Helpful resources

A whole range of free resources for you to access: factsheets, downloads, links to e-learning, pro forma, blog posts and more.

Recruitment – an introduction: A factsheet from CIPD looking at the main stages of the recruitment process, from defining the role to making the appointment.
Recruitment: Helpful online information from Acas for every stage of the recruitment process.
Selection methods: An overview of candidate assessment methods, focusing on interviews, psychometric tests and assessment centres. Free factsheet from CIPD.
Acas e-learning: Covering a range of employment relations topics and helping you understand best practice and current legislation.
The Acas Model Workplace: Easy to use, the Acas Model Workplace helps you to check how good your organisation is at people management - from recruitment to performance management.
Job design: The deciding of a job's key contents, from the duties and responsibilities involved to the systems and procedures followed by the person in that role. Helpful factsheet from CIPD.

Hiring staff: Downloadable documents from Acas covering the whole of the recruitment process - from job descriptions to job induction templates, and everything in between!
Job description template: A helpful tool from The Telegraph giving a detailed outline of what should be included.
NI Business Info: A range of sample documents to browse.
Business Balls: How to write job descriptions - with examples.
Job Descriptions: Monster webpage offering a number of job description outlines.

Recruitment - learn how to safely recruit within the law: this CIPD webpage offers factsheets, Q&As, case law, guides, and reports.
W hat is indirect discrimination?: Guidance from Ellis Whittam to help us be aware of the possibility of indirect discrimination.
Retention of HR records: CIPD factsheet outlining legal issues in the UK around effective retention and organisation of HR records.
Data protection and GDPR in the workplace: CIPD factsheet outlining the legal position on data protection in the UK, the obligations of employers, and individual rights surrounding access to information.
Do I have to advertise a job vacancy?: Blog post outlining issues to think through when you already have someone in mind who would be well suited to the role.

The Equality Act – occupational requirement: What are the circumstances where a church, mission agency or Christian charity can legitimately assert in a recruitment exercise that the post-holder must be a Christian?
Reflecting your Christian ethos in your HR documents: Does your recruitment literature make clear what your organisation stands for and, if you’re asserting that someone must be a Christian to undertake the role, is it clear from the job description that this is the case?
How should we go about recruitment and selection?: A suggested recruitment procedure for an organisation with a Christian ethos.
Employment law – things you need to know: Links to articles, webpages and blogs to keep abreast of employment law and HR issues that churches and Christian organisations need to be aware of in their particular context.

A head for hiring: the behavioural science of recruitment and selection: Factsheet from CIPD providing practical tips for avoiding bias in recruitment, attracting applicants, improving the candidate experience, and making better hiring decisions.
‘The 13 fatal errors of interviewing’: Is it ‘halo and horns’ or ‘the similar-to-me’ effect or something else affecting your decisions? A quick handy summary of the pitfalls to avoid when interviewing.
Pre-employment checks - guidance for organisations: A downloadable guide from CIPD highlighting the key checks you need to carry out, while explaining the risks and practical considerations.
Job offer letters - templates and checklist - free downloadable resources from Acas.
Contracts of employment: Helpful basic information from Acas, including a downloadable Written Statement of Employment template.
The new employee's contract - a step-by-step guide: A more detailed walk through the process from Acas, to ensure you cover everything you need to.
Induction factsheet: A look at the induction process, and the purpose of induction for employer and employee, from CIPD.
What should be on your induction programme for new recruits?: Acas webpage with links to a step-by-step process to settling a new employee, an induction guide, and an outline of a job induction checklist.

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