Veremark and the International Swim Schools Association partner to make safe hiring standard in swim schools worldwide
ISSA member schools gain a trusted route to background screening and qualification checks, so every swim teacher is verified and safe to work with children from day one.
Veremark, the global background screening and workforce verification provider, has partnered with the International Swim Schools Association (ISSA), the global peak body for swim schools, to help member schools strengthen safeguarding through verified, consistent hiring.
Swim schools work with children every day, which makes recruitment the most sensitive part of running one. ISSA members report that finding and retaining qualified teachers is among their hardest shared problems, and that safeguarding standards can be difficult to hold consistent across staff, sites and countries. Screening a new teacher often still means paperwork, chasing referees and manual record-keeping.
The partnership pairs ISSA's work in education, research and accreditation with Veremark's screening platform, which covers checks in over 180 countries.
Through it, ISSA member schools can:
- Run background and identity checks built for safe recruitment
- Verify right to work and swim-teaching qualifications before a teacher starts
- Keep child-safety checks consistent across every teacher, site and country
- Manage and track every check in one place, cutting admin and follow-up
Oliver Lobb, Partnership Manager at Veremark, said: “Swim schools carry a level of trust most employers never face. Parents hand over their children and assume everyone at the poolside has been properly checked. Working with ISSA, we can turn that assumption into a certainty for member schools, wherever they operate.”
Emily McNeill, Head of Global Partnerships at ISSA, said: “Our members tell us recruitment is their biggest challenge, and safeguarding is the part they can least afford to get wrong. This partnership gives them a single, reliable way to verify every hire, so they can focus on teaching more children to swim safely.”
The partnership is live now. ISSA member schools can find out more at veremark.com/partners/issa or by speaking with the Veremark team.
About Veremark
Veremark is a global background screening and workforce verification company on a mission to help the world trust faster. It runs more than 40 types of check across 180+ countries, from criminal record and identity checks to right to work, employment history and qualification verification, all managed through one platform. Veremark is ISO 27001 certified and has offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and the UAE. Learn more at veremark.com.
About ISSA
The International Swim Schools Association is the global peak body for swim schools, connecting aquatic educators, industry leaders and partners worldwide. ISSA raises the quality, safety and accessibility of learn-to-swim education through education, research, accreditation, networking and international collaboration. Learn more at issaswimschools.org.
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