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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
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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.
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The Certificate of Attendance
received at the Virtus training is to be kept in the volunteer’s file at
the place of ministry.
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To register for one of the Virtus
training sessions,
click here. Click on "Registration" in the green box on the left side.
Select Chicago Archdiocese. Create a username and password and keep a
record of it. Fill out the registration form and select a three-hour
Protecting God's Children for Adults session at a time and location that
fits your schedule. 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
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Criminal Background Screening (to
be completed anywhere there is access to the internet)
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All volunteers are required to
complete the eAPPSDB form, online.
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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.
Code of Conduct
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Download a copy of the form from
the link at the bottom of this page.
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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.
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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)
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Download a copy of the form from
the link at the bottom of this page.
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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.
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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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