Safeguarding

Introduction to Safer Recruitment

Safeguarding vulnerable people and children against harm is an important part of fulfilling your duty of care towards them. Creating an environment where they’re safe, involves making sure that only suitable people are allowed to work with them. This course explains how you can do that.

Learning outcomes:

Describe the main principles of safer recruitment and how they contribute to safeguarding, in line with statutory guidance
Define the different levels of criminal record check available to prevent unsuitable applicants from being appointed to work with vulnerable people
Identify the requirements of a safer recruitment policy statement to clarify recruitment procedures designed to safeguard vulnerable adults and children

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What you will learn

Who is this course for

This online training course will show you the main principles of safeguarding and their relation to safer recruiting. It’ll also define the different levels of criminal record check available, and it’ll walk you through what a safer recruitment policy statement needs to contain.

In schools, you’re likely to work with children or vulnerable adults, so you have a duty of care to safeguard them against harm of any kind. This eLearning course has key advice to guide you.

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Peace of mind with testing

This course also has an assessment at the end which allows learners to test their understanding and helps businesses demonstrate a level of competence in the topic.

Accessibility

Everyone has the right to learn and learner need can vary depending on environment or disabilities. To support this diversity, we provide transcripts so people have text options for media, alongside subtitles for all videos.