Safer Recruitment: The Right People, for the Right Reasons
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Build safeguarding into every stage, from advert to induction.
- Assign to
- Anyone recruiting staff or volunteers to work with children or adults at risk
- Duration
- 30 minutes
- Evidence
- 11-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Build safeguarding into adverts, forms and shortlisting.
- Use references and interviews to surface concerns.
- Complete the right checks before someone starts.
- Keep a culture of vigilance after appointment.
The course
- 01Deter
- 02Detect
- 03The checks
- 04After appointment
The decision they practise
In the main activity, “Check Craig’s file”, learners fix a realistic web page and see the effect of each choice. In “We’re two staff down”, a face-to-face conversation, learners practise what to say and do when the other person pushes back. The wrong options are things a well-meaning person might genuinely say, and the feedback explains why each one is tempting. Short animations show “How gaps let risk in”; and “Chase the reference, or let him start?”.
How you know they finished
The 11-question quiz mixes multiple choice and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
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Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Education Act 2002
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
- Children Act 2004
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 11-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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