This course is accredited by the Safer Recruitment Consortium and gives those recruiting in an education setting, the information and knowledge of how to recruit safely and comply with the statutory guidance.

Target Group Headteachers, deputy headteachers, governors, designated safeguarding leads and deputy designated safeguarding leads, HR personnel and anyone with responsibility for the recruitment and selection process.

Course Content

This course will focus on safer recruitment and the wider context of safeguarding, including:

• Prevalence of abuse and profile of abusers
• Features of and how to plan a safer recruitment process
• Making the right decisions

Setting acceptable standards of behaviour and maintaining an ongoing culture of vigilance.

Trainer Information

Kerry's passion for making a difference has been at the heart of her career. Working with some of the most vulnerable children, Kerry formed part of a multi-agency team for looked after children and teenage parents before becoming a service manager within an inner-city local authority. Kerry was the Education representative at the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) for the quality assurance of recommendations of serious case reviews and at the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) for high levels of domestic abuse.

A trained trainer with the NSPCC, Safer Recruitment Consortium and CEOP. Kerry is an experienced safeguarding trainer and continues to provide training, safeguarding supervision and consultancy services to schools and organisations across the North West.  

Kerry is also a school governor, safeguarding lead for a local sports organisation and a volunteer counsellor with Childline.

Additional Information

The virtual live training will be hosted by Kerry Dawson, Specialist Safeguarding Trainer and Consultant. Whilst it's not quite the same as face to face training, the courses are just as interactive, with plenty of opportunities for delegates to share good practice and ask any questions.