EDUCATION HR AND HEALTH & SAFETY SERVICES​

What are the top HR issues relating to the Education sector?

1. Training/Developing Staff – Working in education can pose many challenges, having staff who have completed extensive training courses can help them overcome any difficulties. Keeping up to date with the latest technology and methods of teaching is a key part of education HR but can sometimes be overlooked.

   It’s not just teachers, but all members of staff who interact with students that benefit from further development in their role. Our huge variety of online (and on-site) training courses can help your staff flourish.

2. Compliance and Data Protection – Anyone working with children or vulnerable groups must have pre-employment checks, like DBS. These checks ensure the safety of students, revealing individuals criminal convictions, relevant information from the police and if they have any reprimands/cautions.

   It is HR’s responsibility to ensure compliance with these checks and ensure personal details remain private and confidential. The bespoke HR paperwork and online HR software that Wurkplace provides makes compliance and data protection easy!

3. Recruitment and Retention – Not only do many teachers and other staff go from school to school often, but many people in the education sector leave the profession due to the challenges it can present. This can negatively affect schools finances and cause disruptions.

   It can often be challenging to recruit the right staff for your school, but we have a solution! Our HR system aids in the recruitment process (by tracking, comparing and inducting applicants) and our personal HR service makes employees feel valued, which can reduce staff turnover.

Here at Wurkplace, we provide bespoke, outsourced HR support services to the education industry – Working in education can be so satisfying and at times difficult, which is why HR can sometimes take a back-seat. We can provide HR support and guidance on a retainer or ad-hoc basis, whatever works best for you!

Our team of HR Consultants can help with:

• Providing a Full HR Audit – Initially, we will conduct a full audit of all your workplace HR policies, procedures and documents. Our consultants will then give you an action plan, with their personal recommendations for your school, college or university.

• Creating Bespoke Handbooks and Contracts – Our HR consultants will provide your education employees with contracts and handbooks that are tailored to them, ensuring full compliance with DBS and other pre-employment checks.

• Online HR System – We use an innovative online system which automates all HR work, creating more time for your employees to focus on education. It also tracks staff performance and attendance, stores all your important documents in one place (it has read receipts – providing proof employees have agreed to terms of employment, etc) and helps with the recruitment process.

• HR Training – We have both on-site and online training courses that can be personalised for your specific school, ensuring your staff can deal with students appropriately and with ease. For example our Lockdown Procedures in Schools course and safeguarding children/adults training.

• Keeping Up to Date – Every month, our consultants will update you and your employees with new or changing education HR regulations and legislation.

• Advice on Employment Law – We can help deal with employment law in the education sector. Our consultants can aid with sickness & absence, disciplinary matters, grievances, immigration, probation periods and much more!

• Legal Expenses – Wurkplace can provide insurance up to the sum of £100,000 (as an optional extra).