Safer recruitment: risk assessments and Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks

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Safer recruitment: risk assessments and Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks

A training course for anyone undertaking risk assessments when dealing with positive CRB checks

This course will help organisations improve their recruitment procedures, understand CRB checks and learn how to assess information about potential employees or volunteers. This training will have a particular focus on safeguarding children's welfare in the context of safer recruitment.

Course aim

To enable participants to become familiar with their role and responsibilities in the context of safer recruitment and develop competence and confidence in carrying out this safeguarding role.

Course objectives

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

identify how information arises on a CRB disclosure
analyse the information on a CRB disclosure
risk assess CRB disclosures containing concerning content
explain the role of the CRB in relation to the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).

Who should attend?

The training has been developed to meet the needs of community and voluntary sector agencies providing services to children and young people.

Venue, dates and costs

This is a one day course. The cost is £160 per person (including lunch and refreshments).

1 December 2010: London
NSPCC Alexandra Ciardi House, 7-8 Greenland Place, London NW1 0AP
Map to NSPCC Alexandra Ciardi House in London (PDF, 60KB)