At least 1 member of a recruitment board has to have been trained in Safer Recruitment

  • Human Resources
  • 40 languages
  • 45m

Learning outcomes

  • Understand the laws and policies surrounding recruitment in the education sector and stop dangerous people gaining access to students
  • Understand what DBS checks are and how they work
  • Learn about the need for follow ups and probationary periods to check the right person has been appointed

Covered in this course

Course contents

This training course is broken down into 5 sections

  1. 1
    Laws, Policies and Procedures Surrounding Recruitment in Education
  2. 2
    Pre-Employment Checks
  3. 3
    Employees and Volunteers
  4. 4
    Induction and Probation Period
  5. 5
    The Safer Recruitment Process

About this course

Whether you’re recruiting staff or volunteers for a school, college, sixth form college, sports club, pupil referral unit, in residential education, an activities centre, or a centre for vulnerable adults, this Safer Recruitment course will give you the tools you need to make sure you hire the right people.

There are approximately 50,000 people barred from working with children and vulnerable adults in the UK, and this number is growing every year. So, it’s absolutely crucial that you have a rigorous recruitment process, with a system of robust checks and safeguards in place.

This Safer Recruitment course covers everything you need to know from writing a job description, through to shortlisting, doing checks and references, interviewing, and using induction and probationary periods to make sure you’ve made the right choice.

Help keep children and vulnerable adults safe from potential abuse and meet your safeguarding obligations by making sure you know exactly who you’re hiring with our Safer Recruitment in Education Training.

Looking for a more generic safeguarding course? Take a look at our Safeguarding Children Training. We also provide a wider range of online safeguarding courses.

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The importance of Safer Recruitment in Education Training

It's important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.

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