Unit 3: Prevention

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3.6 Safe selection and recruitment in your organisation

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:

  • What safeguarding procedures are in place in your organisation when recruiting staff, volunteers and consultants?
  • Do the same rules apply for paid and unpaid roles?
  • What risks exist if safeguarding measures are not put in place for safe recruitment?

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.

This is a table detailing the risk assessment of recruitment and selection in your organisation. There is an accessible PDF version of this table available in the downloads area.

© (Adapted from FCDO’s Enhanced Due Diligence Standards. Reproduced under the terms of the OGL)

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Want to find out more?

If you are interested in learning more about safe recruitment, follow the links below:

  • There are now international voluntary disclosure schemes in the international sector for agencies to share information if they have concerns about any worker. This is to try and prevent perpetrators from being employed in different agencies.
  • Webinar on Safe Recruitment (December 2020).
  • Recruitment Guidelines.
  • If your organisation receives funding from Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), this resource may be useful on the need to obtain criminal records checks.
  • If you work with child beneficiaries, this resource from the NSPCC may be helpful.
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