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Volunteers pose a substantial risk to organizations and unfortunately most of the screening services offered are low quality solutions that provide little risk mitigation. Join us for a 30 minute webinar to learn how to conduct high quality volunteer background checks.
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How to Conduct Comprehensive Volunteer Background Checks
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Does your current volunteer screening program keep you up at night?
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Mike McCarty•CEO SHS•Metro Nashville PD•Domestic Violence
Division•Breaking the Cycle• iRefCheck
Why We Are Here? Safety of Kids Understand limitations
of many volunteer screening programs
Explore best practices Moral or legal issue
“Something is Better Than Nothing…” This is a legal perspective Focused on legal risk mitigation
instead of safety of children Cheap background check provides
false sense of security Limited background checks expose:
Children, visitors, staff to risk of harm
Organization to risk of theft Organization to risk of liability
for lack of due diligence Quality screening mitigates legal
risk and increases safety of children
Sophisticated Perpetrators
Sex offenders will take unbelievable risks
Volunteers = much higher volume Do not have to be alone to harm
kids Do not have to be unsupervised to
harm kids
Those that harm kids always seek
positions with access to children
Are We Doing Enough? Sex offenders dedicated &
determined Background Screening industry
has promoted cheap background checks for volunteers
Protecting children requires: comprehensive criminal record
checks reference checks
Majority of rapists undetected
The Use & Misuse of Criminal Databases
Criminal Databases No such thing as $9 or $10
background check No such thing as an instant
background check No criminal database is
complete A criminal database is a tool
not a screening program Background screening industry
is negligent in promoting these cheap database searches
Problems with “national” criminal databases
Data varies from state to state
Handful of states provide AOC data
Majority of states only provide SOR and DOC
How database configured Name & DOB Most states partial or
no DOB
State Repositories Not complete Only a single state Rely on individual
counties to participate Ex. ISP Repository
Sex offender data missing
Many counties not participating
Class A misd and above
Sex Offender Registries Not updated regularly
IN teachers aid convicted of Child Molesting
11 months to show on SOR Does not contain all sex offenders
Some states based on classification
If conviction before registry not required- IN court recent ruling
Plea bargain could remove registry requirement
Some states have time limits such as 10 yrs
Great tool- not a screening program
Best PracticesRequires multiple layers of
checks and balances:
Person ID/ SSN Verification
National Criminal Database
National Sex Offender County Criminal Search
Legal IssuesSouthport, Indiana Little League No background checks Coach molested 2 boys in
out building fitting uniforms Little league found negligent
under negligent hiring doctrine
Predatory in the Primary Applying negligent hiring to
volunteers Increasing cases
Potential Problems with IN ECHS 2009 State of Indiana enacts ECH
Statute Removes ISP Limited Criminal
History as option for schools to use with hiring or vendor/contractors
Many districts still use for volunteers because free Why if you know it is bad data? How do you defend a claim if a
volunteer harms a child? Attorney will always say you did
not do enough Could you defend this database
on the witness stand?
We don’t have any money….
1st quality screening must become a priority
Volunteer pays for part or all of background check Gaining popularity Make background check valid
for 2-5 years School absorbs hardships
ATS Paperless Background Checks ATS link programmed &
placed on your website Applicant driven
Click on link Sign e-authorization Input their data Pay with credit/debit card Report returned to school
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http://info.safehiringsolutions.com Contact:
Mike McCarty
888-215-8296
