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Safe Environment Requirements
Parish Employees and Volunteers
PA State Police Criminal Record Check
To obtain immediate results:
https://epatch.state.pa.us/Home.jsp
PA Department of Public Welfare
Child Abuse Clearance CheckTo download form:
Federal Background Check
This check is required for those who do not live in Pennsylvania, or have lived outside of PA during the past two years. Please call Office for Child and Youth Protection, 215-587-2466 to obtain the fingerprint card.
Safe Environment Training
To view list of dates and locations, and
register for a session:
Background Check Requirement:
No employee or volunteer should begin service in the parish without the PA State Police Criminal Record Check. This document can be obtained online and the results are usually available within three minutes. (Please see above chart for link to this webpage.)
Employees must secure the required background checks within 30 days of hire. During this provisional period, their service to children must be supervised. If the FBI Criminal History Record (Fingerprint check) is delayed in being processed, the employee from day of hire needs to provide proof that he/she has completed the process for securing the Fingerprint check.
Volunteers should have all of the required background checks as they begin their service to children. If they do not, they may receive provisional permission to volunteer as long as the forms to obtain the background checks have been submitted. During this provisional period, their service to children must be supervised. All background checks must be received within 30 days.
Training Requirement:
- Attendance at Safe Environment Training is expected with 90 days of beginning service to children.
Those who do not comply must be moved to “inactive status” until requirements have been completed