The following onboarding steps need to be completed before going to your site and meeting with students:
If you are volunteering at a Boys & Girls Club, you do not need to get fingerprinted
The volunteer paperwork will be emailed to the email address we have on file for you. The email will be from DocuSign, our digital paperwork service.Ā
When you have completed your DocuSign Volunteer Paperwork, you will receive email instructions for completing the required following steps:Ā
Confirm your references with the Boys & Girls Club. We will submit the same reference contacts that you used with your Literations application on your behalf. Your references will need to complete the Boys & Girls Club reference forms as well.
Complete a āPreventing Abuse in Youth Serving Organizationsā (~45 min) Training
Complete a āBGCB Policy Review SessionāĀ (~45 min)Ā
Once these steps are completed, they will never have to be repeated.
If you are volunteering at a Boston Public School, you will need to complete the BPS CORI Form.Ā
Winship Volunteers: please select the Winship school for your volunteer location. You will need to go to the Winship school at least a week before meeting with students to share your ID with the Winship School office in order for them to run your CORI.Ā
For all other BPS Volunteers, you will need to select āPartner - Literationsā for your volunteer location in order for us to process the form:
WAIT! Read it again: Winship volunteers select Winship for their volunteer location, and all other BPS volunteers select āPartner - Literationsā for their volunteer location:
Chelsea volunteers need to share a current government ID (such as a Driverās License or State ID) with the Chelsea Public Schools Human Resorces office in order for them to complete your Site CORI check.
You will need to make an appointment to go to the Chelsea Public School Human Resources office (500 Broadway, Chelsea, MA 02150) and share your ID with them in person at least a week before meeting with students. You can make an appointment by calling 617-466-4170.
If you have any questions about paperwork and background checks, please email Alyssa Garza at agarza@literations.org.