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Swindon LSCB Training - Safer Recruitment

Target Group: Levels 3

All professionals involved in appointing staff who work with children.

The LSCB have agreed that all member organisations and agencies commissioned by them to have at least one member of a recruitment panel that involves those working with children and young people must have attended this training or a similar course by April 2009.

Numbers: 24 Delegates Maximum

Aim

To help managers fulfil their responsibilities in the recruitment of staff.

Objectives

1. To explain offender behaviour.
2. To define how safer recruitment fits with the wider context of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
3. To identify the key features of staff recruitment that helps to deter or prevent the appointment of unsuitable people
4. To compare policies and practices that minimise opportunities for abuse or ensure its prompt reporting
5. To demonstrate and help participants begin to review their own and their organisations’ policies and practices with a view of making them safer.

Course Length: 1 day

Facilitated By: Stephanie McQuade, an HR professional & Geoff Wood.

Dates & Times of Courses

• Friday 25 April 2008, 0845 - 1700
• Friday 23 May 2008, 0845 - 1700
• Friday 27 June 2008, 0845 - 1700
• Friday 11 July 2008, 0845 - 1700
• Friday 12 September 2008, 0845 - 1700
• Friday 17 October 2008, 0845 - 1700
• Friday 21 November 2008, 0845 - 1700
• Friday 19 December 2008, 0845 - 1700
• Friday 9 January 2009, 0845 - 1700
• Friday 6 February 2009, 0845 - 1700
• Friday 6 March 2009, 0845 - 1700

Applying for a Place on a Course

To apply for a place on this or any other course, please follow the instructions on 'How to Apply'.

You may also wish to refer to the Training Calendar