Safe & Sacred Adult Online Safe Environment Training

All Holy Spirit clergy, employees, and adult volunteers who have contact with minors or vulnerable adults must complete the Archdiocesan policy for safe environment which includes the following:

• Submit three references
• Create a user account in the Safe & Sacred training portal
• Submit a background check application (background checks are renewed every three years)
• Complete the annual safe environment training
• Pass quiz
• Accept and adhere to the Code of Conduct and Communications Policy

For information on how to get started as a NEW VOLUNTEER,
contact the Safe Environment Coordinator at [email protected]

All steps must be completed before employees and volunteers may serve at Holy Spirit.

Course Sequence

New volunteers and employees will complete the first-year course. For each subsequent year, the next year’s training course will be available August 1. After all five courses are complete, employees and volunteers will begin again with a newly refreshed first-year course.

• Year 1 – Recognizing and Preventing Child Abuse
• Year 2 – Professional Boundaries and Behaviors
• Year 3 – Technology Safety
• Year 4 – Protecting Vulnerable Populations
• Year 5 – Human Trafficking

Responsible Teen Volunteer Program

This program is designed for teen volunteers ages 14-17 years old and assists youth in understanding these sensitive concepts in an age-appropriate manner. Teens will learn to recognize, record, and report possible signs of abuse so that they can help ensure activities are conducted in a way that children are safe. This training is conducted annually by Holy Spirit personnel.

Children’s Program for Religious Education Programs

This program is designed for school ages children PreK-12 grades, and the curriculum includes safety rules, trust, responding to unsafe situations, understanding intuition, internet and phone safety, and predators. Children learn age-appropriate concepts introduced in the early years and build upon those concepts as the child grows. The training is conducted annually by Holy Spirit personnel.
 

Additional information can be found at the Oklahoma City Archdiocese Safe Environment webpage.