The Church of England's Safer Recruitment and People Management Guidance sets out the required recruitment steps for any role that falls within the scope of the guidance.
This includes:
- Any role that involves substantial contact with children (under 18) or vulnerable adults.
- Any role that involves supervising or supporting people in the above roles.
It is good practice to safely recruit other roles too.
Why choose to use this feature?
This feature can be enabled or disabled for each role via the Role Settings in the Role Creator.
When enabled for at least one role, the Recruitment Tracker appears in the Main Menu.
The Recruitment Tracker can:
- Track the recruitment steps for each new volunteer.
- Retain evidence that each recruitment step was completed, or else an explanation about why it was omitted.
- Produce a recruitment summary that can signed off by the designated Responsible Person.
- Produce a Volunteer Agreement.
Exclusions
The Recruitment Tracker can be used for most church roles, but it is currently not suitable for:
- Elected roles (e.g. PCC members or churchwardens)
- Licensed roles
- Paid roles
It is likely that these types of roles will be added to the Recruitment Tracker during 2026.