YOUTH SPORTS

Background Checks for Youth Sports

The Truth About Youth Sports & Children’s Safety

Youth sports are a breeding ground for pedophiles and other unscrupulous characters that prey on children. No role is immune to those with ulterior motives, whether it’s a parent, referee, coach, doctor or trainer. Scrimping on background checks because of the old adage “there’s safety in numbers” reveals a naïveté about the prevalence and skill of predators to “groom” children (set the stage for later abuse) right in plain sight of others.

Organizations like yours play an important role in helping our youth stay active, develop teamwork and leadership skills, and learn good sportsmanship. Use due diligence to keep this valuable experience safe with reliable background checks for youth sports volunteers that don’t cut corners with cheap data or misleading search parameters. Even one irreparable incident of harm is too many.

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“Helping non-profit organizations is a huge part of who we are as a company. We’re so excited to come alongside them and provide them with the highest quality background checks at the lowest prices we’ve ever offered. We believe safety and security are so important that we want to make it as affordable as possible.”

Steve Durie
SecureSearch Owner

Budget-conscious Packages

With the revolving nature of youth sports volunteers, many small athletic leagues don’t feel they have the budget for background checks for youth sports. We can create a custom program that will balance your risk tolerance and due diligence while staying within your budget.

Our Applicant Pay (APay) option makes it easy for both you and your applicants to facilitate the screening. Involved parents who want to volunteer or coach will understand the value of and gladly pay for their own mandatory background checks. Those with something to hide will be deterred by the screening and the fee.

Cast the Tightest Safety Net Possible

Data searches aren’t quite as thorough as TV crime shows would have you believe. And some background check providers provide only a simple digital sweep of data that hasn’t been updated in months, giving you a false sense of security.

Where children are involved, don’t just check a box. Avoid the regret of even one bad actor slipping into your terrain through search data gaps. Choose a background check provider that verifies search results with the human touch.

“But the Coach is a Parent too…?”

Never assume that just because someone is a parent they don’t need to be screened. Even parents can be a bad influence and have a negative or destructive past. Just as you wouldn’t trust your child with a babysitter that you don’t have good references on, its essential that your association or league does its due diligence by performing background screening on their personnel.

“And, the children are never left alone…?”

Although most times the youth in your care are in group settings, there are times a child is alone with a member of your staff. But even in groups, the opportunity for grooming and improper influence is still present.

There are so many opportunities for abuse to happen in a youth sports environment. Children change clothes to get into their uniforms, they are transported to games in other people’s cars, and by the very nature of sports activity itself, there is a great deal of physical contact. Regardless of your organization type or size, SecureSearch has the experience, knowledge, and solutions you need.

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Advantages of Partnering with SecureSearch:

  • Sending an email request to your applicant takes just seconds
  • Quality services at incredibly affordable pricing
  • We hold your hand through service selection
  • We make compliance hurdles less scary
  • We put your custom Recheck system in place
  • Real background checks done by real people
  • On-line system availability 24/7/365
  • NO Set-up Fees, NO Start-Up Costs, NO Monthly Minimums
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Different types of organizations have different needs when it comes to background checks. Make sure you downoad our Starter Kit so you can see example background checks & pricing for your organization!

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Testimonials:

“SecureSearch™ has been great from the moment I reached out to them to find out more information about what their company offers. The staff are all friendly and extremely helpful. They have worked with me on a variety of things we needed for our organization and made the entire process as seamless as possible. We are still getting used to this new system for us, but are finding it easy to use.”

Lauren Nielsen, Volunteer & Event Program Coordinator

“We are new to using SecureSearch™, but the implementation has been great! We are an organization with multiple sites and the ability to run all background checks with a consistent process throughout the United States is amazing. The team has been very helpful and accommodating to adjust processes to better fit our business model and needs. We are excited about our continued partnership with SecureSearch™.”

Jill Heron, Manager of Strategic HR Initiatives

“I’ve been working with SecureSearch™ for approximately 8 months and I’ve had outstanding service. Any questions I have are answered promptly. As someone new to background screening, I’ve been very pleased that the team at SecureSearch™ is always available and willing to walk me through the process and what to expect as many times as necessary. I would recommend SecureSearch™ as your provider for background screening.”

Amy Dove, Vice President