Rutgers Safety Training - required of coaches/assts.
Registration begins Feb 9th for Baseball Player and Coach clincs and Softball Skills and Pitching Clinics
RECREATION BACKGROUND CHECKS
Help us to provide a safe environment for your child!
Effective immediately, Background Checks, with fingerprinting, are required for all
volunteers/coaches/assistants, etc. who are working with our children.
Anyone wishing to coach, assist, help with a team, etc. will be required to go
through this process.
Those not having this background check, through CHATHAM RECREATION,
will not be permitted to work with any team, group, activity, etc.
Volunteers/coaches/assistants, etc. who want to help THIS SPRING/SUMMER
will need to go to ChathamRecreation.org to our registration page to CommunityPass -
our online registration process.
You then register for a date and time slot to have your Background Check done.
You may not just appear - appointments are necessary.
You will need to bring with you a PHOTO ID.
PLEASE COME AT LEAST 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO YOUR TIME to fill out the necessary cards.
Registration for some added dates will be posted soon.
Please help us with this and get registered.
We can not form any spring teams or practice/play until we have sufficient
coaches/staffing and these background checks have been completed.
Process regarding the Background Check:
Spring volunteers register for a day and time thru our CommunityPass online registration.
There is no fee to you but you MUST register for a time.
When you arrive at the HS Cafeteria you will be checked in and given 2 cards to complete: a state and federal.
You will then be taken to one of the 6 police officers we will have taking fingerprints.
When that is completed you will hand your cards back to us and you can leave.
We then place on the card a Volunteer Registration Number that will be unique to you.
The cards for all who have come that day will then be sent to the state for review.
You can review Public Law 1999 below that discusses the conditions a person
could be disqualified or not recommended to us.
After the state review, they will send a letter to us noting whether a person has
been recommended or not recommended.
On any possible not recommended letter, it will NOT note to us why a person was not recommended.
Anyone not recommended will be notified.
If that person would like to appeal the states decision they may do so.
They can request, from the state, the reason in writing.
When they receive the response from the state, they can petition a
Chatham Review Committee we will have in place.
It will be comprised of our 2 town administrators and 2 police chiefs.
That committee will review, with the person, the non-recommendation for a final decision.
The following would be considered by the Chatham Review Committee:
The nature and responsibility of the position which the convicted person would hold or has held.
The nature and seriousness of the offense.
The circumstances under which the offense has occured
The date of the offense.
The age of the person when the offense was committed.
Whether the offense was an isolated or repeated incident.
Any social conditions which may have contributed to the offense.
Any evidence of rehab, including good conduct in prison or the community, counseling or psychiatric treatment received, acquisition of additional academic or vocational schooling, successful participation in correctional work release programs or the recommendation of those who have had the person under their supervision.
In all instances the final determination of whether an individual will be permitted to serve will lie in the sole discretion of the Chatham Review Committee whose vote must be unanimous.
The person would then be advised if he is qualified to serve.
Public Law 1999, CHAPTER 432
AN ACT concerning criminal history record background checks of employees and volunteers of nonprofit
youth serving organizations and supplementing Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes.
C.15A:3A-3 Conditions under which a person is disqualified from service
3. A person may be disqualified from serving as an employee or volunteer of a nonprofit youth serving
organization if that person’s criminal history record background check reveals a record of conviction of any
of the following crimes and offenses:
a. In New Jersey, any crime or disorderly persons offense:
(1) involving danger to the person, meaning those crimes and disorderly persons offenses set forth in
N.J.S.2C:11-1 et seq., N.J.S.2C:12-1 et seq., N.J.S.2C:13-1 et seq., N.J.S.2C:14-1 et seq. or N.J.S.2C:15-1
et seq.;
(2) against the family, children or incompetents, meaning those crimes and disorderly persons offenses set
forth in N.J.S.2C:24-1 et seq.;
(3) involving theft as set forth in chapter 20 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes;
(4) involving any controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog as set forth in chapter 35
of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes except paragraph (4) of subsection a. of N.J.S.2C:35-10.
b. In any other state or jurisdiction, conduct which, if committed in New Jersey, would constitute any of the
crimes or disorderly persons offenses described in subsection a. of this section.
CONCUSSION AWARENESS TREATMENT PROGRAM -
FOR CHATHAM RECREATION PLAYERS AGED 10 AND OVER.
Through a generous grant by the Chatham Athletic Foundation, the Atlantic Neuroscience Institute’s Concussion Center is pleased to announce the start of a concussion awareness and treatment program.
This program is available to all athletes at least 10 years of age and in the Chatham Recreation program.
Concussions, more appropriately known as mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (mTBI), are a frequent injury in athletes of all ages. This injury is not limited to contact sports such as football and lacrosse but occurs in all sports and is frequent among all age groups. The goal of this project is to provide optimal management of Chatham Recreation athletes with mTBI.
Key objectives of this program are to help educate parents and coaches on the seriousness of these injuries, how to identify them, and guide decision making about when it is safe for these student athletes to return to competition following a concussion.
The program consists of a series of timed activities that measure multiple aspects of cognitive functioning including a variety of visual and auditory tasks as well as reaction time. The testing can be done at home
on-line through a secured Website. The testing, which continues to be used extensively by the NFL, the NHL, and NCAA organizations, is also adopted by more than 900 high schools.
The Chatham Athletic Foundation, Chatham Recreation and the Atlantic Neuroscience Institute recognize that safety always comes first, and with baseline testing we can take a big step towards ensuring that objective for all Chatham players.
