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Background check Policy for teaching and non-teaching:

All new employees (cleric, parish, school, Archdiocesan employees and Archdiocesan institutions) must complete both manual and an electronic background check at time of  employment with no further requirement for a manual fingerprint completed in the future.  These electronic background check is done through  SELECTION.COM  .

The State of Ohio has additional requirements for staff and faculty working in schools. For more information, please follow this link – http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/ministries-offices/catholic-schools-office/educator-resources/certificationlicensure/

Current employees must sign up for electronic background  checks through SELECTiON.COM within 5 years of their last manual fingerprinting  or December 31, 2018 whichever is sooner.

All employees (parish, school, Archdiocesan employees and Archdiocesan institutions) must complete a B4 form when they are first hired. This form can be found through this link – http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/B4-FORM.pdf

If you are only volunteering, then you can do a background check through SELECTiON.COM, our background check provider. Because your background is being checked electronically on a quarterly basis, you are now able to volunteer / work anywhere within the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

It is your responsibility, to make sure your contact information is current and the list of locations in your VIRTUS account is current.

If you need to have your fingerprints physically taken by SELECTiON.COM, please print out this form and bring it with you – Background Release Form.


To access or register for your SafeParish account go to http://www.aocsafeenvironment.org. 

Contact your local safe environment coordinator for the registration passcode or click here to access the SafeParish™ registration instructions .

SafeParish™ is a learning management platform that provides a broad array of training, education, information, and programs for Catholic organizations. It is a child and workplace safe environment program specifically designed for Catholic entities. The technological core of SafeParish™ is McCalmon’s proprietary learning management software. McCalmon has more than 100 learning management platforms built from that core. McCalmon also supplies most of the content. McCalmon’s experts research, write, edit, and publish blogs, articles, podcasts, videos, and alerts on SafeParish™. 

The SafeParish™ edition of Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse is fresh, innovative on-demand child safety training program for the prevention of child sexual abuse that incorporates video, interactive elements, testing, and reporting functions.  SafeParish™ educates adults who work with or around children on the vigilance and steps necessary to protect children from child sexual abuse. Trainees learn how to be safe adults—vigilant, educated people who protect children and young people by building a culture of safety.

Every person in a position which requires contact or interaction with youth or vulnerable adults must complete the SafeParish™ edition of Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse training session before they are permitted to work or volunteer within any of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati parishes, schools, or institutions. No one under the age of 18 is permitted to complete the training.  

In addition to completing the training, employees and volunteers must stay current in completing their interactive video-based SafeParish™ quarterly bulletins on Child Protection in order to remain in compliance with the requirements of the Decree on Child Protection. Non-compliance will result in SafeParish™ account non-approval and non-compliant employees and volunteers will no longer be permitted to work with youth or vulnerable adults until compliance is reestablished. Please contact your local safe environment coordinator with questions regarding your SafeParish™ account or if your account is non-approved due to non-compliance with the decree.

While completing the SafeParish: Protecting Children From Sexual Abuse – Arch. of Cincinnati Edition Trainees will learn:

  • The risk of child sexual abuse
  • The definition of child sexual abuse
  • What acts are considered child sexual abuse
  • Who are the targets of child sexual abuse
  • The truths and myths surrounding child sexual abuse
  • The harms of child sexual abuse
  • The barriers to victims reporting child sexual abuse
  • How to recognize the physical and behavioral signs of child sexual abuse
  • Who are mandatory reporters and why all adults should report their reasonable concerns and suspicions about child sexual abuse
  • Who commits child sexual abuse
  • Signs offenders may display that safe adults can recognize
  • How alcohol, drugs, pornography, and improper online relationships are used to commit the crime of child sexual abuse
  • How perpetrators groom targets, caretakers, families, parishes, and communities in order to violate boundaries with children
  • Appropriate and inappropriate interactions with children,
    in-person and online
  • How to create and maintain a physical space safe for children
  • What to do if child sexual abuse is witnessed or reported to you
  • How to report concerns about child sexual abuse

Risks and Subjects Covered:

  • What constitutes child sexual abuse: including legal definitions, as well as the physical and behavioral signs of child sexual abuse.
  • Child safety risks: the types of conduct that create unsafe child environments; children who perpetrators target; grooming techniques of perpetrators, including the use of alcohol, drugs, and pornography; violating boundaries, in-person and online; and the harm of child sexual abuse to victims, families, parishes, employers, and the community.
  • Risks of improper online behavior: including using the Internet to groom targets and the harms of child pornography.
  • Creating and maintaining child safe environments: including following policies and procedures; online, physical, emotional, and communication boundaries with children; how to maintain a physical safe space for children; how to protect children outside the parish; and how to report child sexual abuse if suspected.


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