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VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS

For all new volunteers to St. Patrick School:

All individuals within the Archdiocese of Chicago are required to complete the following five requirements prior to volunteering at the school. You will need to go to Virtusonline.com and set up an account. Please click on the link below and follow the instructions for the Virtus registration process.

These are the five requirements:

1.       Online Virtus training class: Virtus training, also referred to as “Protection God’s Children”, is an online informational class to create a level of awareness regarding child safety. You will sign up for an online class when you go through the registration process. After completing the class, you will receive monthly Virtus bulletins that you are required to read and answer a multiple choice question about the content of the bulletin.

2.       Online Criminal Background check: You will complete this as a part of the registration process.

3.       Archdiocesan Standards of Behavior: This will be done as a part of the registration process. You will be asked to review the Standards of Behavior and electronically sign off that you have read them.

4.       DCFS CANTS 689 form: This is also done as a part of the registration process. Print off the form, complete and sign and return the form to the school office.

5.       Mandated Reporter Training: The state of Illinois requires all volunteers to take the online Mandated Reporter Training class.

Go to https://mr.dcfstraining.org and register. Be sure to write down your log in and password as this class is required every 3 years.

You will need a computer with audio capability and a printer.

The class will take about 30 minutes.

Print off the Mandated Reporter Certificate of Completion and send it in to the school office.

Print off the DCSF Acknowledgement of Mandated Reporter Status form (CANTS 22). Complete and sign the form and turn it into the office. The form says “Employee name” – don’t worry about that – they haven’t revised the form for volunteers. For type of employment, put “volunteer” on that line.

 

FORMS

Virtus Registration Process

DCFS Cants Form 689

DCFS Cants Form 22

Standards of Behavior 

 

CURRENT VOLUNTEERS

These are the items that must be maintained in your Vitrtusonline account in order to stay current and active:

Monthly Virtus Bulletins: You will receive an E-mail from Virtus Online to let you know a new monthly bulletin needs to be read. Go to your Vitus online account, click on the Training Bulletins box and read the article. At the end of the article is a simple multiple choice question. Chose the answer and submit.

Yearly; Every year starting on July 1st all volunteers are required to fill out the DCFS CANTS 689 form. Please send this form to the office. Every year starting on July 1st all volunteers need to go into their Virtusonline account, click on the Required Documents box, read the Archdiocesan Standards of Behavior and electronically sign off that you have read them

Every 3 years: Every 3 years you will need to take the Mandated Report Training Class and send in the Completion form and the CANTS 22 form.

                          You will be asked to update the online background check information in your Virtus online account, so a new background report can be run.

                          You will need to take a refresher Protecting God’s children online class called “Keeping the Promise Alive” Go into your Virtus online account and click on the Current Training box. This will bring you to the link for the online class.

You can check to see if you have any Virtus items to complete by logging into your account. On the home page there will be multiple boxes. If any of those boxes are highlighted, then there is an item that needs to be completed.