Safer Recruitment in Education

This module covers safer recruitment in education, exploring relevant laws and guidelines and includes case studies on the risks of neglecting these practices and the value of robust recruitment strategies.

This module offers a concise guide to the education sector's recruitment process, focusing on essential elements of a job application pack and the role of references, including spotting warning signs.

This module teaches how to evaluate application packs and identify ideal candidates, manage references and self-disclosure forms and offers strategies for shortlisting to ensure only top candidates advance to the interview stage.

This module guides you through essential interview preparation, including panel selection, active listening techniques during interviews and strategies for dealing with them professionally. 

This module covers the necessary pre-hiring checks in education, focusing on the vetting process, DBS checks, managing a Single Central Record and verifying a candidate's professional status.

This module emphasises ongoing safer recruitment practices post-hire, covering induction training development, monitoring of new staff and volunteers and managing any concerns as well as confidential reporting for new employees.