How are your volunteers screened?

HDC Kids has an extensive volunteer screening process to ensure that your child’s experience is a positive and safe one.

Every children’s worker and volunteer goes through this screening process and must meet these requirements:

1. Attend High Desert Church for a minimum of 6 months.
2. Fill out an HDC Kids Children’s Ministry Application, which asks for background, beliefs, and reasons for wanting to serve.
3. We do a comprehensive criminal background check on every person interested in volunteering with HDC Kids.
4. In the application, we require 2 personal and 1 HDC attendee reference. We call every reference and ask about the applicant’s character and feelings about children.
5. After references are cleared, each worker has an interview with the Children’s Director to review policies and procedures and determine their place in Children’s Ministry.
6. A Coordinator or Director takes every new worker through our manual before they are able to work on their own.
7. The Never Alone with a Child Policy is strictly enforced. Adults will never be alone with children.
8. There are bathrooms designated to Children only. Adults are not permitted in the Children’s bathrooms.
9. Every worker and volunteer is required to wear a picture ID tag, verifying that they have been screened to work in HDC Kid’s Ministry.