SECTION # 6 POLICE CHECKS
#6.01 All Simcoe and District Executive members, Head Coaches, Assistant Coaches, Trainers, or any other coaching staff member must have Police Checks done every year.
Head Coaches must have their Police Check request signed and submitted prior to their first ice time. If the Police Check is not done by this time the Head Coach will not be allowed to coach until the Police Check is submitted to SDMHA.
Assistant Coaches, Trainers, Managers, or any other coaching staff must have their Police Check request prior to official carding. It is the responsibility of the Head Coach to make sure this is done. If the Police Check is not done by this time the Head Coach and the member of the Coaching staff that did not comply with this procedure will not be allowed to coach, manage or train until the Police check is submitted.
The Police Check will be kept on file for that year. The Police Check will be forwarded to the SDMHA screening person. The screening person may ask all questions necessary to make the proper decision.
Only those coaches who have a questionable Police check need an interview with the Designated screening person. A Coach has the right to appeal this decision to the Executive within 10 days.
INDIVIDUALS WITH OUTSTANDING CRIMINAL CODE CONVICTIONS, OR CHARGES PENDING FOR CERTAIN OFFENCES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR A DIRECT SERVICE POSITION WITH VULNERABLE CLIENTS.
These offences include, but are not limited to the following:
THREE YEARS OR MORE RECENT:
Outstanding convictions or charges pending for criminal driving offences, including but not limited to impaired driving.
FIVE YEARS OR MORE RECENT:
Outstanding convictions or charges pending for drug offences under the CDSA or its predecessor.
Outstanding convictions or charges pending for any violent offence, whether or not it involved weapons.
INDIVIDUALS WITH OUTSTANDING CRIMINAL CODE CONVICTIONS OR CHARGES PENDING FOR THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR A DIRECT SERVICE POSITION.
- Physical or Sexual Assault
- Current court orders or probation orders forbidding the individual to have contact with children under the age of 18.
- Indictable criminal offences for child abuse.
- Individuals with outstanding convictions for provincial offences related to a bona fide occupational requirement of qualifications, may be excluded from a position of trust, depending on the circumstances.
- Applicants may be rejected as a result of other information gained during the Police Check process or through the screening process as a whole, or as a consequence of other factors.
- It should be noted that every staff member or volunteer once accepted, is obligated to inform the appropriate Association Executive if he/she is charged, tried or convicted of any offence under the Criminal Code or under other Provincial or Federal statutes, if that offence is relative to a position of trust held by that individual.
SDMHA will accept a completed Police Check by an applicant providing it has been done within the last four months.
#6.01 All Simcoe and District Executive members, Head Coaches, Assistant Coaches, Trainers, or any other coaching staff member must have Police Checks done every year.
Head Coaches must have their Police Check request signed and submitted prior to their first ice time. If the Police Check is not done by this time the Head Coach will not be allowed to coach until the Police Check is submitted to SDMHA.
Assistant Coaches, Trainers, Managers, or any other coaching staff must have their Police Check request prior to official carding. It is the responsibility of the Head Coach to make sure this is done. If the Police Check is not done by this time the Head Coach and the member of the Coaching staff that did not comply with this procedure will not be allowed to coach, manage or train until the Police check is submitted.
The Police Check will be kept on file for that year. The Police Check will be forwarded to the SDMHA screening person. The screening person may ask all questions necessary to make the proper decision.
Only those coaches who have a questionable Police check need an interview with the Designated screening person. A Coach has the right to appeal this decision to the Executive within 10 days.
INDIVIDUALS WITH OUTSTANDING CRIMINAL CODE CONVICTIONS, OR CHARGES PENDING FOR CERTAIN OFFENCES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR A DIRECT SERVICE POSITION WITH VULNERABLE CLIENTS.
These offences include, but are not limited to the following:
THREE YEARS OR MORE RECENT:
Outstanding convictions or charges pending for criminal driving offences, including but not limited to impaired driving.
FIVE YEARS OR MORE RECENT:
Outstanding convictions or charges pending for drug offences under the CDSA or its predecessor.
Outstanding convictions or charges pending for any violent offence, whether or not it involved weapons.
INDIVIDUALS WITH OUTSTANDING CRIMINAL CODE CONVICTIONS OR CHARGES PENDING FOR THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR A DIRECT SERVICE POSITION.
- Physical or Sexual Assault
- Current court orders or probation orders forbidding the individual to have contact with children under the age of 18.
- Indictable criminal offences for child abuse.
- Individuals with outstanding convictions for provincial offences related to a bona fide occupational requirement of qualifications, may be excluded from a position of trust, depending on the circumstances.
- Applicants may be rejected as a result of other information gained during the Police Check process or through the screening process as a whole, or as a consequence of other factors.
- It should be noted that every staff member or volunteer once accepted, is obligated to inform the appropriate Association Executive if he/she is charged, tried or convicted of any offence under the Criminal Code or under other Provincial or Federal statutes, if that offence is relative to a position of trust held by that individual.
SDMHA will accept a completed Police Check by an applicant providing it has been done within the last four months.
