Workbooks and Resources
Screening Workbooks:
- Safe Steps: A Volunteer Screening Process http://volunteer.ca/en/catalog/safe-steps-a-volunteer-screening-process (to purchase)
- Taking Care: Screening for Community Support Organizations - Workbook http://volunteer.ca/en/coming-soon
- Screening in Faith: Workbook http://volunteer.ca/en/catalog/screening-faith (to purchase)
Screening Posters and Booklets:
- Information Booklet (Community Support) - PDF (489 KB)
- Information Booklet (Faith) - PDF (448 KB)
- Information Booklet (Youth) - PDF (498 KB)
- Poster (Community Support) - PDF (816 KB)
- Poster (Faith) - PDF (646 KB)
- Poster (Youth) - PDF (813 KB)
Screening Information Sheets:
- Screening Overview - PDF (100 KB)
- Determining the Risk - PDF (110 KB)
- Position Design and Description - PDF (149 KB)
- Recruitment Process - PDF (112 KB)
- Application Forms - PDF (101 KB)
- Conducting Interviews - PDF (154 KB)
- Reference Checks - PDF (117 KB)
- Police Record Checks - PDF (207 KB)
- Orientation and Training Sessions - PDF (165 KB)
- Supervision and Evaluation - PDF (106 KB)
- Participant Follow-Up - PDF (101 KB)
- Screening in Faith - Workbook http://volunteer.ca/en/catalog/screening-faith to purchase
Documents and Manuals:
- Developing Volunteer Screening Policies (Document File)
- Directors' Liability: A Discussion Paper on Legal Liability, Risk Management and the Role of Directors in Non-Profit Organizations (PDF)
- Lessons Learned: A Guide to Implementing Volunteer Screening Within Municipal Recreation - click here to purchase http://volunteer.ca/en/catalog/lessons-learned-a-guide-implementing-volunteer-screening-within-municipal-recreation-practit
- Resource Kits For Sport And Recreation Organizations (PDF)
- Risk Management by Position Design: A Guide for Community Support Organizations in Ontario (PDF)
- Rural Supplement - Volunteer Screening Workbook - click here to purchase http://volunteer.ca/en/catalog/rural-supplement-safe-steps-volunteer-screening-workbook - click here to download (PDF).
- Understanding Police Records Checks - - click here to order http://volunteer.ca/en/catalog/understanding-police-record-checks - click here to download
- Volunteer Transportation Guide: A Screening Tool
Laws and Screening :
- Federal Law and Social Policy (PDF)
- Ontario Law and Social Policy (PDF)
- Provincial Laws and Screening (pdf)
We invite you to look at and download the publications on-line. In order to open the PDF files, it is necessary to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your system. If you do not have this program, it is downloadable free of charge at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html .
