1.11   Safer Recruitment and Selection 

Aim

Our recruitment process selects, screens, trains, and supervises staff and volunteers so that the appointment of unsuitable people can be deterred and rejected from working with children. Furthermore, volunteers do not work unsupervised. 

The preschool has a legal duty to refer to the Disclosure and Barring Service anyone who has harmed, or poses a risk of harm, to a child, or if there is reason to believe the member of staff has committed one of a number of listed offences, and who has been removed from working (paid or unpaid) in regulated activity or would have been removed had they not left. If these circumstances arise in relation to a member of staff at our school, a referral will be made as soon as possible after the resignation or removal of the individual in accordance with advice from the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO). 

Our preschool also adheres to the guidance issued by The Department for Education in 2015 regarding persons who are disqualified under the Childcare Act 2006. 

Procedure 

o   All staff and volunteers are required to have a DBS check to work unsupervised with children.

o   Those who have not yet got a DBS will not be left unsupervised with children

o   Only those with a DBS check will be required to perform intimate care tasks, such as nappy changing

o   DBS checks are kept on a central database which is securely kept under the managers lock and key

o   Safer recruitment procedures are followed which includes screening processes such as interviews, references, probation period of one year, and regular supervisions 

o   If there is an allegation regarding a new member of staff, please follow the Managing allegations against staff & volunteers’ policy.

 Reviewed: 05/10/2021