Counselor Training and Background Checks

Background Check Requirements

SSP requires that all counselors have successfully undergone a national criminal background check in the past two years. If you have been background checked since June 2010, you do not need to be checked again for the Summer 2012 Program.

If you have not been background screened since June, 2010, we will run a background screening on you. SSP has partnered with a national screening company called IntelliCorp which has developed an online portal system that is currently used by the Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist Church. This system is less expensive and alleviates concerns about sending personal information through the mail and eliminates most of the processing work for our office staff. This must be completed online by June 1st. Log onto https://SierraServiceProject.volunteerportal.net to complete your background screening. The password is counselor.

Counselor Training

Every adult counselor that attends SSP in the Summer Program must participate in Counselor Training. If a counselor participated in training in 2011, they do not have to attend, but are certainly welcome to. Procedures and policies change, so it is important that counselors attend at least every other year.

SSP offers in-person and online Counselor Training. Trainings will be scheduled during the late spring of 2012.

Download the 2011 Online Counselor Training Videos:

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3a | Part 3b

Download the 2011 Online Counselor Training Handout and follow along during the videos above. Please email us with questions or suggestions for improvement after you have taken the training.