Gain the safeguarding skills you need in order to better protect children whilst recruiting teaching and non-teaching staff to roles within an educational setting.

Learning Outcomes:

• further knowledge/understanding of how 'Safer Recruitment' fits in with wider context of keeping children safe
• further awareness and understanding of offender behaviour
• ability to identify key features of the staff recruitment process that could help to prevent/deter the appointment of unsuitable people
• further understanding of the importance of policy/practice
• further understanding of the importance of making right decisions to minimise the opportunity for abuse and to ensure prompt reporting
• further understanding of the importance of promoting an ongoing culture of vigilance, including a need to review your own policies/practice       

Please note: The abuse of children is a sensitive subject. Please be aware that the workshop material could generate difficult feelings for some delegates.