checklist of actions for departments

Best Practice: checklist of actions for departments

Recruitment	1	Reflect the Code’s core values in recruitment through recruitment literature and in assessment of candidates.
Induction	2	Ensure that copy of Code is included in papers on joining.
	3	All written contracts refer to the Code with new entrants signing a statement saying that they have read and understood the Code. Include in SCS contracts.
	4	Ensure that training on the Code is built into induction programmes.
Training	5	Ensure that the Code is built into general management training provided by departments.
Training	6	Ensure staff and managers most likely to come under pressure on Code issues, eg in Private Offices, are given appropriate guidance and support.

Staff management/ guidance	7	Ensure the standards in the Code are integrated into departmental management codes and guidance.
Staff management/ guidance	8	Build responsibility for promotion of the Code into job specifications of appropriate HR staff.
Strategy and Evaluation	9	Maintain a strategy for upholding and promoting Code values, taking account of the department’s circumstances and of the main areas of risk.
	10	Review and assess regularly, and at Board level, current arrangements for upholding and promoting the Code.
	11	Monitor formal raising of issues and appeals under the Code, and assess implications as required.

Communications	12	Ensure the Code and its values are integrated clearly within departmental values and mission statements.
	13	HR departments to develop appropriate liaison with Nominated Officers on their involvement in Code issues, while ensuring their independence is maintained and seen to be so.
	14	Publicise on a regular basis the departmental strategy for upholding and promoting the Code and the appeals process.