Governor Training: Module 2 Safer Recruitment Training for Governors, Trustees, Senior Managers and Boards of Management

We offer face to face training in schools and other venues, as this seems to be more successful in encouraging interaction and discussion. However, we also offer the same training remotely, using Microsoft Teams or Zoom.

Governor training courses can be delivered within schools, clusters of schools or other organisations on Saturdays or during evenings, or on weekdays. Please contact the office to discuss your specific requirements.

Under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, enacted on 12th October 2009, the chair of any appointment panel now bears personal responsibility for the decisions of the panel. It is a requirement of Keeping Children Safe in Education that the Headteacher and Chair of Governors have undertaken this training, with a renewal every five years.

However, we are increasingly being asked to deliver this training in schools to the whole governing board or governors and senior leadership team, as well as at central venues. If you would like to discuss an option to receive the training at a central venue or in school, please use the contact page or telephone the office to discuss your requirements. (NB for five or more delegates it is more cost effective for you, for our trainer to come to your school or setting). This could also be organised for a group of schools if you are part of a formal or informal federation.

This one day course is an alternative to the online training provided by the Safer Recruitment Consortium.

Our trainers are accredited by the Safer Recruitment Consortium and all our delegates have found it a much more fulfilling experience to undertake this training in a group situation, with an opportunity to discuss thoughts, ideas and experiences, rather than in the isolation of an on-line course. However, this course covers all the same areas as the online training and provides an appropriate accredited certificate, meeting the statutory requirement for inspection.

The course is based upon the new Part 3 of Keeping Children Safe in Education.
Much of the training is delivered through case studies, providing an opportunity to discuss issues, to consider responses and to share experiences. Many governors value the opportunity to consider hypothetical situations or to share real concerns they are experiencing now or have experienced in the past.

The content covers:

The Modus Operandi of Abusers
The Safer Recruitment Process
Statutory Checks and References
Interview Skills & Questions, and
The Creation of A Safer School Culture.
In addition it provides an opportunity to seek expert advice, in order to clarify the complex and ever changing world of criminal record checks and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

As schools often have several people who are responsible for recruitment, the course is available for delivery in your school for a number of staff, or centrally for individuals at a venue in London & the South East, The Midlands or The South West. Please contact us to request details for in school delivery or a date for centralised training.