Vulnerable Sector Checks for Volunteering

Getting your Vulnerable Sector Check

To be able to work with students while volunteering, you need to have a Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) - a type of Police Record Check - from the Toronto Police Service. Please note that Police Checks undertaken for other volunteer positions/work cannot be submitted, it has to be though the TDSB. 

This is obtained through the following link: https://www.tps.ca/services/police-record-checks/  by selecting Vulnerable Sector Check - Volunteer as the "Report Selection" when prompted. In the box labelled "VSC Organization Code", enter the TDSB code: 202309TPSOND7EFC. (See more detailed instructions in the PDF below.)

There is an initial fee at time of writing of $26.72; this fee only needs to be paid once.

When you have completed the process, you will receive an email from policesolutions.ca confirming that your application has been submitted. 

The VSC takes several weeks (see Processing Times on the main page). When your VSC has been completed, you will receive another email from policesolutions.ca with instructions how to download the file. You should do this promptly as it will be deleted after 90 days. 

The final step is to send an email to PoliceReferenceCheckOffice@tdsb.on.ca including the following:

1. The VSC document you downloaded

2. The document password instructions supplied by policesolutions.ca

3. Wording stating the purpose of the VSC and the school name: "The purpose of the VSC is volunteering at Second Street JMS."

The above process only needs to be completed once. In subsequent years, you will receive an email from the school annually, around the time of your original submission, requesting you to fill out a "Volunteer Annual Offence Declaration", to return to the school or by email to PoliceReferenceCheckOffice@tdsb.on.ca. An example of this form can be found below.

Renewing your Vulnerable Sector Check

The process of  only needs to be completed once. In subsequent years, you will receive an email from the school annually, around the time of your original submission, requesting you to fill out a "Volunteer Annual Offence Declaration", to return to the school or by email to PoliceReferenceCheckOffice@tdsb.on.ca. An example of this form can be found below.