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Screening and Selection: Police and Other Information Checks

Screening and Selection: Police and Other Information Checks



Police and Other Information Checks – These are a way for you to have done your due diligence and take a step-in reducing risk. It is also a requirement for most funders and many insurance providers. 

 Question Mark Did you Know?  

  • CALP Grant Requirements - The CALP Guidelines explain that CALPs must “Ensure that a valid police information check, criminal record check, vulnerable sector check, or such other security screening protocol will be completed for any individuals who work with, or have the potential to have unsupervised access to, vulnerable persons at any time during the grant term” (CALP Guidelines 2018, P. 28)
  • RCMP explains the different
    types of reference checks on their website  
  • Look on your local city police websites for more information in your area

Police Information Check with Vulnerable Sector search – all volunteers

  • These can be requested from your local police detachment (RCMP or municipal police force)
  • There is a fee, but you can use Volunteer Alberta’s “Volunteer Screening Program” to waive the fee for your volunteers. 

Child Intervention Record Check – for volunteers working in programs with children

  • Provided by the Government of Alberta, these are free of charge.
  • Contact your local Children Services office to get forms 
  • Forms may be mailed in or dropped off at a Children Services office – two pieces of ID are needed, one with a photo. 

 

Activity – Develop your volunteer information session or interview by using the tools provided in the Screening and Selection section of the e-Learning (Pre-screening, Application Forms, Interviews, References, Police and Other Information Checks). Practice with someone:

  • In your office
  • Friend or family
  • CALP colleague (online or over the phone)

Resources:

Volunteer Canada (2012). The Screening Handbook. Retrieved from http://volunteeralberta.ab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2012-screening-handbook1.pdf  

Volunteer Canada (2012). Ten Steps to Volunteer Screening from https://volunteeralberta.ab.ca/programs_services_resources/people/volunteer-screening/10-steps-to-screening/

CALP Portal (2017). Volunteer Screening: Finding the Right Fit Makes all the Difference. Retrieved from https://calp.ca/blog/volunteer-screening-finding-the-right-fit-makes-all-the-difference.htm