Safeguarding training often covers good practice once a concern has been identified, but do settings do all they can to stop an offender from entering to begin with?
A course from Hempsall’s training consultancy aims to ‘enable staff to identify the key features of staff recruitment that help deter or prevent the appointment of unsuitable people’. Attendee Debbie Brown, senior manager at Bush Babies head office in Leicester, says, ‘A DBS check is only as good as the last time it was done. As a result of the course, when we send out our application forms and job description we are now adding a copy of the safeguarding policy. It sends a message about our priorities and may put off some people who might otherwise think we are complacent about safeguarding. It’s putting more barriers in the way.’
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