This section of the website provides you with relevant and useful information around safer recruitment.

To help to understand more about recruiting safely into the children's and young people's workforce you may find the publications below helpful, there is also further guidance and a toolkit available on the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) website.

Click here for more information www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/safeguarding/safer-recruitment/resources

Safer recruitment training is available via the CWDC website or through the WSCB training programme. Click on our training page for more details and dates of courses

• The vetting and barring scheme guidance march 2010 (PDF 1.41MB)
• Guidance on managing staff employment in schools (636KB)
• Safer recruitment guidance november 2009 (PDF 548KB)
• Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (PDF 36KB)
• ISA Stakeholder Newsletter July 2008 (99KB)
• Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) Scheme Update issue 1 (Word 248KB)
• Guidance for Safer Working Practice for Adults who Work with Children and Young People (Word 408KB)
• Guidance for Safe Working Practice for the Protection of Children and Staff in Education Settings 2006 (Word 356KB)
• LSCB generic safe practice (PowerPoint 524KB)
• Home Office Circular 6 2006 (38KB)
• CRB newsletter March 2008 (Word 106KB)
• CRB newsletter September 2007 (Word 94KB)

This page was last updated on 01 February 2012