This training is by invite only. If you have not received an invite, please contact the event organiser by emailing thelink@slough.gov.uk. If you have received an invite and are unsure of how to register, please download the following instructions: https://thelink.slough.gov.uk/file-download/download/public/860
IMPORTANT PLEASE READ: The total cost of the training includes a 2% & £3 booking fee. There are two options for payment; you can either pay by card using the Eventbrite payment process or pay via invoice.
If you choose to pay by invoice, please download the following instructions https://thelink.slough.gov.uk/file-download/download/public/1418
Participants gain the skills they need to ensure that safeguarding is at the heart of their recruitment decisions. By the end of our one day course, participants will have:
- Identified key features of staff recruitment that help deter or prevent the appointment of unsuitable people
- Considered policies and practices that minimise opportunities for abuse or ensure its prompt reporting
- Begun to review their own organisation's policies and practices with a view to making them safe
Safer recruitment course content includes:
- Safer recruitment and the wider context of safeguarding
- Prevalence of abuse and profile of abusers
- How abusers operate within organisations
- Features of a safer recruitment process
- Planning a safer recruitment process
- Making the right decisions: interview and selection
- Setting acceptable standards of behaviour
- Maintaining an ongoing culture of vigilance
