SAFER RECRUITMENT - SAFER EMPLOYMENT EVENT

Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA), the Mid and West
Wales Safeguarding Board and Carmarthenshire/Ceredigion Association of Voluntary
Organisations (CAVO) are pleased to bring you a joint event to help support your organisation to
deliver safe and effective safeguarding practice. The event will be supported and delivered by
senior staff from the DBS Service, WCVA, the Mid and West Wales Safeguarding Board, alongside
learning and development leaders from Carmarthenshire’s Local Authority Training Department.
This event is primarily aimed at third sector and independent sector organisations but statutory
organisations can be accommodated subject to demand.
The day will consist of three workshops focussed on:
* Good practice in relation to Safeguarding Policies and Procedures - An opportunity
to consider your own safeguarding policies, review current resources and consider
organisational process around your DBS responsibility.
* Safe Recruitment and the DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) - Overview of how
DBS and your organisation can effectively work together for Safer Recruitment, and
where you may have a legal duty to refer to the DBS.
* The National Safeguarding Standards Training Standards – To support mandatory
required staff and volunteer training requirements in line with the National Safeguarding
Training and Development Standards.
This is a free event. A light lunch and refreshments will be provided and free parking will be
made available.