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PDSCP - Safer Recruitment

** This training is for professionals only **

Outline

This whole day training is being delivered virtually via Zoom.

The aim of this course is to give participants an awareness and understanding of offender behaviour, identify the key features of staff recruitment that help deter or prevent the appointment of unsuitable people and consider their own policies and practices.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

A cancellation fee applies to this training - please see Booking Information below.

Description

This is for anyone who is involved in the recruitment of staff who will be working with children and/or young people and anyone who is involved in the creation or review of policies and/or procedures around the recruitment/reporting processes.

If you have attended this course within the last three years, please attend the half day Safer Recruitment Refresher instead.

Outcomes

This course will give participants an awareness and understanding of offender behaviour. By the end of the course participants will be able to:

  • Understand the grooming process used by predators in the context of safer recruitment and working practice.
  • Identify the key features of staff recruitment that help deter or prevent the appointment of unsuitable people
  • Consider policies and practices that minimise opportunities for abuse or ensure its prompt reporting
  • Review their own policies and practices with a view to making them safer
  • Help participants begin to review their own policies and practices in recruitment with a view to making them safer

PRE-COURSE INFORMATION:

The PDSCP is committed to culturally competent safeguarding practice. We include the importance of cultural competence within our course content and explore what this means for practitioners. Please click on the link below to view a copy of Dorset Children Services Statement of Principle and Vision:
https://www.dorsetnexus.org.uk/Page/14297

Booking Information

Before booking onto this training, please take note the following:

Cancellations received less than 28 days prior to the course date will incur the full course fee. This also applies to non-attendance. For further information, please read our cancellation policy which can be found under the Policies and Procedures section on our Services page: www.dorsetnexus.org.uk/Services/2878

Further information on the booking process can be found under the Policies and Procedures section on our Services page: www.dorsetnexus.org.uk/Services/2878

Audience

Anyone involved in the recruitment of schools or non-schools staff working with children or who is involved in policies or procedures around the recruitment/reporting processes.

15 May 2024 09:30 - 15:30

Closing date: 18/04/2024
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Pan-Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership
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Date and Time

15 May 2024 09:30 - 15:30

Venue

Online

Trainer

Jonathan McKinney
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