Getting Started in Employing People with Convictions

Hiring with conviction: HR and CSR workshop for employing ex-offenders

Join us for an exciting online event that aims to empower HR & CSR professionals with the basics needed to successfully employ ex-offenders. This workshop will provide valuable insights on how to create inclusive and supportive workplaces while making a positive impact on society.

Who is this for?

Whether you currently employ people with convictions or not (you probably do!) this event shares the fundamental seven areas you need to consider as an employer. This free introductory webinar is designed to help you see around corners when it comes to developing a robust ex-offender recruitment and retention strategy.

Offploy have advised hundreds of employers over the years and mentored over 4000 socially excluded people meaning we're open to hearing your toughest questions and there should be something for everyone to learn from this event.

What You’ll Learn:

Getting the Culture Right: Explore strategies for developing an organizational culture that values inclusivity and open-mindedness, essential for integrating individuals with past convictions.

Recruitment Procedures and Policy Development: Learn to design recruitment policies and procedures that are fair, inclusive, and tailored to attract diverse talent, including individuals with convictions.

Risk Management: Understand how to effectively assess and manage potential risks associated with hiring individuals with past convictions, ensuring a safe and productive work environment.

Marketing Your Vacancies Appropriately and Strategically: Gain insights on how to market job vacancies to attract a diverse range of applicants, including those with past convictions, while showcasing your company’s commitment to inclusivity.

Interviews, Disclosure, and Vetting and Saying ‘No’: Discover best practices for conducting interviews that respect applicants’ privacy and dignity, while effectively navigating the disclosure and vetting processes.

Onboarding and Additional Support, : Learn techniques for effective onboarding and providing additional support to new hires with past convictions, and understand how to sensitively handle situations where a candidate is not the right fit.

Measuring, Managing, and Improving Your Impact: Focus on methods for measuring the impact of your inclusive hiring practices and find ways to continually improve and manage these initiatives for long-term success.

Interactive Features:

• Hosts with lived experience of the criminal justice system
• Expert Panels: Hear from leaders who have successfully integrated these practices.
• Q&A Session: Directly address your queries with our experts

Testimonials

"Excellent presentation - Facilitator had direct lived in experience and was knowledgeable regarding subject."

"The session was absolutely brilliant. I couldn't have asked for a better session. Rik was incredibly engaging, funny and informative. I have learned a lot from the session today and know that all the key workers and management benefited immensely... I thoroughly enjoyed today's session and can't thank Rik and the Offploy team enough."

"I have a lot of prior disclosure working practice knowledge and am very comfortable with doing disclosure but found this really interesting and learnt some new facts to add to my existing ones."

Agenda

We always finish on time in this short 45 minute webinar we will cover the headline of each of the 7 steps to employing ex-offenders with time for questions at the end.

Got a bit of time to linger?

We always hang around for 30 minutes at the end of the event to chat to anyone that wants to ask questions 1:1.

We can't wait to see you there!

Event Venue

Online