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About: OUR VISION

We are Workplace Innovators that believe Safeguarding and Inclusion should not be competing interests.

We strive to improve the life chances of some of the most vulnerable people in society and ensure no one is left behind, by empowering organisations to give them a fair chance to compete for education, training, and meaningful employment opportunities.
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We support organisations to embed a 360° approach to safer employment using a values-based approach to recruitment and retention so that they can tackle chronic skills gaps and develop their future workforce - whilst confidently and effectively tapping into potential talent from different pools. 

Dominic Headley

Dominic Headley, FRSA at the podium delivering a presentation

Dominic Headley FRSA

Director / Founder DHA

Dominic Headley is the Founder of Dominic Headley & Associates (DHA) — a specialist consultancy that supports organisations to make informed, fair and lawful decisions when considering applicants, staff, students or volunteers with criminal records, or where safeguarding related conduct concerns have been raised.
 
Dominic is the UK’s foremost expert on criminal record disclosure, and an expert adviser to the government on criminal record policy. He is the architect of the PRISIM Model of Safer Employment – a safeguarding framework developed with Skills for Care and other partners to help organisations embed a 360° approach to safeguarding across the whole employment relationship. 

Dominic was formerly Legal Officer at social justice charity, Nacro where he was the architect of the ground-breaking employability initiative - Aeneid Project, created the Nacro Employer Advice Service, and authored Recruiting safely and fairly: a practical guide to employing people with convictions. He is also a founding member and endorser of the Ban the Box campaign led by Business in the Community.

Prior to his role at Nacro, Dominic worked as an intelligence officer and analyst at the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA, now National Crime Agency), where he served in a variety of roles including creating the High-Risk Mitigation and Due Diligence Team. 

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