Health & Social Care Recruitment

Achieve provides an in depth and focussed Recruitment service for the Health and Social Care Sector:

• Dedicated Health and Social Care focussed Recruitment Team
• We recruit for Cooks, Chefs, Care Administrators and Registered Care Managers
• Achieve have expertise across many disciplines for the Care Sector
• Permanent, Temporary and Contract Recruitment
• We Recruit for the Care Sector throughout the UK
• Candidates tested on Health and Social Care specific skills
• In depth Psychometric testing available for Senior Positions.

Our specialities and expertise within the Care Sector:

1. Registered Care Managers

Finding and recruiting the right Care Manager is arguably the most important task facing any Care Service Owner or Director. Achieve use partnerships with Training Companies, Care Management Plan providers as well networking and standard recruitment processes to source you the very best Registered Care Managers for your Care Service.

When recruiting for Registered Care Managers we can check:

• CRB currency
• CPD compliance
• LMC / RMA Qualifications
• Understanding of CQC compliance

We also employ our tried and tested approach to recruitment to ensure that the candidates we source are compassionate and committed professionals that can make a real difference to your Care Service.

2. Care Service Administrators

Achieve have a great deal of experience recruiting for administrators across the commercial sector and we have come to understand that being a Care home administrator is a specialism in itself. We realise having a Care administrator that comprehends the jargon and process of dealing with government agencies within a regulated sector such as Health and Social Care, can make a real difference to the Care service in general.

We can recruit for Care Administrators that:

• Manage Staff Payroll
• Have Customer Service experience
• Can complete funding applications
• Understand CQC requirement

We can also test on all standard Secretarial skills such as typing speed, computer skills as well as Literacy and Numeracy with our innovative online testing system. This ensures you can always be confident that the staff you employ have the skills to be efficient from the off.

3. Chefs and Cooks

Achieve have a dedicated hospitality department and Chefs and Cooks are a real specialism of ours. We understand that the kitchen is a stressful place in any busy business and that the quality of the food you provide to your service users is important to you and them. We have a large network within the Chef and Cook community so that we can find you those hard to find culinary specialists.

We can source Cooks and Chefs that:

• Have experience of managing a kitchen
• Can create and alter menus creatively
• Produce quality food on a budget
• Already understand the peculiarities of cooking with a Care environment

Please contact the team to discuss your particular requirements and how we can assist you find the Health and Social Care focussed staff you need.

Temporary Staff

Interim or temporary recruitment can be a cost effective solution for Health and Social Care roles.

You may need to test a potential member of your team to identify if they are the right fit without risk. You may just need cover for a particular project.

Interim Care Service Administrators

Achieve realise having a Care administrator that comprehends the jargon and process of dealing with government agencies within a regulated sector such as Health and Social Care, can ensure an efficient handover and continued smooth running of your vital Care Service.

Interim Care Service Cooks and Chefs

Achieve know that unscheduled leave, holiday, maternity or sickness cover can be a real headache when you rely on one Cook or Chef to provide quality food for your service users. That’s why we ensure that we always have a ready solution to cover your Cook or Chef on an Interim or Temporary basis.

Whatever your reason for wanting Health and Social Care staff on a temporary basis – there are many advantages:

Temporary Recruitment benefits

• Flexibility & Transparency. You only pay for the hours that a candidate works, no notice required.
• Perfect for Holiday / Maternity cover and deadline management
• Ideal for project based work.
• No payroll, holiday pay or National Insurance to worry about.

We like to work with a completely transparent and equitable pricing structure that is also highly competitive.

Our rates for temporary staff are dependent on the experience and background of the staff that you need and are therefore quoted personally for you and your requirements.

Our rates are inclusive of all recruitment costs, including Employers National Insurance, Payroll, Holiday Pay entitlement and our fees.

We are also able to manage your temporary staff within the new Agency Workers Regulations and offer a unique and ‘No Perm Fee’ Temporary – Permanent Recruitment Option.

With Temporary recruitment you only pay for the hours that are actually worked and all NI and holiday pay contributions are taken care of by Achieve. Additionally, you have complete flexibility and can alter things without any notice period, enabling you to manage your business flexibly and effectively.

Please contact the team to discuss your particular requirements and how we can assist you find the people you need.

Permanent Jobs

Achieve’s Permanent Recruitment Process

Achieve was set up to evolve the recruitment process by creating something that really works for all involved.

We have taken things back to basics:

• All candidates are from applications to your specific role – not drawn from a dusty old database of fed up candidates! This dramatically increases commitment, retention and performance in new starters.
• All applications are filtered and tested on specific skills relevant to your role, with over 900 different industry related assessments available.
• All applicants are extensively interviewed (not sold to) to assess suitability on subjective criteria for your role.

Recruitment shouldn’t be about sales. If an agency needs to sell the job to a candidate or a candidate to a client, something is wrong from the start.

Permanent Recruitment for Registered Care Managers

Achieve know that recruiting the right Registered Care Manager for your Care service is most important task facing any Care Service Owner or Director. Achieve’s Recruitment process successfully targets and sources experienced and qualified candidates, ensuring high performance and retention levels.

Permanent Recruitment for Care Service Administrators

Achieve understand that an experienced and committed Care Service Administrator is a vital cog in any successful Care Service. Our process ensures you get candidates with dedication and understanding of what is needed to ensure your Care service runs smoothly.

Permanent Recruitment for Cooks and Chefs

Achieve realise that any good Care Home relies on its ability to provide good quality sustenance to it’s Service users. Our dedicated Hospitality specialist recruiters can source and attract experienced and creative Cooks and Chefs that know how to manage a kitchen in budget.

Permanent Recruitment fees

With Permanent recruitment we also work on a 100% equitable basis with all our clients, ensuring that everybody receives equal priority and the service they rightly expect.

Our fees are a highly competitive 12.5% across the board.

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