All adults who work with children in this parish are required to comply with the Archdiocesan Safe Environment Program.
Full Documentation for the program is
1) Proof of Safe Environment Training
2) Signed Standards of Ministerial Behavior Form
3) PA State Police Clearance Background Check (Criminal History Clearance)
4) Child Abuse History Clearance
5) Proof of Technology and Communication Training
6) Proof of Mandatory Reporter Training Program
7) Filled in and signed Arrest/Conviction Report and Certification Form
Full Documentation must be on file in the rectory office.
Safe Environment Training (Protecting God's Children for Adults) is available throughout the Archdiocese. You can register for training at
http://www.virtus.org.
We also have training
several times a year at St. Luke Parish. Next training is January 18,
2012, 7 - 10 pm in Fr. Fitzpatrick Hall.
At the training session, each participant is given a Standards of Ministerial Behavior Signature
Form. This form is to be signed and returned to the rectory. The form states "I acknowledge that I have received and reviewed the
Standards of Ministerial Behavior and Boundaries for Priests, Deacons, Religious, Pastoral Ministers, Administrators, Staff and
Volunteers. I understand and will abide by all the standards as articulated in this statement."
Click here for The Standards of Ministerial Behavior and Boundaries for Priests, Deacons, Religious, Pastoral Ministers, Administrators, Staff and
Volunteers.
Click here for the Standards of Ministerial Behavior Signature
Form
Clearances
You can request the clearances from the state yourself. You will need a
recent PA State Police Clearance Background Check before you can request the Child Abuse History Clearance.
The forms for the request are these: PA State Police Clearance Background Check
and Child Abuse History Clearance. You can
also request and obtain a PA State Police Clearance Background Check (Criminal History Clearance)
online (go to http://www.psp.state.pa.us/ and click on "Criminal History Request Online"
- you need a credit card - fee is $10.00.). The Child Abuse History Clearance
will be sent to your home. When you obtain it please bring that and the
processed PA State Police Clearance Background Check to the rectory. Volunteers
will be reimbursed.
The rectory can process these requests for you. Please fill in the Child Abuse History Clearance
request form and bring/send it to the rectory to the attention of Jeanne Kyle. Please note that the processed Child Abuse History Clearance
will be sent to you unless you sign a waiver. When you receive it please bring it to the rectory.
The
Technology and Communication Addendum—this requirement became effective on May
1, 2011
You are required to complete a training concerning “The Technology and Communication Addendum” to the “Standards of Ministerial Behavior.” This training must be completed in order for the volunteer to maintain an active status in the Safe Environment Program. The training was online until the beginning of September. Now volunteers must go to an in-person training.
Volunteers who receive the Safe Environment Training after August 1, 2011 will receive this Technology and Communication Addendum Training as part of the program.
We will have this addendum training after the 9:30 and 11:30 Masses on January 29, 2012 and at the beginning of the Safe Environment training on January 18, 7 pm.
Mandatory
Reporter Training Program—this requirement became effective on June 27, 2011
This training program is in addition to, as well as separate and distinct from, the Safe Environment Training already required for all clergy, staff, and volunteers working on behalf of the Archdiocese. It will be conducted by the Network of Victim Assistance, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from June through
December 2011. You can register at
http://bit.ly/AOPMandatoryReporterTraining.
The final training is scheduled for December 15, 2011.
Arrest/Conviction Report and Certification Form - this requirement became effective December 5, 2011.
All employees and volunteers who have regular contact with children must submit the Arrest/Conviction Report and Certification Form which certifies whether or not they have ever been arrested for or convicted of any of the disqualifying offenses that are listed in the Public School Code as amended by the Omnibus School Code - Act 2011-24. Some of these offenses are listed on the Arrest/Conviction Report and Certification Form and others are listed in The Controlled Substances, Drugs, Device, and Cosmetic Act. Employee forms are due by December 27, 2011. All volunteers must complete this form and turn into the rectory by February 22, 2012 (Ash Wednesday).
Please contact Jeanne Kyle, stlukerc@aol.com, at the rectory for more information about this Program.
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Revised: January 05, 2012