Safe Recruitment Policies

All organisations must ensure they have in place safe recruitment policies and practices, including enhanced Disclosure & barring service (DBS) checks for all staff, including agency staff, students and volunteers, working with children. To fulfil their commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people all organisations that provide services for children, parents or families, or work with children, should have in place: Clear priorities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children explicitly stated in key policy documents and commissioning strategies; a clear commitment by senior management to the importance of safeguarding and promoting childrenâ€TMs welfare through both the commissioning and the provision
Schools also contribute through the curriculum by developing childrenâ€TMs understanding, awareness and resilience. Ofsted inspects against the extent to which schools and colleges fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities. Creating a safe learning environment means having effective arrangements in place to address a range of issues. These include child protection arrangements, pupil health and safety, and bullying (including cyber bullying). Others include arrangements for meeting the health needs of children with medical conditions, providing first aid, school security, tackling drugs and substance misuse, having arrangements in place to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
Question: Question 3
Answer: Everyone shares responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, irrespective of individual roles. Nevertheless, in order that organisations and practitioners collaborate effectively, it is vital that all partners who work with children – including local authorities, the police, the health service, the courts, professionals, the voluntary sector