Free Criminal Record Checks Coming for Volunteers
Sunday, October 27, 2013 @ 5:12 AM
Victoria, B.C. – Starting Nov. 30th, organizations in B.C.’s volunteer and non-profit sector will be eligible for free criminal record checks for their volunteers who work with children and vulnerable adults.
Simultaneous changes to the provincial criminal records review program will:
- Allow more efficient sharing of current, verified criminal record checks among groups in the sector.
- Provide volunteers and publicly funded employees with more mobility in the sector, since they will be able to consent to sharing verified checks with more than one organization.
- Give businesses and for-profit enterprises an opportunity to access existing record checks of new employees who consent to the sharing of them, thereby eliminating the cost of a redundant check. This will apply for checks completed within the past five years for which there was no determination of risk.
For the volunteer and non-profit sector, the free checks will provide an added incentive to opt into the program. Groups in the provincial program will have access to its adjudication process, which provides expert, consistent risk assessment when a check does identify a criminal record containing relevant offences.
Comments
Crim Checks have been free for volunteers for some time. This is a ridiculous announcement. The record sharing, however, is quite an improvement over the previous system.
Maybe they just mean 3rd party criminal record checks, because yes, it’s free now.
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