The Children's Act 2014 has child protection and safety check requirements. However, these have significant gaps that continue to leave organisations, staff, and children exposed to risks of exploitation by an unsafe person.
Safeguarding best practice for organisations supporting children and their families is applying Child Safe Safer Recruitment, which helps mitigate exploitation risks and is a fundamental element of being a child safe organisation.
This specialist, 2-hour eLearning, guides Learners through the A-z of Child Safe Safer Recruitment and, critically, why these requirements are needed. Learners explore recruitment processes that:
• Are child-focused.
• Help to deter unsafe people from targeting your organisation.
• Support identifying and screening out unsuitable people.
• Assist in engaging those who align with your organisation's culture, values and needs.