DBS-supported partnership launches construction sector guide supporting safer recruitment
Better Hiring Toolkit aims to set the benchmark for construction organisations, assessing their current policies and procedures to make better informed recruitment decisions.
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has collaborated with the Better Hiring Institute on the launch of its new 鈥楤etter Hiring Toolkit鈥� provided for the construction industry. The toolkit works as an essential guide for construction sector employers to make better informed, safer recruitment decisions.
The toolkit represents collaborative working between safeguarding and industry experts at the聽, the聽,听,听 and the to set out accessible guidance, supporting employers by providing tailored guidance in safer and more effective recruitment.
The聽construction industry represents one of the most high-risk industries for employment, so the toolkit will set the benchmarks for organisations to assess their current policies and procedures against, ensuring that recruiting staff make their pre-employment checks fair and robust.
Effective pre-employment vetting is a crucial component of safer recruitment practices. DBS helps employers make safer recruitment decisions each year by processing and issuing聽DBS聽checks.
Conducting a on an individual before hiring them can help to inform employers around job role suitability, strengthen recruitment decisions and protect an organisation鈥檚 reputation. Implementing Basic checks in the construction industry in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act ensures that individuals with minor, unrelated convictions are not unfairly excluded from employment. Basic checks focus on relevant offences whilst promoting fair opportunities for those who have been rehabilitated.聽
Helen Chandler, Acting Associate Director of Business Development聽for the Disclosure and Barring Service, said: 鈥淭he Disclosure and Barring Service helps employers make safer recruitment decisions, and our collaboration with Better Hiring Institute represents important steps forward in supporting the construction industry in safeguarding best practice. We鈥檙e pleased to be supporting the development of the free toolkit to ensure that recruitment across the sector is more effective and better informed.鈥�
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