duties of any employee who is protection policy to conviction, where contracts are in personnel. under investigation and place. provisions to dismiss any employee after an investigation. Child-safe recruitment and Adults with a background of Documented criminal record checks Contact with children positions screening processes are unacceptable risks to children target for personnel in contact with children The organisation has robust essential to enable an organisations that will provide Documented verbal referee checks organisation to choose the recruitment screening opportunities to be in contact with Documented request for an applicant most appropriate person for processes for all personnel in children. to disclose whether they have been a position that involves contact with children. These charged with child exploitation contact with children. recruitment procedures offences, and their response A person who poses an unacceptable include: Interview plans incorporating Recruitment and selection risk of harm to children (as indicated criminal record checks behavioural-based interview can strengthen external by their background) is unknowingly questions that are specific to inhibitors by preventing before engagement appointed to a position within the positions that involve working access to children by those verbal referee checks organisation. with children with a known history of Working with children harming children. Review checks when personnel have a positions change in circumstances Additional screening Child safe recruitment and In limited circumstances it may prove measures (such as interview selection processes can impossible to obtain a reliable plans that incorporate discourage individuals who criminal record check. A statutory behavioural-based interview pose an unacceptable risk to declaration, or local legal equivalent, questions) must be used children from applying for outlining efforts made to obtain a positions. when candidates are applying foreign police check, and disclosing for positions that involve any charges and spent convictions working with children. related to child exploitation, may be accepted instead Checks must be conducted for each
duties of any employee who is under investigation and provisions to dismiss any employee after an investigation. protection policy to personnel. conviction, where contracts are in place. Contact with children positions The organisation has robust recruitment screening processes for all personnel in contact with children. These recruitment procedures include: criminal record checks before engagement verbal referee checks Working with children positions Additional screening measures (such as interview plans that incorporate behavioural-based interview questions) must be used when candidates are applying for positions that involve working with children. Documented criminal record checks for personnel in contact with children Documented verbal referee checks Documented request for an applicant to disclose whether they have been charged with child exploitation offences, and their response Interview plans incorporating behavioural-based interview questions that are specific to positions that involve working with children Review checks when personnel have a change in circumstances In limited circumstances it may prove impossible to obtain a reliable criminal record check. A statutory declaration, or local legal equivalent, outlining efforts made to obtain a foreign police check, and disclosing any charges and spent convictions related to child exploitation, may be accepted instead Checks must be conducted for each Child-safe recruitment and screening processes are essential to enable an organisation to choose the most appropriate person for a position that involves contact with children. Recruitment and selection can strengthen external inhibitors by preventing access to children by those with a known history of harming children. Child safe recruitment and selection processes can discourage individuals who pose an unacceptable risk to children from applying for positions. Adults with a background of unacceptable risks to children target organisations that will provide opportunities to be in contact with children. A person who poses an unacceptable risk of harm to children (as indicated by their background) is unknowingly appointed to a position within the organisation.
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