Recruiting safely for your organisation is an essential safeguarding measure to prevent harm and abuse from happening as a result of any potential misconduct from occurring.
There are many parts within this topic, and we will go through them in the next few sections. Before proceeding, think about the following questions:
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Activity 3.5 Recruitment through a safeguarding lens This activity demonstrates the use of a safeguarding lens (like using spectacles) for the recruitment of staff and associated personnel. This is important if you are a safeguarding lead as you may be able to influence your organisation to strengthen recruitment practices. For those of you who work in HR or who are recruiting managers, this exercise will be very relevant. It may be that to be able to fully complete this activity and identify areas for improvement you will need to discuss it with other people in your organisation. You will remember you were introduced to the international safeguarding standards in Unit 2 of this course. We will return now to the HR principle under FCDO’s Enhanced Due Diligence Standards, which will help you to gauge any risks on current organisational practices. Study the table below, then download this Selection and Recruitment Checklist and complete the second and third column. © (Adapted from FCDO’s Enhanced Due Diligence Standards. Reproduced under the terms of the OGL) |
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