Background Compliance
Background Application and VIRTUS Link
Our Parish Child Protection Liaison is Connie Guilligan. She oversees the background compliance of our volunteers. Anyone volunteering or working with children must be compliant through the Diocese, which requires a background application and the VIRTUS training course "Protecting God's Children".
Instructions for Applicants
Connie will need the following online background application from you as you are not compliant at this time through the diocese. The background must be cleared prior to volunteering. Time is of the essence.
Please click on the link below to do the online app. Select the 'VOLUNTEER' box. For Location, choose St. Theresa School, and for Position choose, Volunteer (general). Once you submit it you'll receive an email asking you to open up the document and sign it. If it looks good Connie will sign off on it and give you a phone call to set up a day and time to come see her to sign the VA Dept Soc. Srvcs. form.
https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/child-protection/background-checks/
You'll also need to register and sign up for the VIRTUS course. Please go to www.virtus.org to do so today. The clock starts ticking on this course the day she processes the online app. You only have 45 days from that day to register, sign up and take the course. If you go beyond 45 days, you won't be able to volunteer in any capacity until you get that under your belt.
Please contact Connie if you have any questions. Email: connie@sainttheresaparish.com Phone: 703-729-3714
Our Parish Child Protection Liaison is Connie Guilligan. She oversees the background compliance of our volunteers. Anyone volunteering or working with children must be compliant through the Diocese, which requires a background application and the VIRTUS training course "Protecting God's Children".
Instructions for Applicants
Connie will need the following online background application from you as you are not compliant at this time through the diocese. The background must be cleared prior to volunteering. Time is of the essence.
Please click on the link below to do the online app. Select the 'VOLUNTEER' box. For Location, choose St. Theresa School, and for Position choose, Volunteer (general). Once you submit it you'll receive an email asking you to open up the document and sign it. If it looks good Connie will sign off on it and give you a phone call to set up a day and time to come see her to sign the VA Dept Soc. Srvcs. form.
https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/child-protection/background-checks/
You'll also need to register and sign up for the VIRTUS course. Please go to www.virtus.org to do so today. The clock starts ticking on this course the day she processes the online app. You only have 45 days from that day to register, sign up and take the course. If you go beyond 45 days, you won't be able to volunteer in any capacity until you get that under your belt.
Please contact Connie if you have any questions. Email: connie@sainttheresaparish.com Phone: 703-729-3714
