Safer recruitment in education overview
Episode 8, Jun 10, 2019, 08:18 AM
Safer recruitment processes may not always be the top priority in educational institutions but they should be.
Establishing safer recruitment processes that apply a safeguarding thread throughout your organisation will help you attract and retain the right people. It will also help create a safer culture for children and young people attending your school, college or academy.
This episode features two of our Senior Consultants at the NSPCC, Donya Pourzand and Craig Keady, who discuss the importance of safer recruitment in educational institutions.
They explore:
They explore:
- how schools, colleges and academies can recruit safely
- what can go wrong when a safer recruitment process isn’t followed
- examples of high-level profile cases that have put education in the spotlight for the wrong reasons
- the common errors made by educational institutions during recruitment processes
- why training is key to bringing safer recruitment statutory guidance to life
- the importance of including the child’s voice in recruitment.