Background
Checks
A background check will be required of all students both undergraduate
and graduate, who will be participating in field experiences as part
of their educational program. The background check will be required
prior to the field experience.
These field experiences include, but
are not necessarily limited to: internships, clinical experiences, or
other types of experiential learning either directly involving or in
agencies serving children, the elderly, patients, or other vulnerable
populations. In addition, students interested in enrolling in programs
that do not require these experiences during the undergraduate program,
but whose programs lead to licensing/certification examinations and/or
post-graduate internships that would require a background check prior
to the examination or post-graduate internship should also be aware
of the information below.
The background
check shall be completed:
- annually for students in programs including
these types of experiences each year of the program of study;
- in the semester immediately preceding
the experience for students in those programs including these experiences
as a final or capstone experience.
NOTE: To meet Brooks College’s contractual obligation to the
agencies in which students are placed, the background check
must be
done through a vendor sanctioned by the College and using the application
format
for the students’ particular program.
The mechanism
for obtaining the background check will be explained by faculty/program
leader/coordinator at the time the
check is required.
Information
revealed by a background check may:
1. preclude participation in required
field experiences. Inability to participate in required field experiences
will jeopardize
successful completion of the program.
2. jeopardize sitting for required post-graduate
national examinations for licensure and/or certification and/or post-graduate
internships.
Students with
questions regarding what may appear on their background check, should
contact the Chair of the Department/School
housing the program in which they want to enroll, prior to enrollment.
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