Background Checks on
Volunteers Who Work with Children
http://www.state.oh.us/ohiogcsc/best_practices.htm
Information on bill in Ohio that addresses background checks
and fingerprinting of volunteers who work with children.
EnVision
http://envision.ca/templates/resources.asp?ID=3263
Tips
for interviewing potential employees or volunteers from the Community
Services Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
Interviewing Volunteers
http://www.val.org.uk/PDF%20Files/VOLUNTEERING/
Interviewing%20Volunteers.pdf
10
page booklet from Voluntary Action-Leeds (UK)
MENTOR: Components of Volunteer Screening
http://www.mentoring.org/program_staff/screening/components
_of_volunteer_screening.php
Detailed description of the interviewing and screening process, including reference and background checks.
National Recreation and Park Association Guidelines for Background Checks
http://www.nrpa.org/content/default.aspx?documentId=3807
National recommendations for conducting comprehensive background checks and screenings for volunteers and staff.
Pandora's Box
http://www.prevent-abuse-now.com/index.htm
All about preventing child
sexual abuse, with a complete section on US national fingerprint
check legislation and resources.
Strategy
for Interviewing Volunteers
http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/volnteen/page8.htm
Sample
questions and other suggestions (keep scrolling through the pages)
from Literacy Partners of Manitoba
Volunteer Canada's Safe Steps Screening Program
http://www.volunteer.ca/volcan/eng/content/screening/safe-steps.php?display=
Volunteer Canada's Safe Steps Screening Program provides an easy-to-use method for organizations to ensure that the people they serve are safe. This page also links to information on laws and screening, a screening Q&A, and other resources.
Volunteer
Interviewing Scenarios
http://www.casanet.org/programmanagement/volunteermanage/vlinscen.htm
Written
by Steve McCurley for CASA
Also
available as a PDF at: http://nationalserviceresources.org/filemanager/
download/708/roleplay_interviews.pdf
Volunteer
Management FAQs
Site maintained by Carter MacNamara.
Scroll to sections on Screening
Volunteers and Selecting
("Hiring") Volunteers
Volunteer
Screening
http://www.casanet.org/program-management/volunteer-manage/
Scroll
down to detailed volunteer screening section on the CASA site
Volunteer Screening Blog
http://www.volunteerscreening.org/blog.html
This blog, on the site of a screening service, discusses a variety of issues relating to background checks and interviewing volunteers, using real-life situations.
VolunteerSelect
http://www.volunteerselect.com/
Commercial service for
conducting background checks on volunteers that includes a "best
practices" resource section.
What Is Screening?
http://www.volunteer.ca/volcan/eng/content/
screening/screening.php?display=4,0
Excellent overview of
the rationale for and steps of effective volunteer screening from
Volunteer Canada. Includes "Screening in Faith" PDF for faith communities.