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Background Checks - Nonprofit Risk Management Center
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Q&A Background Checks By John Patterson, Senior Program Director, Nonprofit Risk Management Center The Nonprofit Risk Management Center receives many questions concerning the screening of staff and volunteers using criminal history record checks. Criminal history record checks are important risk management tools but must not replace other risk management strategies designed to lessen the opportunity for abuse of vulnerable service recipients. No background check is perfect and the fact that an applicant appears to have a clean record is not predictive of future behavior. In this document he answers some of the more frequently asked questions concerning criminal history record checks. |
Volunteer Handbooks, Volunteer Screening/Interviewing
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background checks
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Management Tool |
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Background Checks Procedure - Huntington Beach
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This brief document identifies which volunteer positions require a background check, and outlines the process for doing it. |
Volunteer Handbooks, Volunteer Screening/Interviewing
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background checks, policies
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Management Tool |
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Criminal History Background Checks
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Things to consider when making decisions about criminal background checks, including the rights of the applicants. Includes information from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center and the California Attorney General's Office. |
Volunteer Handbooks, Volunteer Screening/Interviewing
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background checks, policies
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Management Tool |
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Fingerprinting Procedures - San Jose
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San Jose Public Library requires volunteers age 18 and over who work directly with children be fingerprinted. This is their procedures document for implementing that policy. |
Volunteer Handbooks, Volunteer Screening/Interviewing
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fingerprinting, liability, background checks
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Management Tool |
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The Importance of Using and Understanding Background Check Screening
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This archived webinar was produced by "AL!VE" -- the Association of Leaders in Volunteer Engagement. |
Volunteer Screening/Interviewing, Capacity Building
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background checks, screening volunteers
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Training Materials |
