Target Audience : Recruiting staff in Early Years settings, Schools, Voluntary Sector Organisations and the Charity sector.
Safer recruitment is a set of practices to help make sure your staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children and young people and vulnerable adults at risk of abuse
It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping everyone safe from harm.
Key to effective Safeguarding, is the recruitment and ongoing supervision and management of staff.
Key to effective Safeguarding, is the recruitment and ongoing supervision and management of staff
This half day course provides managers and others responsible for recruiting staff with the knowledge and skills that they need to effectively manage the recruitment and ongoing management of staff.
The training is fully compliant with current version of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023.
The course covers all the elements needed to undertake your due diligence when recruiting staff & volunteers:
- Principles of safe recruitment
- Understanding the mindset and actions of those who abuse
- The recruitment process and systems
- Putting the systems to work in practice
- Ongoing support for staff
- Dealing with concerns and allegations against staff
This course assumes a sound knowledge of safeguarding and the management of safeguarding children & young people.