Recruitment and selection policy statement

Our standards to make sure we have safe, fair and effective recruitment and selection procedures.

Barnardo’s purpose is to achieve meaningful, positive change for children, young people and families. Our ability to accomplish this and to become an employer of choice, is dependent on the competence and professionalism of those we recruit who are aligned to our values and our behaviours.

We are committed to achieving a diverse and representative workforce reflecting the communities we work in and their diverse backgrounds. We aim to achieve this through creating equal access to vacancies and ensuring recruitment processes are fair and consistently applied to applicants from all backgrounds. 

This policy sets out Barnardo’s key standards for recruitment and selection and reflects regulatory and legislative requirements, ensuring a safe, fair and effective recruitment and selection process.

You can download the policy, procedure and FAQs at the bottom of this page.

Is this for you?

It’s for colleagues who are responsible for recruiting and those involved in the recruitment and selection process.

Key points

  • This policy covers promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, advertising, pre-employment checking, selection, record keeping and data protection. 
  • The Recruitment and Selection procedure supports this policy and applies to the recruitment of new colleagues and existing colleagues applying for new roles on a permanent (open-ended) and fixed-term basis. 
  • Both documents comply with all relevant employment and related legislation for the UK.

Your responsibilities

  • Hiring managers are responsible for the efficient handling of recruitment activity, selecting suitable candidates for vacancies and for verifying that all pre-employment checks have been carried out and are satisfactory. They are responsible for upholding the commitments and key standards set out in this policy statement. 

  • Recruitment/People Team (the Recruiter) are responsible for handling the administration of recruitment processes efficiently within the legal and regulatory framework and for supporting hiring managers to ensure that Barnardo’s commitments and key standards for this activity are upheld. 

  • People Team are responsible for approving and authorising vacancies prior to submission to Recruitment Team including if relevant a Genuine Occupational Requirement and supporting hiring managers with selection processes, where appropriate.

  • The role of recruiter is undertaken by the Recruitment Team for roles within Retail and any role based in England and Wales and the People Team for Children Services roles in Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Published
31 January 2019
Latest update
11 February 2019
  1. 11 February 2019
    First published
  2. 31 January 2019
    First published