Thank you for donating your time and talents as a YMCA Youth Sports League volunteer! Volunteers are vital to the YMCA and without them; we wouldn’t be able to meet the needs of the kids, families, and adults who live in Edwardsville. The success of our Youth Sports League program is dependent on support and involvement from volunteers like you.
The YMCA makes an active effort to prevent abuse and is in compliance with the Safe Sport Act and Y-USA volunteer requirements. So even though we may know you well, we are required to conduct criminal background and reference checks, and have our volunteers complete required training on Child Abuse Prevention and Mandated Reporting. It’s just one of the many ways we help protect children and other vulnerable people served by the YMCA. Thanks for your cooperation in this effort.
The following provides the procedures and requirements for Edwardsville YMCA Volunteers.
Edwardsville YMCA Volunteer Procedures
- Complete Volunteer Packet
- Please use your legal name
- A criminal background check will be conducted and must be successfully completed and repeated annually on volunteers.
- 3 personal references must be provided along with email and phone contact information.
- You must update the application annually or with each new volunteer opportunity. Log in, select your application on file, and update it with any changes and/or the date you are applying.
- Complete Online Training:
(1) Child Abuse Prevention (must be repeated annually)
- You will receive an email from Praesidium Academy that will provide information on how to access and take Abuse Prevention Training. After completing the training, please save it as a pdf file and attach it to an email to mblind@edwymca.com.
- You can access the training by visiting www.praesidiumacademy.com and entering your email along with the password YMCA1234
- The two pieces of training needed are Athlete Protection Part 1 and Athlete Protection Part 2. Please scroll down to the library once logged in and search for the aforementioned training.
- We will also accept an unexpired certificate showing completion of the US Center for Safe Sport Athlete Protection Training.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT UNDER THE SAFE SPORT ACT, YOU MUST ALSO MAKE A MANDATED REPORT TO THE U.S. CENTER FOR SAFE SPORT FOR ALL USA SPORTS* https://safesport.org/report-a-concern.