International schools are unique environments where recruitment involves more than the standard background checks. This comprehensive course, designed for all staff involved in hiring educators and support personnel, navigates through the multifaceted aspects of safer recruitment practices tailored for the international school sector.

Introduction: A primer on the importance of safer recruitment and its impact on the international educational landscape.

Safer Recruitment Policy & Job Advertisements: Developing and implementing robust recruitment policies, and crafting job ads that attract the right candidates while ensuring safety and compliance.

Long Listing and Job Interviews: Techniques for efficient long-listing and conducting interviews that rigorously vet candidates beyond their on-paper qualifications.

Pre-employment Checks: An in-depth look at the necessary background and reference checks required to safeguard the school community.

Single Central Record: Managing and maintaining a single central record as a critical tool for tracking and auditing recruitment practices and staff records.

Induction: Strategies for effectively integrating new hires into the school's culture and systems with a focus on safety and wellbeing.

Introducing Priya and this program

From policy to onboarding

Why safer recruitment checks?

Which staff should safer recruitment be applied to?

Introduction

Safe recruitment policy

Advertising a job

Safer Recruitment Policy & Job advertisements

Long listing

Interviews

Long listing and job interviews

Pre Employment Checks

Mandatory checks

Right to work/identity checks

Overseas checks

Qualifications

Checks that prohibit a potential employee working with children

References

Adverse media checks

Pre employment checks

Single Central Record (SCR)

Risk assessments

Single Central Record

Induction of new staff

Induction

Safer Recruitment

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Priya Mitchell

Safer Recruitment

Course Overview

Meet the course producers