small and medium sized employers recruitment and retention toolkit

Skills for Care has developed a toolkit to support small and medium sized employers with their recruitment.

The toolkit aims to help employers achieve the key objectives of effective recruitment and selection, which are:

• Getting the right person in the right job at the right time.
• Ensuring you attract suitable candidates.
• Being fair and avoiding discrimination.
• Enhancing the organisation's public image.

Recruitment and selection of employees is a critical activity for any organisation, regardless of their size or the services they deliver. Attracting and recruiting the right people is of major importance to your business and should be approached with the same degree of preparation and thought as any other business decision.

The toolkit gives you an overall view of the recruitment and selection process, from the point at which you identify the need to fill a vacancy to the point where you welcome the new member of staff into their new job. It includes useful checklists, best practice skills advice for the recruitment process and practical 'tips' where relevant.

There are also templates available for some of the bits of paperwork you will need, available within the main document and as word documents on this webpage.

SME recruitment and selection toolkit

procedure checklist template
sample job description home manager
sample outline person specification
outline person specification home manager
job application form template
shortlisting grid template
shortlisting grid template home manager
interview record form template
confirmation of employment letter

The toolkit is supported by English Community Care Association (ECCA), National Care Association (NCA), National Care Forum (NCF), Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) and Social Care Association (SCA).