Safer Recruitment

Course description

This course will teach you the importance of safe recruitment for people who want to work with vulnerable children and adults. It will help you recognise the risks to vulnerable groups when the wrong people are hired or allowed to work as volunteers. You will become familiar with the procedures and protocols needed to ensure that mistakes are not made when hiring people for regulated activities who work directly with children or adults.

This course on safer recruiting explores the nature and purpose of implementing sound practices to make certain that institutions and organisations implement safer recruiting strategies, such as schools and social groups. Would you like to know how to guide and advise your colleagues on this process? This course will help you gain valuable skills to provide suitable approaches, increasing your value as an employee. We discuss the types of situations that could arise when you do not implement ‘safer recruiting’ techniques. Next, we will look at the importance of selecting qualified employees to work with vulnerable children and adults with impeccable ethical and moral standards.

The course will then explain the United Kingdom’s ‘Safe Recruitment Policy’, which outlines the organisation's commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and ensuring their security. We discuss the importance of developing safe recruitment procedures to ensure that you employ staff and volunteers fairly. Learn the importance of verification procedures, such as checking references, criminal records, self-reporting, conducting a risk assessment and handling confidential information. Discover how to make a criminal background check and the differences in procedures in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Do you know the importance of onboarding your employees to create a culture of security and professionalism? We will help you bring a broader range of expertise to your organisation, including the ability to obtain valuable training programmes to support new employees. We will look at the onboarding process, employee training and education and the content of the various levels of training.

The final section will examine the resources and regulations provided by the government to guide you through safer recruitment and ensure the protection of vulnerable groups. Do you know the different aspects of protecting individuals when volunteers are occasionally involved? We will help you understand the role of appointing occasional volunteers and learn how to create policies when enlisting them. This course is ideal for human resources and recruitment professionals who want to update their knowledge for a safer recruitment process. So why wait? Start learning today.