Understanding the Single Central Record
- Created By The Safeguarding Alliance
- Last Updated September 20th, 2023
Course Summary
Are you responsible for the Single Central Record within your Organisation?
This course will support you to fully understand your role in creating and maintaining a best practice and compliant Single Central Record designed to keep Children Safe in Education.
The Course will explore:
- The roles and responsibilities;
- Embedding Safer Recruitment practice
- An example best practice Single Central Record;
- The minimum requirement for the Single Central Record; – What pre-employment checks should be included;
- Updating and maintaining staff files;
- Storing information and data retention;
- Ongoing quality assurance and compliance;
- How to audit the Single Central Record;
- What best practice looks like;
- Next steps
There is an expectation for Governing bodies and proprietors to appoint a designated safeguarding lead. The designated safeguarding lead should take lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection (including online safety). The designated safeguarding lead and any deputies should undergo training to provide them with the knowledge and skills required to carry out the role. The training should be updated every two years.
Keeping children Safe in Education Draft 2020