Background Check Clearances:
Pennsylvania law requires employees responsible for the welfare of a child, or having direct contact with children, to obtain background check clearances before beginning employment. Employees working in the following departments or positions are required to have background checks completed and clearances submitted to the Student Employment Office BEFORE the first day of work. Employees not submitting background check confirmations will not be permitted to work. Directions for completing background checks can be found below. Keep in mind that it could take several weeks for the FBI clearance to arrive to you in the mail, so please plan accordingly.
- Camp employees (athletics, music, art, psychology, dance, math, etc.)
- Lifeguards
- Resident assistants
- Department of Safety escort drivers
- Oakes Museum employees
- Campus and Building Services dorm employees (summer employees only)
- Campus and Building Services first shift employees (summer employees only)
- Conference Services employees (summer employees only)
- Childcare Workers
- Peer Mentors
- AROMA Sport Ministry Student Leader
Directions:
If you work in one of the above positions, you are required to submit the following 3 background check clearances prior to your first day of employment:
- PA State Police Check
- FBI Fingerprint Check
- PA Child Abuse Check
Directions for obtaining the required background checks can be found here: /download/downloads/id/4802/Clearance_Memo_Instructions.pdf.
Notes:
- Your clearances will remain in effect for five years (60 months). You will not need to complete the background checks each year that you are employed.
- If you are a new employee and want to transfer in your clearances, they must be less than five years (60 months) old.
- If your do not have background clearances or if your clearances are older than 60 months, you will need to start this process immediately as the clearances can take a number of weeks to be completed and returned.
- Your clearances are not complete until we have all three.
Submit your clearances by securely uploading them to your onboarding checklist via .
Samples:
PA State Police Clearance sample
FBI Fingerprint Clearance sample
PA Child Abuse Clearance sample
Questions may be directed to: StudentEmployment@messiah.edu.