This Safer Recruitment online training course is designed for those who are responsible for hiring people who work with children. Safer recruitment training online will teach you what is meant by safer recruitment and the practices involved, which legislation underpins safer recruitment, as well as cases where safer recruitment practices could have prevented abuse, how to assess the suitability of candidates, the 6 NHS employment check standards and their process.
Course Overview
Format
- Intermediate
- 2 Study Hours
- Online Study
Accreditation
- 5 CPD Points
- CPD Certified
Course description
Safer recruitment is designed to help those who are responsible for hiring anyone who works with children, to identify and deter or reject individuals who are deemed to be at risk of abusing children.
It’s crucial that all employers have a recruitment policy in place that takes into account safer recruitment best practices and considerations. This course covers key topics including: advertising, application forms, selecting candidates for interview based on the information they have presented, and post-interview checks before making an offer of employment.
This Safer Recruitment course has been updated to be compliant with new Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 legislation and how this applies in the workplace or when working with children and young people.
Recruitment of staff is now a complex process and there are many issues that need to be considered to ensure safe and successful recruitment, to reduce in turn the risk of harm, abuse and neglect of adults and children.
What’s covered in this Safer Recruitment course?
Our online Safer Recruitment training course is broken down into the following sections and can be completed at your own pace, the course includes:
| Module | What it includes |
| Introduction | An introduction to the course structure, learning outcomes and who the course is for. |
| What is the Safer Recruitment Framework? | This module will enable you to recognise legislation and other practices associated with safer recruitment, allowing you to make safer recruitment decisions. You will be able to identify legislation that underpins safer recruitment and understand the guidance that leads to safer recruitment procedures. |
| What is Safer Recruitment? | This section outlines what safer recruitment is and why it’s so important to get right. Following this section, you’ll understand safer recruitment and the practices involved and explain how it supports effective safeguarding practice. |
| Safer Recruitment: Best Practice | We provide essential knowledge on how to implement safer recruitment practices. You’ll be able to assess the suitability of a candidate and outline the treatment of ex-offenders when working with individuals at risk. We also go through communicating with candidates, applications and references. |
| NHS Safer Recruitment | This module take you through the NHS process verifying that a candidate meets the preconditions of the role they are applying for. We explain what pre-employment checks are and who they apply to, as well as identify cases where safer recruitment process could have prevented, or limited, the abuse of patients. |
This course includes case examples, and challenges to help professionals check their knowledge and apply it into everyday working life. This course is suitable for people working in roles in HR and those involved in recruitment of staff.
Having a greater understanding of safer recruitment best practices are crucial for anyone who work in an environment where children and young people or vulnerable adults are present. It is very important that extra care is taken to ensure people are safe to work in such environment when recruiting or managing new members of staff. Safer recruitment is design for the safeguarding children and young people – also ensure that the staff follow a clear code of conduct and mitigate inappropriate behaviours in new staff members.
Our Safer Recruitment Training online course is applicable to the following places of work:
- Academies
- Care homes
- Children’s homes
- Free schools
- Higher education establishments such as colleges and universities
- Hospitals
- Independent schools
- Law firms
- Nurseries
- Primary schools
- Pupil referral units
- Secondary schools
- SEN schools
- Sports clubs
Test and certificate
At the end of the course there will be a multiple-choice quiz testing your knowledge of the topic. Following the successful completion of the course you will receive a digital certificate, which you can download or print. We recommend that you keep these for your records.
Accreditation
The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
Duration
Approximately 2 hours. The length of time taken depends entirely on how quickly you can study and absorb the material. The course is self-paced, you do not have to complete all the training in one session. Your progress will be recorded throughout.
Target Audience
This course is suitable for anybody involved in the recruitment of people who will work with children, young people or vulnerable adults.
It is recommended that those who work with children on a regular basis complete either Level 2 Safeguarding Children or Level 3 Safeguarding Children training.
Entry Requirements
There are no specific entry requirements for this course.
You will learn
- Outline what is meant by safer recruitment and the practices involved
- Explain how safer recruitment supports effective safeguarding practice, define pre-employment checks (PEC) and who they apply to
- Identify legislation that underpins safer recruitment, and cases where a safe recruitment process could have prevented abuse
- Understand how to assess the suitability of candidates
- Outline the treatment of ex-offenders when working with individuals at risk
- Know the six NHS employment check standards and their processes
- Understand the guidance the leads to safer recruitment procedures
Who is it for?
Roles including:
- Teachers
- Teaching Assistants
- Nurses
- Council Workers
- Social Workers
- Nursery Staff
- Volunteers
- Head Teachers
- HR Staff
- Governing Bodies
- Governors
- Full Time Staff
- Agency Workers
- Part Time Staff