CLEARANCES
All coaches and volunteers must have background checks and clearances completed before coaching or working with the players. For those who have not obtained youth clearances, please visit the websites below and complete the information. Once you have received your clearances, please email them to [email protected]. There are no fees associated with background checks and clearances for volunteers. However, if you have not lived in PA for the last ten years, you will need to undergo the FBI Fingerprinting, which has a fee.
1)PA State Police Criminal Background Check
https://www.dhs.pa.gov/KeepKidsSafe/Clearances/Pages/Criminal-Background-Check.aspx
2) PA Dept of Welfare Disclosure
https://www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis/public/home
3) Volunteer Exemption Form for those that have lived in PA for the past ten years.
PA Volunteer Exemption Form
4) ONLY if you have NOT lived in PA for the last 10 years
FBI Fingerprint Report
https://www.pa.cogentid.com/index.htm
You must use the PA Dept. of Education portal to register w/ Cogent & pay online ($27) --Take proof of registration & photo id to a fingerprinting location. One is located at Rapid Test Center 900 Eisenhower Blvd Ste C Harrisburg, PA 17111 717-370-2549 Monday - Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Dauphin Soccer greatly values the support of our dedicated volunteers, whose contributions are essential to the success of our programs.
Below, you'll find descriptions of various volunteer roles available. If you're interested in getting involved, please use the links provided to sign up:
Head Coach & Assistant Coaches
• Obtaining the assistance of parents for practices and games and making arrangements for practices and games to go on in his/her absence.
• Availing themselves of training where offered to improve coaching skills.
• Assisting the team parent in distributing announcements concerning various club sponsored activities.
• Accounting for and turning in all soccer equipment at the end of the season.
Uniform Committee Chair:
• Distributes uniforms to all youth soccer players registered with the DMPSA
• Retrieves and accounts for all uniforms at the end of the soccer season.
• Reports to the Soccer Committee the names of any players and parents who have not returned the uniforms or who have returned damaged uniforms so that appropriate actions can be initiated to seek reimbursement for the same.
Concession Stand Committee Chair:
• Operates the snack bar when DMPSA sponsored teams have games scheduled at the fields at Hagy Park.
• Orders supplies according to the proposed budget.
• Coordinates assignments of teams to provide workers for specific dates.
• Oversees operation and cleanup.
• Accounts for monies spent and monies received during monthly board meetings.
Team Parent (Manager) Committee Chair:
• Disseminates all information to the team parents concerning DMPSA activities.
• Holds meetings of the team parents.
• Coordinates the activities of the team parents.
Fundraising Committee Chair:
• Researches various means of raising funds for the operation of DMPSA programs
• Presents fundraising proposals to the Soccer Committee for approval.
• Organizes fund raising activities including preparing and distributing correspondence and instructional materials, sales forms and other materials.
• Contacts prospective sponsors for the annual soccer camp and for teams during the soccer season.
• Accounts for monies spent and monies received during monthly board meetings.
Field Maintenance & Equipment Committee Chair:
• Coordinates maintenance and preparation for matches of all DMPSA fields.
• Maintains all playing surfaces and surrounding areas and for the preparation for matches including grass, lines, flags, and condition of goals and nets. Safety of the player is the major concern.
• Oversees the lining of fields and placement of goals prior to the soccer season and removal of goals at season’s end.
• Distributes practice balls, first aid kits, soccer training aids, goalie equipment and other soccer equipment to coaches and ensures such equipment is returned at season’s end.
• Recommends to the Soccer Committee for approval the acquisition of any equipment items (new goals, mowers, balls, discs, cones, equipment bags, corner flags, etc.) required to properly operate the DMPSA teams.
• Properly stores equipment during the off-season.
• Works with the Executive Board and recommends cancellations due to inclement weather or poor field conditions.