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National Sex Offender Public Registry Check. Office on Volunteerism and Community Service. This presentation will detail: What a National Sex Offender Public Registry check is Step-by-step walkthrough of conducting a check, reviewing it, and documenting it in the files - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
National Sex Offender Public Registry Check
Office on Volunteerism and Community Service
This presentation will detail:
What a National Sex Offender Public Registry check is
Step-by-step walkthrough of conducting a check, reviewing it, and documenting it in the files
When you conduct an NSOPR check
Why you conduct the check
What is an NSOPR check? A name search, conducted at the Dru Sjodin
National Sex Offender public website (www.nsopw.gov )
Identifies registered sex offenders
NSOPW is a public resource that searches the public sex offender registries from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the five principal U.S. territories, and federally recognized Indian tribes.
Enter Exact First and Last Name of Member/Staff
Print out the Results Directly from the website
MAKE SURE a date is visible on the page
First, hit Print View
After results window opens, find “print preview”
Check document before printing
MAKE SURE there is a visible date stamp on the document!! If so, print.
Now you have a document to review
Results show 0 (no) records for this individual. Verify that name was entered properly.
Take the printed and reviewed document and place in the applicant/members file
Let’s run one more search…
Note that the results look different for this name
Use the links to find photos and additional information on the results
Use same process to get “print view”, and then “print preview”, and then print
On your printout, document whether the returned info is the applicant/member or not
Using info from the link, write down what was used to determine if this is the applicant/member Sign the
printoutMake sure there is a date stamp on it
If the results from the check can be cleared (as in example before)….. File the document in applicant/member file Continue on to the next part of the
background check
If the results that came back are actually the applicant/member…… Automatically ineligible, cannot serve
Key Points to Remember Be sure that the name is entered correctly
Print out the results of the check WITH a date stamp
The NSOPR check must be conducted prior to enrollment. If there is no date stamp, there is no way to prove it was done prior to enrollment. Hours may be disallowed, causing repayment by the organization of stipends, and liability for the member education awards.
If you have trouble getting a printed date stamp from the site, e-mail the document to yourself as a record.
Key Points continued…. Sign and explain method of clearing any results that
come back on the check
Because the NSOPW site receives info from all State databases, there will occasionally be a database that isn’t linked to the site When you run the search, you will see a message, such as
“Virginia SOR is unavailable”. This means that info from New Jersey is not being checked. One option is to print this check, and come back on another day
for a new check when the unavailable site is linked Another option is to go directly to the State Sex Offender Registry
for the unavailable State, and try a Search there Main Point---Have a Check that Includes All States!!!
Key Points Cont…. Conduct an NSOPR check for all members/staff EVERY
Year! This is the one part of the check that returning members and
staff still have to have, regardless
This check does not automatically mean the person has no sex offender history May not have reported. That is why other (State/FBI) check
is crucial as well
There is no “too early” for this check You can run this as soon as you come in contact with a
member/applicant
Questions? Review the OVCS 4-Part Background Check
Document
Contact your OVCS Program Officer