Adult Training and Certification – – – Adults who have decided to volunteer as an advisor must go to the DeMolay International website—www.beademolay.org and complete the Advisor Application. On the website–click on the Gold Button-Get Involved tab which will bring up a new screen-scroll down past the Application process to Step 3–Submit an Application-click on-Find your fit and apply–scroll down again past–I AM A… It has four different ways to join-Squire, DeMolay, Knighthood and Advisor-Click on the (gold wording)–“Become an Advisor” with the arrow. This will take you to the actual application that you will be asked to fill out.

New Advisors:

Please fill out the application entirely and then hit submit.  Be sure and approve the Validity section and answer all the required sections. The application process has Seven different steps or levels. You will:

Fill out the application and submit it

Pay the registration fee(explained below)

Application to the EO for Approval     

Complete Advisor training at DI

DI Background check completed

For CA -Complete Youth Protection Training

For CA-Complete Live Scan                                                                                                                                 

NOTE:

If you are a Senior DeMolay, former Advisor, or Honorary Legion of Honor recipient, you already have an account profile. Please contact the Nor Cal DeMolay office at (510) 489-6232 or office@norcaldemolay.com to let them know you are going to be filling out the application. We will contact DeMolay International alerting them that you will be filling out an application-this will reactivate your account so you can view your application and fill it out. Please allow 24 hours for your application to show on your escribe account.

After the 24 hour period then you can select “click here” to move on to your application. This will be under your escribe account under Adult Registration and then click on “My Application” that will show on the left side of the screen. Click on it and please fill the application out. If you don’t know how to login to eScribe, please contact the Northern California DeMolay office at (510) 489-6232 or office@norcaldemolay.com

Background Check – – – As a part of the Advisor application process described above, a background check will be conducted on each potential Advisor. This background check is administered by our international headquarters, DeMolay International and run through Validity. The fee for this background check is currently $55. After the initial year of service as an Advisor, the Advisor renewal registration fee will be $20. During the online training portion of the process, potential advisors will be introduced to the basic principles and procedures of DeMolay and receive instruction in the DeMolay Youth Protection Program.

Training—-All Advisors, Employees and Staff serving DeMolay in the jurisdiction are required to complete Child Abuse Mandated Reporter Training for Volunteers to comply with DeMolay International’s Youth Protection Policy as well as the California Law AB 506 requirement that all youth serving organizations like DeMolay take steps to protect children. The required training is met by completing a free, 2 hour online course provided by the office of Child Abuse Prevention in the California State Department of Social Services at the following link:  https://mandatedreporterca.com/training/volunteers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Once completed, the advisor needs to send a PDF of the certificate of completion to Northern California DeMolay at: office@norcaldemolay.com  This copy will be retained by the jurisdiction to show complianc3e with the youth protection policy and the state law.  Please note that if an advisor has previously completed (in the past year) the Child Abuse Mandated Reporter Training for Volunteers on behalf of another organization (i.e. Job’s Daughters, Rainbow for Girls, Boys Scouts, Girls Scouts, etc.) the certificate of completion may be provided to and used for DeMolay as well.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Added to the California State Law AB 506 is the mandated Live Scan for the Department of Justice and the Criminal Background check.  This must be done for each youth organization  you volunteer for. To receive the form you will be required to fill out-please email: office@norcaldemolay.com and we will send you the correct form – our copy of the form BCIA 8016.  You may take it to any facility that offers the Live Scan service. Fees could vary. At some of our events we are trying to have Sunset Fingerprinting available to do the Live Scan for a nominal fee. The Youth Protection Course and Live Scan must be complete and the certificate/notification submitted within 30 days after you become an Advisor                                                                                                                                        Any questions please email the Nor Cal Office at: office@norcaldemolay.com     

THANK YOU for being an Advisor for the Masonic Youth!