include someone include a panel your agency had some Interview panels always trained in safer member who is trained arrangements in place include at least one recruitment when in safer recruitment but is not yet fully member who has appropriate meeting the standard undertaken accredited Safer Recruitment training 7.3 - References are References are not Please rate partly met if Where organisational taken up in line with taken up in accordance your agency had some guidelines state that the organisation’s with organisational arrangements in place references are taken up recruitment guidelines guidelines. but is not yet fully after interview, this is meeting the standard always the case and staff are not appointed unless a satisfactory reference has been received 7.4 - Regulated activity There is no clear Please rate partly met if The organisation under DBS has been understanding of your agency had some undertakes DBS checks agreed and checks regulated activity and arrangements in place on all staff and undertaken DBS checks are not but is not yet fully volunteers who work undertaken. meeting the standard with children in regulated activity 7.5 - All staff (where Staff are not aware of Please rate partly met if Procedures for the appropriate) are aware the procedures to be your agency had some management of of the procedures for followed if allegations arrangements in place allegations are known allegations against staff are made about them but is not yet fully by all appropriate staff. and have received or a colleague meeting the standard Allegations are referred relevant training to the most senior person who is not implicated in the concern. If an allegation has been
include someone trained in safer recruitment when appropriate include a panel member who is trained in safer recruitment your agency had some arrangements in place but is not yet fully meeting the standard Interview panels always include at least one member who has undertaken accredited Safer Recruitment training 7.3 - References are taken up in line with the organisation’s recruitment guidelines References are not taken up in accordance with organisational guidelines. Please rate partly met if your agency had some arrangements in place but is not yet fully meeting the standard Where organisational guidelines state that references are taken up after interview, this is always the case and staff are not appointed unless a satisfactory reference has been received 7.4 - Regulated activity under DBS has been agreed and checks undertaken There is no clear understanding of regulated activity and DBS checks are not undertaken. Please rate partly met if your agency had some arrangements in place but is not yet fully meeting the standard The organisation undertakes DBS checks on all staff and volunteers who work with children in regulated activity 7.5 - All staff (where appropriate) are aware of the procedures for allegations against staff and have received relevant training Staff are not aware of the procedures to be followed if allegations are made about them or a colleague Please rate partly met if your agency had some arrangements in place but is not yet fully meeting the standard Procedures for the management of allegations are known by all appropriate staff. Allegations are referred to the most senior person who is not implicated in the concern. If an allegation has been
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