Key Info
1 Day Course
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Where and When
Delivered at a venue of your choice throughout the UK or by tutor led remote online delivery, contact us for availability.
Accredited Course
The course content are accredited by the Open College Network (OCN) Credit4Learning as a Level 3 course.
Course Overview
Safer and well-planned recruitment and selection is an essential part of working with children and young people and is an important part of safeguarding. A key objective of safer recruitment is to prevent people who aim to abuse children and young people to access services, whilst finding the best and most suitable people for the role.
This training course explains the importance of safer recruitment and selection, considering each stage of the process and identifying best practice approaches and ways to ensure safeguards are in place. This training course describes how and why to include children and young people in the recruitment process and safeguards required to do this.
This training course identifies relevant legislation and regulations and confirms how care must be taken in planning interview questions and techniques to ensure a fair and non-discriminatory approach. This training course also considers the safeguards and best practice requirements post-employment including induction, probation and training needs.
This training course also confirms current 'Right to Work' employer checks and requirements following the UK's exit from the European Union. This is a Level 3 accredited course.
Course Learning Outcomes
Below are the main topics covered in this course, expand each one to see the criteria.
- 1.1Define why safer recruitment and selection is essential when recruiting within the children and young people’s sector
- 2.1Identify key legislation in relation to UK employment laws
- 2.2Confirm the checks (and processes) which must be carried out to confirm a person has the right to work in the UK
- 2.3Define how Data Protection and GDPR (2018) relates to recruitment and selection
- 2.4Confirm regulations which form part of the Children’s Homes Regulations (2015) which apply to safer recruitment and selection
- 2.5Confirm good practice approaches in relation to avoiding and identifying discriminatory practices including the nine protected characteristics as identified in the Equality Act (2010)
- 3.1Describe the purpose and contents of: Job Descriptions, Person Specifications, Application Forms and Application Packs
- 4.1Explain the importance of consistent safeguarding ‘messages’ and safeguarding statements throughout the entire recruitment, selection and probation process
- 4.2Define safeguards required to protect children and young people from potential perpetrators or abusers from gaining access to services through employment
- 5.1Describe why and how good planning is so important in safer recruitment and selection
- 5.2Explain safe ways to include children and young people as part of the safer recruitment process
- 6.1Identify the requirements of a good interview panel
- 6.2Define different potential interview questions to use and questions to avoid (including those bound by legislation)
- 6.3Explain legal requirements relating to ‘Right to Work’ legislation following the UK’s exit from the European Union
- 6.4Confirm checks which are required by the employer relating to ‘Right to Work’ legislation following the UK’s exit from the European Union
- 6.5Describe how to use the S.T.A.R approach to address competency-based questions
- 6.6Define how to use a scoring system as part of the recruitment process
- 6.7Explain how and why shortlisting must be mapped (link) to clear job description and person specification
- 6.8Confirm the process required in the collection of references
- 6.9Confirm the meaning and purpose of a ‘Conditional Offer of Appointment’
- 7.1Describe best practice approaches and safeguards required post-employment including: Continued vigilance, Maintaining safe cultures, Induction, Probation, Training
- 7.2Identify situations where conduct and performance issues may lead to dismissal and how this links back to the initial recruitment and selection planning, decisions made and evidencing
Accreditation
The course content are accredited by the Open College Network (OCN) Credit4Learning as a Level 3 course.
Certification
Each learner completing this course will receive an accredited Level 3 certificate of learning.
Additional Information
Training course duration
1 Day (please contact us if you require training which runs to a different timescale).Availability of this training course
This Safer Recruitment and Selection training course is available as in-house training at a venue of your own choice throughout the UK. Alternatively, also available remotely via a tutor led course over Zoom or MS Teams.Audience for this course
This Recruitment and Selection training course is designed for professionals who work in the children and young people services and has (or aims to have as part of career development) responsibility for safer recruitment and selection of staff.QCF Units
This Recruitment and Selection in Social Care training course is designed to meet the standards outlined in the new Children's Homes (England) Regulations which were introduced on 1st April 2015 and can contribute to outcomes of QCF units including the National Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce.Example Certificate
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