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Work matters: Welfare requirements: Part 6 - Suitable for the job

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Make sure you are following the correct recruitment and vetting procedures for new staff with another checklist in our essential series by Laura Henry.

Safe recruitment' is one of the five overarching legal requirements grouped under 'Suitable people' Framework for the EYFS (see box).

Safe recruitment

Links to:

- Every Child Matters Outcome: Helping to keep children safe

- Former National Standards: 1-Suitable Person, 2-Organisation, 6-Safety and 14-Documentation

Overarching general requirement

Providers must ensure that adults looking after children, or having unsupervised access to them, are suitable to do so.

Specific legal requirements

Policies and procedures that need to be in place:

- Recruitment policy and procedure

Operational issues

- Make sure that every member of staff has had an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Disclosure, which includes a Protection of Children Act list /List 99 (POCA) check. All adults who have unsupervised contact with children MUST have completed an enhanced CRB check.

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