The Disclosure and Barring Service has collaborated with The Better Hiring Institute
(BHI), along with other safeguarding industry experts, to
launch a free to use industry best practice ‘Better Hiring
Toolkit' for the hospitality sector.
The resource provides best practice advice and guidance on how to
hire quickly, fairly, and safely, and to tackle modern slavery in
the sector.
BHI has collaboratively created the toolkit, alongisde DBS and
experts at the Gangmasters & Labour
Abuse Authority (GLAA), the Institute of Hospitality,
Disclosure
Scotland, and Reed
Screening.
The new toolkit – which can be accessed here -
provides practical, simplified guidance to support hospitality
businesses with hiring new employees by utilising UK best
practice.
It provides advice on vetting potential new recruits including
checking and verifying their qualifications, as well as
information for employers on their obligations when it comes to
issues like modern slavery.
Helen Chandler, Acting Associate Director of Strategy and
Business Development for the Disclosure and Barring Service,
said: “The Disclosure and Barring Service helps employers make
safer recruitment decisions, and our collaboration with Better
Hiring Institute represents important steps forward in supporting
the hospitality industry in safeguarding best practice.
“The toolkit provides guidance for employers and highlights how
incorporating Basic checks into recruitment practices can be a
tool to build trust, safety and reliability across the
workforce.”
Keith Rosser, Chair of the Better Hiring Institute and Director
of Reed Screening, said: “I am delighted to have worked
collaboratively with key bodies to provide the hospitality
industry with this best practice guide to help hard working
organisations who are facing multiple challenges on a daily
basis.
“The hospitality industry is vital to the UK economy and I hope
that the toolkit will assist organisations to hire to the best
possible standard. My thanks go to the Institute of Hospitality
and our Hospitality subcommittee for their valuable insights and
feedback to create this industry standard.”
Those responsible for recruitment within hospitality
organisations are being urged to download, implement and share
the toolkit within the hiring community: Access the
Better Hiring Toolkit here.
