Managing Volunteer Background Checks for Your Organization
You care about the people and community you serve, which is why it's important to have measures in place to protect them and your organization. A volunteer background check is a vital screening process used by nonprofits and community organizations to review a prospective volunteer's criminal history, verify their identity, and ensure they are safe to work with vulnerable populations.
Why are Background Checks Important for Volunteers?
Background checks can be an integral part of the volunteer screening process, especially when working with specific groups of people. Running comprehensive checks provides several key benefits:
Mitigating organizational risk and liability
Safeguarding vulnerable populations, such as children, patients, or the elderly
Protecting organizational assets and possessions
Ensuring nonprofit compliance with local, state, and federal regulations
Background checks (and their results) are so important that it is essential to have an organized and efficient way of attaining, viewing, and tracking them through secure data management. Today, we will share how to best manage background checks for your organization.
How to Choose a Provider for Volunteer Background Checks
Above all, it is important to make sure you are working with a quality and reputable provider to process your background checks. This is not something you can do in-house, and the saying is true: “You get what you pay for.” There are many companies who offer cheap background checks, but they are not necessarily comprehensive or checking everything they should.
As an organization that truly cares about those you serve, it is important to make sure you are working with the right provider. At CERVIS, we have a direct partnership with Backgrounds Online, an industry leader, enabling you to process and manage your organization's background checks all within your CERVIS console. Our partnership also provides you with special discounted pricing and the freedom to choose from a range of packages to fit your needs.
How to Manage the Background Check Process Efficiently
It is important to make sure the background check application and process are as streamlined as possible for both your organization and your volunteers. When using CERVIS, the workflow is incredibly simple:
Initiate the Check: Your organization orders a background check directly within the CERVIS console.
Automated Communication: An email (customized and branded by your organization) is automatically sent to the volunteer with a secure, direct link.
Online Submission: The volunteer easily completes and submits the application online. You have the flexibility to choose whether the organization or the volunteer covers the application cost, only paying for completed checks.
Track Results and Restrict Access: The status of the background check is automatically tracked and updated in your CERVIS console.
Using Software to Enforce Compliance
Once the background check has been completed, you can view the results and follow up with the volunteer if necessary. A major advantage of running background checks in CERVIS is that you have the ability to automatically restrict volunteer registration. This safeguard allows you to keep specific, sensitive positions open only to volunteers who have successfully finished and passed their background check.
With our seamless interface and trusted partnership with Backgrounds Online, CERVIS helps you take the hassle out of running background checks. Place your confidence in a simplified process, accurate results, and quality volunteers. Make running background checks one less thing to worry about!
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