Protecting God's Children for Adults™/Virtus Training

Protecting God's Children for Adults is a training conducted by certified facilitators on the prevention of child sexual abuse. The training educates participants on the signs of child sexual abuse, the methods and means by which offenders commit abuse, and how to prevent it. Facilitators incorporate Archdiocesan policies and procedures into the training, defining child sexual abuse, addressing the reporting of child sexual abuse, and the screening and selection of employees and volunteers.


​Requirements

• All employees and volunteers who work with children and other vulnerable populations must fulfill this compliance requirement. Anyone employed two months or longer who has not attended are at risk to be suspended from their work or volunteer for the Archdiocese of Chicago until compliance is met.
• Participants must be present for the entire training session to receive credit for attendance.
• All Archdiocese employees and volunteers who work with children must create and maintain an online account with VIRTUS when they register online to take the training. After attending employees and volunteers must submit a copy of the certificate of attendance to the location they work/volunteer at and continue the monthly ongoing education. Ongoing education is required 12 times in the first year, six in the second year and four in the third year of employment. 

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In keeping with the policies of the Archdiocese to maintain a safe environment for all children, St. Bernardine parish requires that all parishioners who work with children to complete the Virtus training. We also encourages all parishioners, regardless of whether or not you interact directly with children, to participate in the training.
 
To sign up for training, please visit The Virtus Training Site.  Once you are at the main page, click on first-time registrant enroll in the program. 

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