Volunteer Requirements

VOLUNTEERS

Volunteering is an extremely important part of the life of our school. Volunteers are the heartbeat of our parish. All volunteers working with parish children must follow the procedures set forth by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

Volunteer Qualifications

Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age. All volunteers working with children must complete the Archdiocese of Cincinnati required training program. We are now using

SafeParish as the new platform for Child Protection training and compliance. If you have completed the process in VIRTUS, it will transfer over to SafeParish when you set up a new account. Please see the section below to set up a new account. Each volunteer is responsible for maintaining his or her quarterly video-based training.

New User Registration

1. Go to www.aocsafeenvironment.org

2. Click Register on the top right of the home page.

3. When prompted, enter the passcode: protectcincy

4. Select the location from the drop down menu where you are employed or volunteer.

5. Click the role(s) associated with your employment/service at the parish or school.

6. Complete your personal information. Please enter your legal name for the purposes of the background screening. There are no credit checks or soft hits to your credit report.

7. Create a username, password, and password clue.

8. If you have a VIRTUS account, the information will be displayed. Click the radio button for the correct choice or choose none of the above if none of the information pertains to you. If you choose the appropriate radio button, your previous information will be transferred to the new account.*

9. Agree to the Terms of Use and click SUBMIT.

* If you have not previously completed an online background check, you will be prompted to submit information for a background screening through SELECTION.com. Contact Director of Administration/Safe Environment Coordinator for our Parish Family, Brian Sticka at bsticka@stbridgidxenia.org, or  (937) 372-3193 ext. 114 to be given a token number to pay for your background check. If you have already done the background check through VIRTUS, no new background screening will be needed. When compliance requirements have been complete, your account will be approved and you are clear to volunteer at St. Luke.