Charitable non-profit groups and churches are constantly recruiting and working with volunteers, however, these organizations are being faced with a new problem; volunteers who may have a questionable and perhaps violent backgrounds. When these individuals are working with children, handling money, letting themselves into or out of your facility after hours or simply participating in any meaningful activity that affects the productivity of your organization, group or cause, running a background check is essential to protecting yourself and your organization’s good name.
The potential danger organizations face by not performing background screening on volunteers are huge if a volunteer sues, steals, or harms another person while on the premises of the organization. The average negligent hiring lawsuit results in costs upwards of 3.5 million dollars. Aside from the catastrophically damaging financial affects, the safety for these organization’s members, become severely compromised.
Why not play it safe and let Volunteer PI help you;
Ensure safety of vulnerable populations like children and the elderly
Protect your non–profit organizations/church from negligence claims
Prevent costly public relations nightmares
Volunteer PI gives nonprofit agencies and churches, the ability to affordably conduct comprehensive background screening on potential volunteers.
Nationwide Criminal Background – Background Checks includes a search of criminal records, aliases, address history and the national sex offender database - all for one low price. Comb through more than 300 millions records with over 3 million photos; including the nationwide sex offender registry with 475,000 photos. You don’t have to choose which counties or states you want to search because Volunteer PI searches all 50 states at the click of a button.
Drug Screening - Volunteer PI also offers hair, urine and oral fluid drug screens with rapid turnaround times to our clients nationwide. Hair and urine samples are collected at a predetermined location near you, while the oral fluid exams are self-administered by the prospective employee on-site under the supervision of a member of your staff.
Credit Reports – The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners states, the average non-profit organization loses more than $9 per day per employee/volunteer to fraud and abuse. With fraud on the rise, credit reports are now a necessity when hiring future employees. Our credit reports provide secure access to credit bureaus with detailed credit information, as well as, credit scores and additional financial tools.
Motor Vehicle Records & CDLIS – Hiring careless or unsafe drivers is a major liability for volunteer organization. Unqualified or dangerous drivers, can cost your non-profit or church, thousands of dollars in unnecessary litigations. Volunteer PI’s MVR and CDLIS search will provide you with a detailed a history of violations, suspensions, any current or previous licenses and other information about a person's driving history.
Getting set up with Volunteer PI is a snap, and so is using it. Our trained staff will walk you through a complete tutorial of our web-based application in less than 10 minutes. That’s all the time it will take for you to start saving money in the screening process. Make the switch today and sign up here. Link to sign up page.
Volunteer PI also offers volume discounts for companies or organizations that plan to run a minimum number of reports each month. Call for more details.