Volunteer Canada's Safe Steps Screening Program provides an easy-to-use method for organizations to ensure that the people they serve are safe.
Screening is a process designed to create and maintain a safe environment.
An approved job description is completed for all staff and volunteer positions (including team/coaching staff). Criteria used to hire staff and select volunteers are established and documented...
If the club hires staff, the board is accountable for the recruitment and orientation of the most senior employee (i.e., CEO, president, head coach) in the club...
The club has the following documentation that has been formally adopted by the membership and is reviewed on a regular basis...
The board of directors holds a sufficient number of meetings annually (at least two, may be by electronic means) to ensure appropriate direction and oversight of the club’s activities...
The club has board-approved/adopted and regularly reviewed code of ethics/conduct with which all directors, staff, coaches and volunteers...
The club makes the following information publicly available or available to members (e.g., on its website, in its annual report, in its financial statements) within six months of its year end...
The club has a policy established and published on how and at what amounts donations and/or sponsorships will be acknowledged. The policy should include a ban on tobacco sponsorship...