordinator to help with my exchanges".

Open the **Broker Panel** and press **Safeguarding Options** . You can also press **Manage Options** on the **Onboarding Settings** page.

## Adding an option

1. Press Add Option.
2. Enter an Option Key, a short unique name for your team.
3. Write the Display Label members will read.
4. Choose the Option Type: Checkbox, Select or Info.
5. Add Description Help to explain it, and a Help URL if you have one.
6. Switch on Required only if every member must answer it.
7. Under Behavioral Triggers, choose what happens when a member picks it.
8. Press Create Option.

## What the triggers do

- Notify safeguarding staff: your team is told when the option is chosen.
- Require coordinator approval: matches and exchanges involving the member wait for a coordinator to sign them off. Their messages are not copied.
- Vetted members only: only members your community has vetted can contact them.
- Restrict matching: matches involving the member are held on the Match Approvals page until a coordinator approves them. Neither member is told about a match before that.
- Monitor messaging: other members cannot contact the member directly, and are offered a way to ask a coordinator instead. Messages are not copied. To copy a member's messages, a broker or admin must place them under monitoring in the Broker Panel.

For **Vetted members only** , you must also choose a **Required Vetting Type** . It must match your jurisdiction, or the option cannot be saved.

## Removing an option

Press **Deactivate** and confirm. The option is no longer offered to members.

[Go to this page](/broker/safeguarding-options)

## More guides in this topic

[Setting up safeguarding for your community](/help/admins/admin_safeguarding/admin_safeguarding_setup) [Making sure vetted-only contact works](/help/admins/admin_safeguarding/admin_vetted_contact)

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