2.9 Safer recruitment: the key stages
A best practice safer recruitment process has 12 stages.
You will look at each stage to understand what they contribute to the overall process, so you can adapt them to your context.
You may need to build relationships with those responsible for recruiting new staff in your organisation.
Activity: Match the recruitment element to its description
The following stages are in the order in which they are usually carried out.
Using the drop-down menus, match the correct activity.to each description.
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Organisations should aim to include all 12 steps during recruitment to any roles that will involve engagement with children. We understand that it may take time to build these systems. Where it is not currently practical to apply them all, include as many of the steps as possible, working with colleagues who are responsible for recruiting staff and volunteers.
You can find examples of possible questions to use during the recruitment process [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] on the Safeguarding Resources site.
2.8 Step 6: Monitoring progress
