Swindon LSCB Sub-groups

Allegations Against Staff and Safer Recruitment Sub-group

Membership:

Chair:  Adina Grace, Designated Nurse for Child Protection, Assistant Director Commissioning for Children Young People & Family Services, Swindon PCT

Membership:

The Swindon Allegations and Safer Recruitment Sub-group should have membership taken from but not necessarily including all of those listed below:

• Senior Manager Swindon Primary Care Trust
• HR Swindon Primary Care Trust
• Swindon Police
• HR Swindon & Marlborough NHS Trust
• SEN, Inclusion & Schools Safeguarding Advisor SBC
• SBC HR Schools
• SBC HR Children
• Governor Support Manager
• Swindon Sure Start Partnership (Early Years)
• Local Authority Designated Officer
• Swindon LSCB Training Manager
• SBC Leisure
• Capita HR
• Voluntary agencies

Administration: Lesley Boorman

Terms of Reference

Functions

• To ensure that the policies relating to Allegations Against Staff and Safer Recruitment are embedded in all statutory and  voluntary services for children and young people in Swindon
• To be pro-active in encouraging all service managers  to undertake Safer Recruitment training
• To implement and monitor that all staff that work with children and young people have at least one member of the interviewing panel trained in safer recruitment by April 2009
• To monitor that all organisations working with children in Swindon update their recruitment procedures to take into account the learning outcomes from the safer recruitment training

Meetings of Swindon Allegations Against Staff and Safer Recruitment Sub-group

The Swindon Allegations Against Staff and Safer Recruitment Sub-group will normally meet bi-monthly.

(For a list of meeting dates, see Swindon LSCB Documents)

October 2008