St. Philip The Apostle Church is part of a Pastoral Region with St. Francis de Sales Church in Lebanon, OH
One of the greatest responsibilities adults ever face is the protection of children under their care. That is a duty that falls heavily upon those who minister in the name of the Church because children are entrusted to us in so many ways – in schools, in religious education, in Scouting, on field trips, and in sports. Parents have a right to expect that their children are as safe as humanly possible in all of these situations. // Archbishop Schnurr
SafeParish is a learning management platform that provides a broad array of training, education, information, and programs for Catholic organizations. It is a child and workplace safe environment program specifically designed for Catholic entities.
Every person in a position which requires contact or interaction with youth or vulnerable adults must complete the SafeParish edition of Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse training session before they are permitted to work or volunteer within any of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati parishes, schools, or institutions. No one under the age of 18 is permitted to complete the training.
In addition to completing the training, employees and volunteers must stay current in completing their interactive video-based SafeParish quarterly bulletins on Child Protection in order to remain in compliance with the requirements of the Decree on Child Protection. Non-compliance will result in SafeParish account non-approval, and non-compliant employees and volunteers will no longer be permitted to work with youth or vulnerable adults until compliance is reestablished. Please contact Parish Office with questions regarding your account or if your account is non-approved due to non-compliance with the decree.
There are no exceptions to these requirements. Thank you for your cooperation.
Please visit www.aocsafeenvironment.org for any and all of the above. Visit www.catholiccincinnati.org for more information on the Archdiocese policies in this regard.
As an active child protection account holder, you must register for your SafeParish™ account to continue to work and volunteer in the Archdiocese. If you have completed your background and training requirements, that information will be imported to your SafeParish™ account and no additional background or training will be required.
If you are a new employee or volunteer, please register for your SafeParish™ account and complete your background and training requirements. Registration instructions are below. Please contact your local safe environment coordinator with questions.
SAFE ENVIRONMENT USER REGISTRATION
Go to www.aocsafeenvironment.org.
Click "Register" on the top right of the home page
Enter the passcode protectcincy when prompted.
Select the location from the drop down where you are employed or volunteer.
Click the role(s) associated with your employment/service at the parish, school, or Archdiocesan institution. Select a sub-role from the drop down to describe your employment/service at this location.
If you are active at only this location, this will be your primary location.
If you are active at more than one location, click the ADD PARISH/LOCATION button and repeat the steps above. With more than one location, please click the "This is my main/primary location" radio button to indicate where you are employed or, if you are a volunteer, where most of your ministry or service is performed.
Complete your personal information. Please enter your legal name for the purposes of the background screening. There are no credit checks and no soft hits to credit.
Create a username, password and password clue.
If information regarding your previous safe environment account can be located, it will be displayed. Click the radio button for the correct choice or choose none of the above if none of the information pertains to you. If your information was found and you clicked the appropriate radio button information regarding your training and background check dates will be transferred into your SafeParish account.
Agree to the Terms of Use and click SUBMIT.
If you have not previously completed an online background check you will be prompted to submit information for a background screening through SELECTION.com.
You will be required to acknowledge that you have downloaded and accepted the terms of the Decree.
If you have not previously completed child protection training you will be prompted to view SafeParish: Protecting Children From Sexual Abuse — Archdiocese of Cincinnati. (If you have completed a background check through VIRTUS, no new background check will be required also if you have attended VIRTUS training, no new training will be required.)
If you have completed the required background checks and child protect training, you will be prompted to click the link to Continue to the Home Page. Your registration is complete.
If you need to complete background check requirements or training, you may use the links in your approval checklist to access these requirements. These steps may be completed all at once or may be completed separately at your convenience. You will receive an automated email weekly to remind you which requirements are outstanding. When all compliance requirements have been completed, your account will be approved, and you will be clear to work/volunteer with youth and vulnerable adults.
Should you need any assistance, please contact the Parish Office at 513-899-3601.
Thank you.