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Safer Recruitment

A key element of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014 has been the introduction of required safer recruitment procedures for people who work with children and young people.

Children’s workers are those people who work with, or provide a service to, children and young people:

A core worker is someone who works with children and young people and may be the only worker present or who has primary responsibility for or authority over a child or children present and is subject to specified convictions
A non-core worker is a children’s worker who is not a core worker

There are now restrictions on core workers being employed or engaged with previous serious offences who may pose a risk to children and young people. These are referred to as Workforce Restrictions.

Police Vetting

Click here for more information on the Police Vetting process and relevant forms.

With Thanks to our Partners

"The Verandah has chosen Child Matters as a charity to work with as the message they deliver and the training they provide is, unfortunately, essential in today’s society. Child Matters are a proactive, empowering organisation that see value in developing partnerships with organisations, and supporting those who help them.

Not only do we get to help a wonderful organisation that in turn helps others, we have seen a flow on effect for our own business that will make this partnership sustainable long into the future.

We look forward to a long and rewarding partnership with Child Matters as they deliver child protection training, community education and influence a societal change for the protection and wellbeing of our children."

"Kiwi Commercial Cleaning supports Child Matters by way of a percentage of monthly turnover. The primary reason we do it this way is to keep our hearts and minds constantly reminded that our work has meaning beyond just us – for every office we clean and toilet we scrub, all of us at Kiwi Commercial Cleaning know that vulnerable children are being protected from terrible harm.

We feel connected to a bigger family and that makes us feel good! Sounds selfish, but it works!"

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Safer Recruitment

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With Thanks to our Partners