Hours of Work: Part Time – 24 hours, 3 days per week
Work Location: Maidstone, Kent
Salary: Up to £18,000 per annum (FTE £30,000)
About The Role
Unity Care Solutions are seeking an experienced Recruitment Coordinator to oversee the recruitment processes of our Kent Branch in Maidstone.
This role can truly make a difference. You will specialise in recruiting and inducting skilled individuals with the relevant qualifications and experience into roles which provide complex care to our clients. You will work closely with our operational team members to navigate the complex but rewarding world of social care, ensuring our staff are competent to deliver the highest standards of care.
The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in the recruitment process, ensuring that we attract and hire top talent to meet our operational needs. This position requires strong communication skills, relationship management abilities, and familiarity with various recruitment technologies.
Duties will include:
- Leading the recruitment process for the Branch from start to finish, including advertising, shortlisting, interviewing, and onboarding.
- Contacting suitable candidates and conducting screening sessions.
- Responsibility for onboarding compliance, including processing of references, DBSs, and contracts.
- Delivery of positive and meaningful inductions and training sessions within the branch.
- Maintaining recruitment records and reporting on progress.
- Attendance at job fairs and recruitment functions, and involvement in local and national recruitment projects to increase candidacy levels.
- Creation of staff files, ensuring these are compliant and contain all necessary components.
- Having an awareness of the recruitment needs of the Branch, and supporting the management team by recruiting staff into priority service locations and positions.
- Liaise with other business areas around new starters.
- Maintain awareness of sector-specific recruitment initiatives to drive recruitment within the social care landscape.
- Auditing of staff files and employee compliance.
In return, we provide:
- Annual leave which increases with length of service
- Your birthday off work
- Company Sick Pay scheme
- Benenden Health membership
- Paid Charity Day
- Access to our Canada Life wellness programme, which includes:
- Access to 24/7 online GP services
- Access to mental health support services
- Access to dentistry services
- Blue Light card discounts
- Ongoing training & development opportunities
About Unity Care Solutions
Unity Care Solutions deliver care and clinical nursing to adults and children who have complex long-term health conditions within the comfort and safety of their own homes.
We are regulated by the Care Quality Commission, which supports our high standards for excellence in everything we do. We are experiencing a period of growth, and are developing our business support functions in response.
Not only will you have the opportunity to work with a group of colleagues who will support you in your role, but you will become part of a company that truly cares about its people. We place a huge emphasis on the wellbeing of our employees through a company-wide wellness programme, and actively promote participation in events and initiatives.
About You
You will have experience working in a similar recruitment role. This will ideally be from working within social care, and will already have a good understanding of regulatory compliance requirements under the Care Quality Commission.
You will have gained relevant experience working within a high-volume recruitment-based role, and will therefore understand the vital role recruitment plays within the health & social care sector.
What is essential, is that you are friendly, engaging, and solution-focused, and can make a positive impact to our recruitment strategy.
If you would like to apply or learn more, you can email jobs@unitycaresolutions.co.uk, or call us for an informal chat on 0333 366 1020.