Volunteer Instructions

Please use your legal name in your SSC account and when doing the trainings

First sign up as a volunteer in your SSC account – Families can have one account

·       Log into your account

·       Click on volunteer tab on the left

·       Choose position you are volunteering for

·       Choose yourself or sign up new user

·       Complete the registration questions and submit

Action Required by all Volunteers

1.       Risk Assessment (aka Background Check) – First log into your SSC account, click on volunteer tab. Then click on the box on the left of risk assessment and click on renew & update. You will need to verify your information and put in your SSN. Click submit. If you are a returning volunteer, check your expiration date and renew if needed.

2.       Upload a photo of yourself in your SSC account

3.       SafeSport Training – click on your volunteer tab and click on box to left of SafeSport. Then click on renew and update. It’s best to use the same email for both SSC and SafeSport. This is a fixed 4 year training cycle: Core, Refresher 1, Refresher 2, Refresher 3, repeat.

a.       Core Training – takes approximately 90 minutes

b.       Refresher Courses – take approximately 20 minutes. You only need to take one refresher course per calendar year

c.       All SafeSport certificates must have a 2024 date to be valid

d.       If you have completed SafeSport training for another organization then all you need to do is upload your 2024 certificate in your volunteer tab

e.       If you have questions, contact SafeSport Support at https://safesport.org/contact

Optional Trainings:

1.       Concussion Training

2.       Coaching Certificate

3.       Coaching License

Once you complete the required actions, please email Gretchen Ferguson at [email protected] stating so.

SAFESPORT INSTRUCTIONS

All adult volunteers, including coaches, assistant coaches, managers and treasurers must maintain current in their SafeSport training.  There is the initial SafeSport training which takes about 90 minutes, and there is also an annual 25 minute refresher training which is due each year. 

To complete this requirement, you must have either an initial course or refresher course certification dated in the current year. 

DO NOT CREATE A NEW  ACCOUNT IN SSC IF YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE.  If you do not remember your password, contact [email protected] for assistance with access.   

DO NOT USE YOUR SMART PHONE TO COMPLETE THIS PROCESS.  Get on a computer and use either Google Chrome or Firefox.  We've seen the most success with those browsers. 

HOW TO COMPLETE YOUR INITIAL OR ANNUAL REFRESHER SAFESPORT TRAINING (see  screenshot below):

1.  Go to our SSC Blue Sombrero site.  

2.  Log in and click on "VOLUNTEER" - NOTE: Give this page at least 30 seconds to fully load.  It will look like nothing is happening, but that page is accessing external databases and will need a minute to pull it all together. Once it loads, you will see something like the screenshot below.

3.  Check the Safe Sport checkbox. Then click on "Renew & Update".

4.  Look for the link to the SafeSport training and complete your training from this link.  Doing so will automatically link and update your Blue Sombrero account to the SafeSport account. (REMEMBER TO USE YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME IN BOTH PLACES)

5.  Use your same email when creating and/or using your Safesport account.  This will allow your certificate to automatically load into your SSC account. 

Then you will see the screen below: 

1. To begin the training, click on click HERE (if you use the same email you use for SSC, then your certificate will automatically upload into your SSC account)

2. To upload a certificate only, click on the submit button