Child Protection/Safe Environment

Charter compliance will be accomplished by:

• Insuring a thorough background screening is completed for all clergy, paid employees and volunteers supervising our children.  Background checks are good for three years.
• Providing training in recognizing and reporting any sign of child abuse to appropriate civil and Church authorities.
• By holding all clergy, all paid employees and all volunteers accountable to a Christ-centered, pastoral code of conduct.

Background Checks

Background checks are conducted to meet the requirements for the Charter.  The background screening is limited to a search for:

1. Verification of a person’s identity
2. Existence of a prior criminal record
3. Listing on any state sex offender registry

To conduct the background check process the name, address, date-of-birth, and social security number is sent to LexisNexis, a national screening company, which verifies the person’s identity and searches their database of criminal records and sex offender registries for any potential matches. They then send the results back to us. This background screening does not give us access to any financial records.

Note: The State Police Criminal History and the Childline Clearances are mandated by the State of Pennsylvania for certain jobs. These jobs include, Teachers, student teachers, Day Care Workers, and Social Workers. We will accept current (within 3 years) copies of these state issued clearances in lieu of the LexisNexis check for those individuals where state mandated clearances are required.