Safer Recruitment Solutions

Adele is an NSPCC Associate and an approved supplier for several organisations including Durham University, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of Cambridge, Merlin Entertainments, the Kings Active Foundation, Flywheel IT, a number of multi-academy trusts such as The Harpur Trust, The Harmony Trust, and Wellspring Academy Trust. She also works with ASPCo (The Association of Professional Staffing Companies) as one of their in-house trainers and auditors. She is an approved safeguarding and safer recruitment trainer for the NSPCC.

Adele regularly contributes to news, TV, and radio programmes raising awareness of safeguarding issues, as well as regular keynote conference presentations. She is the author of several articles and publications in professional journals and the co-author of Child Sexual Exploitation After Rotherham (2017); and the Online Guide to Internet Safety for Parents (2018). She has recently co-authored a chapter in the forthcoming publication, Policing Public Protection.

Adele is also the Safeguarding Trustee for Barnsley Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Service; Safeguarding Governors for Kleek Apprenticeships; as well as a carer for a young person placed in her care in 2021.

Adele’s aim is simple – to help those working with the vulnerable in society to be the best that they can be – from their policies and processes, their workplace culture and practice, their staff knowledge and confidence, and their success in identifying, responding to and preventing harm to children and vulnerable adults.

James holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work and has worked as a children’s social worker, a substance misuse worker, university lecturer and youth worker across roles in health and social care.

James is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). As well being a Safer Recruitment Consortium approved trainer, James is also an NSPCC Associate and an APSCo auditor. He has trained professionals working with both children and adults for over 28 years.

Jo has over 30 years’ experience working in HR. She started her career at Barnsley Council in 1994 working in all areas of HR, including as a member of the Traded team where she was the dedicated HR Business Partner for an allocation of Barnsley primary schools, providing a full range of HR and Training support, including Safer Recruitment Training. She started work for a Multi Academy Trust, which consisted of 9 primary schools, in 2016 as the Chief HR and Operations Officer.

As well as having over 30 years hands-on HR experience including at SLT level, Jo has also worked as a Data Protection Officer for 8 years. Jo has been a CIPD Member since 2000 and has been an accredited Safer Recruitment trainer since 2009.