Safeguarding & Child Protection Deep Dive Workshop: International Safer Recruitment

Dates: Live sessions take place on the following three days:
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• Tuesday 03 November 2026, 11:00–13:00 (CET)
• Thursday 05 November 2026, 11:00–14:00 (CET)
• Tuesday 10 November 2026, 11:00–14:00 (CET)

Location: Virtual

Strengthen your school’s child safeguarding by improving how you recruit and select adults who work with children.

Designed for busy school leaders and HR professionals, this modular workshop helps you build safer recruitment practices without stepping away from your role for a full day.

This learning engagement combines asynchronous online learning with three live, facilitated sessions delivered across three separate days. The structure allows you to engage deeply with the content, reflect between sessions, and apply your learning in a practical way within your own school context.

 

Why you should attend

• Make safer hiring decisions with more confidence and consistency
• Reduce risk by strengthening the first line of deterrence in safeguarding: who you invite into your community
• Learn how adults who abuse children might operate in schools and other organizations, so you can spot concerns earlier
• Build a stronger safeguarding culture in your school by embedding vigilance into everyday recruitment practice
• Connect with peers in your region on shared challenges, compare approaches, and learn what works in similar contexts

 

Who the learning opportunity is for

• HR and recruitment staff in international schools
• Safeguarding and child protection leads
• Heads of school, deputies, and school leadership teams
• Anyone involved in interviewing, checking, selecting, and onboarding adults who work with children

 

What you will learn

• Safer recruitment and how it connects to safeguarding and child protection
• What we know about the prevalence of abuse and how sexual offenders operate
• How adults who abuse operate within organizations, including schools
• Key features of a safer recruitment process, from planning to selection
• Interviewing and decision-making: how to make the right appointment
• How to embed and maintain an ongoing culture of vigilance

 

How the workshop works

This modular workshop combines short self-paced activities with three live online sessions. Each live learning session is 2–3 hours. The schedule is designed to give you time to absorb what you learn, ask questions, and apply ideas between sessions—without needing to step away from school for a full day.

• Learn in three, focused live sessions spread over a week, designed to fit alongside a busy school week
• Engage with peers facing similar regional challenges through facilitated breakout discussions
• Build understanding over time, with space to reflect and apply learning between sessions
• Take part in a manageable learning experience without losing a full day out of school
• Access updated information about recommended international practices

 

What’s included:

• Live learning
  Three interactive sessions where you learn with CIS experts and your peers through discussion, activities, and shared experience

• Regional peer breakouts
  Dedicated time to explore real challenges and practical approaches with colleagues in similar regional contexts

• Self-paced learning
  A small amount of online learning (approximately 2–3 hours in total) to support and extend the live sessions. This can be completed during the week; there is no expectation of weekend study

Together, these elements provide a flexible, in-depth, and practical learning experience that supports immediate application in your school.
 

Learning outcomes

Be confident in:

• Identifying the key elements of safer recruitment that help prevent unsuitable adults from working with your students
• Examining policies, practices, and reporting procedures that reduce the likelihood of harm and abuse
• Reviewing and improving your own recruitment approach in line with recommended international practice

 

What you can return to school & use straight away

• Clearer recruitment steps and questions you can use in your next hiring round
• More confidence in identifying risk, raising concerns, and documenting decisions
• Shared language and expectations you can align across HR, leadership, and safeguarding roles
• Practical ideas from peers that you can adapt to your local context
• A stronger safeguarding culture that supports trust, well-being, and learning for students and staff

Register in the CIS Community portal to join this workshop and learn alongside safeguarding and HR colleagues from across our global membership community.