Important Links:
Requirements for Training and Screening
Report Abuse
Pastoral Code of Conduct
Requirements for Employees & Volunteers
All employees or volunteers must complete the following Safe Environment program requirements before they begin their assigned duties:
Sign up for a Virtus Account or obtain access to your Virtus account if you already have one. Virtus is a database that tracks compliance with the AOD safe environment program requirements. Scroll down for instructions to help you sign up or recover your password.
Read and electronically sign the AOD Pastoral Code of Conduct. You will be prompted to sign the Code of Conduct within your Virtus account.
Fill out and electronically sign a background check authorization form. You will be prompted to give the required information for a background check authorization and then asked to digitally sign the form within Virtus. The background check authorization form agrees to periodic criminal background checks – every year for employees, every two years for volunteers. Your information will be securely stored in Virtus.
Register for and complete the Protecting God’s Children/Vulnerable Adults training module. Training can be completed online or in person. Updated training must be completed every three years. You will be prompted to register for a training module within your Virtus account.
Virtus Instructions
NEW Virtus Users: Virtus Account Registration Instructions
Go to the Virtus website Click here for the Virtus website
Select the First-Time Registrant link
Begin the registration process
From the drop down list of organizations, select Detroit, MI (Archdiocese)
Create a user name and password
Please note: both user name and password are case sensitive (meaning you will want to write down whether you capitalize the letters or not).
Enter your personal information, including information needed for background check authorization form
Such as date of birth, gender, race/ethnicity
Select the parish of school where you work or volunteer
Choose your role(s) and enter your title or what you do for the parish
Answer whether you are associated with any other locations
Answer questions about your contact with minors and/or vulnerable adults, and whether you manage people
Read and digitally sign the AOD code of conduct
Answer State of Michigan residency questions and sign
Read and sign info about background check authorization form
Review and electronically sign background authorization form
Answer whether you have already attended a Protecting God’s Children session
Select Training Session
Select the training session you would like to attend and click continue to complete registration process
Already have a Virtus account but don’t know how to login?
Go to the Virtus website Click here for the Virtus website
Click the “Need Login Information” link
Follow the steps to reset your password or recover your username
Still having trouble? Email virtusadmin@smoth.org for help obtaining access to your account