Recruitment

Many care employers are divided on whether students make good workers or not. As with most things, the answer is not a simple yes or no. By far the best…

Did you know some of your best new staff could be those that have already worked for you? Wouldn’t it be great if your new starters already knew your clients…

Before taking my first job in social care, I worked in healthcare. One of the big shocks of making the transition (and there were many), was how little data we…

As you will appreciate, life is tough out there for social care recruiters these days. A lot of time and money is spent placing, tweaking and refreshing adverts for frontline…

The most recent tranche of NHS England ETTF (Estates Technology and Transformation Fund) has been the enabler of a number of large projects relating to schemes to rehouse practices in…

The powerbase in social care recruitment has changed. Nowadays candidates are spoilt for choice, not just with care providers clamouring for their signature, but also employers offering substitute occupations, like…

Many care recruiters measure their performance by the volume of applications they receive or whether they have filled all the available places on the upcoming induction course. But success in…

This is my first article for QCS and I’m really delighted to be here. I wanted to give you a flavour of the person who will be writing for you…