Safer Recruitment in Education

*Do you recruit staff or volunteers into state schools, private schools, academies or colleges? Would you benefit from safer recruitment training to meet your safeguarding obligations? Schools and education settings share with others a duty to safeguard the children in their care. Implementing safer recruitment practices is one way of discharging this safeguarding obligation.

Who is the workshop for?
This workshop gives participants the information and understanding they need to recruit safely and comply with relevant statutory guidance. It is suitable for head teachers, safeguarding staff, school governors and all others in the education sector who are involved in staff selection.

How will this 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

Delivered by an experienced facilitator, workshop content includes:
◦ Safer recruitment and the wider context of safeguarding ◦ Prevalence of abuse and profile of abusers ◦ How abusers operate within organisations ◦ Features of a safer recruitment process ◦ Planning a safer recruitment process ◦ Making the right decisions: interview and selection ◦ Setting acceptable standards of behaviour ◦ Maintaining an ongoing culture of vigilance