ALL VOLUNTEERS and COACHES

The Optimist Club and City of Washington require that background checks be performed for all volunteers, including:

• Referees
• Coaches
• Assistant Coaches
• Team Parents/Team Managers

As of the Fall, 2012, Soccer League season, the Optimist Club of Washington has contracted with a national service, as Protect Youth Sports, to perform background checks on our behalf.

Volunteers are required to provide information on the Protect Youth Sports website for a background check to be performed.

All new volunteers must go to this secure website to complete their information: https://opportunities.averity.com/optimistclubWA

ABOUT PROTECT YOUTH SPORTS

• Protect Youth Sports is a nationally recognized company that performs employment background checks for major companies and many youth sports organizations in North Carolina and throughout the United States
• The Protect Youth Sports site is ‘https’ secured and follows industry standards, regulations, and best practices for secure online transactions, with the same levels of security as PayPal and other credit card on-line transaction sites
• Volunteers MUST fill in all required information, including entry of a social security number.
  • A Social Security Number is required to complete a background check; however, that information is blocked from all reports provided to the Optimist Club program commissioners, and can only be viewed by the Protect Youth Sports analysts who perform the background checks. 
• The Optimist Club Soccer program commissioners will be provided reports to determine volunteer eligibility.
  • The Optimist Club program commissioners will secure and hold in strict confidence all information provided within the reports provided by Protect Youth Sports