Safer recruitment training for wider children’s workforce

Participants gain the skills they need to ensure that safeguarding is at the heart of their recruitment decisions.

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Location

Online

Cost

£190.00 +VAT / Person

Who is this training for?

This course gives participants in the wider children’s workforce the essential information and understanding they need to recruit safely and thereby help protect children from harm.

It is therefore suitable for anyone who recruits people to work with children and young people in settings other than education, such as leisure organisations, sporting organisations, scouts and brownies groups and early years settings.

How will it help?

Participants gain the skills they need to ensure that safeguarding is at the heart of their recruitment decisions.

By the end of our one-day course, participants will have:

identified key features of staff recruitment that help deter or prevent the appointment of unsuitable people
considered policies and practices that minimise opportunities for abuse or ensure its prompt reporting
begun to review their own organisation’s policies and practices with a view to making them safe

Course content and learning outcomes

By the end of the course, participants will have learnt about:

safer recruitment and the wider context of safeguarding
prevalence of abuse and profiles of those who abuse
how men who abuse operate within organisations
features of a safer recruitment process
planning a safer recruitment process
making the right decisions: interview and selection
embedding and maintaining an ongoing culture of vigilance

Learning outcomes

an understanding of the wider context of safer recruitment guidance and legislation
greater awareness of the prevalence and nature of professional abuse in the children’s workforce
increased knowledge of the arrangements that organisations should have in place to minimise the risk of employing unsuitable people
develop a robust interview and selection process
updated awareness and suggestions around how to embed and maintain a culture of vigilance that keeps children safe

Feedback

See what our participants say

Very comprehensive and thorough. Addressed all aspects of safeguarding recruitment practice. Very practical and tailored session.

Good for recruitment teams in HR to ensure proper processes are in place with regards to gaining references, providing job specs.

Break-out rooms worked well. Assessment throughout the course was good and allowed the opportunity for clarity and discussion where things were unclear.

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Our helpline 0808 1000 900

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