Student safety is paramount!
We recognize our responsibility to ensure that all students attending our schools are protected by taking reasonable precautions to screen volunteers who may be working with students without direct supervision of staff. In accordance with Nova Scotia's Provincial Volunteer Background Check Policy, prior to volunteering with the Halifax Regional Centre for Education, all volunteers will provide:
1. A completed Child Abuse Register search, which can be found here
2. A certified and true copy of a Criminal Records Check with Vulnerable Sector Check from your local RCMP. The RCMP does not do Vulnerable Sector Checks online. A letter from the school is available upon request. This will allow you to get the Criminal Records Check and the Vulnerable Sector Check completed at a discounted rate of $30.00.
Please note: the Child Abuse Register Search, Vulnerable Sector Check and Criminal Records Check must be issued in the three months preceding volunteering and updated every three years.
Interested in helping out? We would love to have you!
Please connect with your local School Principal. For more information, please read our Volunteer Handbook.