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Safe Environment Requirements for Volunteers

Protection of Children and Youth

All volunteers who work with children within the Archdiocese are required to participate in all aspects of the Safe Environment Program, including Virtus Training and a criminal background check. During this school year, it is our goal to ensure that everyone has completed all aspects of this program. Anyone working with our parish's children will have to be in full compliance with the requirements detailed below. Registration for the Virtus training session and completing the criminal background check may be done online.

Virtus Training

Safe Environment Training

  • All volunteers who work with children must attend a Virtus/Protecting God’s Children training program.  You may attend a session at MHR or any other location listed on the Archdiocesan website.

  • The Certificate of Attendance received at the Virtus training is to be kept in the volunteer’s file at the place of ministry.

  • To register for one of the Virtus training sessions please follow the illustrated instructions at this link, http://www.virtusonline.org/facilitators/VIRTUSregistration.pdf. Following the training, it is required that you continue your personal training at the Virtus website by reading periodic online training bulletins and selecting an answer to a short question listed at the end of the article. You will be notified of the availability of new training bulletins via e-mail, and you can access your personal training site through the Virtus website.
     

 Criminal Background Check

  • Criminal Background Screening (to be completed anywhere there is access to the internet)

  • All volunteers are required to complete the eAPPSDB form, online.

  • To complete the background check, click here. At the screen that appears, click on the link that states "click here to register". On the screen that appears, click on the button marked "Open the Site Search" and type in "Holy Redeemer". Then select Holy Redeemer School for school employees and volunteers and Holy Redeemer Parish for School of Religion and parish volunteers. The access code for individuals new to the system is "protection". You will be prompted later to create your own user ID and password. Fill out the application completely. You may save the application at any time during the process and complete it later. Be sure to keep a record of your user ID and password.

Online Mandated Reporter Training

Athletics coaches and School of Religion volunteers only.

The Archdiocese requires all athletics coaches and School of Religion volunteers to participate in the Online Mandated Reporter Training Program, Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse:  Training for Mandated Reporters.   

Persons planning to take the online training need to be prepared for the following:

  • To spend at least 60 minutes to complete the training (you cannot exit and return)
     

  • The computer used for the training must be connected to a printer that will print the certificate at the completion of the training (you cannot exit and return).  (ONLY computer-generated certificates will be accepted.)
     

  • The computer used for the training must be equipped with speakers or headsets to allow you to hear the audio.
     

  • The direct link to the Mandated Reporter Training is https://www.dcfstraining.org/manrep/index.jsp.  (This is a secure website which requires an ‘s’ after http.)
     

  • Upon completion of the training, print the certificate and send it to  the MHR School Office or School of Religion Office.
     

Code of Conduct

  • Download a copy of the form from the link at the bottom of this page.

  • All volunteers who work with children must read, sign and date the Code of Conduct Personnel Acknowledgement Form and submit the completed form to the MHR Parish Business Manager.

  • The signed Code of Conduct Personnel Acknowledgement Form will be kept in the volunteer’s file at the place of ministry.

Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System (CANTS)

  • Download a copy of the form from the link at the bottom of this page.

  • All volunteers who work with children must complete the Illinois Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System paper form (CANTS) and submit the completed form to the MHR Parish Business Manager.

  • One copy is mailed by the MHR Parish Business Manager to the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Springfield; a copy will be retained in the volunteer’s file at the place of ministry.

If you have completed training, but have not filled out and/or turned in the CANTS and Code of Conduct forms, they can be downloaded here.

CANTS FORM

CODE OF CONDUCT

 

Without our volunteers, we would be unable to provide many of the opportunities our children enjoy. Thank you for participation in this program so that we can continue to provide a wealth of experiences for the children of Most Holy Redeemer Parish.

 

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