During my Consultancies I notice that everyone who works with children, values the Safer Recruitment process and wants to ensure the children in their school are safe. So what goes wrong when we find schools who have lost their way? We often see key themes. Schools struggle with the time involved in ensuring a safe process, for some schools there has been change of staff, knowledge and experience or there has been a pressure and urgency for good teachers in the classroom resulting in tweaks, adjustments and short cuts which can compromise the Safer Recruitment process. It isn’t until something goes wrong everyone realises just how important it should have been to stick to the rules and have firm boundaries.

Business Essentials aims to provide you with the knowledge, training and understanding to support the team to stay firm to their boundaries when recruiting staff.

Remembering the quote “it could happen here”

So why the Paraglider on all of my adverts?
Everyone thinks Paragliding is easy once you are off the ground, you’re flying. If you are lucky, that can be the case but the truth is that Paragliders find themselves having to make quick split decisions that can be life or death due to weather, tangled lines or other gliders in the sky.

So just like Safer Recruitment, its having the right training, knowledge and understanding to fly your glider. Its about being vigilant, staying focused, constantly keeping your eye out for danger. You have to expect the unexpected, just like in Safer Recruitment. Its about not being complacent, checking prior every time you fly to reduce the risks. Its about knowing what to do when you sense something is wrong and hold firm to the rules you have learnt.

We believe your own boundaries keep you safe, they are of the most important aspects of Safer Recruitment. Just like Paragliding you cant fly safely without them.