Cohesion Logo
  • Solutions
    Green speaker icon
    Fully Outsourced Recruitment

    Delivering end to end in-house recruitment services from attraction to on-boarding

    Green speaker icon
    Campaign and Project Recruitment

    Bespoke recruitment projects delivering high-quality talent to your door.

    Green speaker icon
    Temporary Managed Services

    Add value, visibility and compliance to your temporary workforce.

    Green speaker icon
    Targeted Attraction Strategies

    Online and offline branding and attraction to your target applicant audience

    Green speaker icon
    Assessment and Selection

    A bank of tried and tested screening and assessment techniques

    Green speaker icon
    Engagement and On-boarding

    Ensuring that applicants have a fantastic engagement with your organisation

    Green speaker icon
    Exit and Retention Interviews

    Identify why people leave, and how to retain your top employees

    Green speaker icon
    Data and Analytics

    Taking advantage of big data in recruitment

    Green speaker icon
    Recruitment Toolkit

    Learn from our recruitment toolkit for social care - attraction, assessment and on-boarding.

  • Case Studies
  • White Papers
  • Events
    • Event recordings
  • Blogs
  • Our Story
    • Join our team
  • Testimonials
    • Fairlie Healthcare
    • Friends of the Elderly
    • The Orders of St John Care Trust
    • Keychange
    • The North Bristol NHS Trust
  • Contact
Phone Icon
Search Icon
Contact Us

5th July 2021

Retention event follow up

Cohesion, Skills for Care and Royds Withy King: What is happening to retention in social care?

 

Thank you to everyone who attended our Retention Social Care Forum. We hope you found it useful. If you would like to view a recording of the webinar you can do so below.

 

You can download a copy of the event slides here: Retention event slides (438 downloads)

We have also released our event white paper which can be found here.

Q&A section

We have included a summary of the questions asked at the retention event.

We find that there is so much paperwork to set a new carer up, this can put certain candidates off as there is so much information we need prior to them starting. How can we make paperwork more streamlined so it’s not off putting for potential candidates?

The requirements can be onerous, particularly given lots of applicants are using phones and mobile devices rather than a computer.  We tend to ask for the information that is required at the point it is needed in order not to put people off.  For example, don’t ask for references until they have been interviewed and you are at offer stage. Communication is key – guide your candidates through the paperwork process as much as possible.

Does anyone incentivise buddies? We struggle to get staff to take on this role especially when we are so short staffed.

Some care organisations have incentivised buddy scheme – each buddy is paid £25 per quarter for every retained starter where they have checked in weekly. Training is key here to ensure buddies are confident in the part they play.

We are a home care provider and I like the idea of a buddy system but it is difficult with lone working – any recommendations?

Consider operating a buddy system where the new starter shadows the same member of staff for a period of time.

Royds Withy King have provided a FAQ document to answer your questions about mandatory vaccinations. 

This can be downloaded here: Mandatory Vaccination FAQs (470 downloads)

Here are the various links mentioned during the retention event:

Skills for Care

Skills for Care supports adult social care employers to deliver what the people they support need and what commissioners and regulators expect.

Visit the Skills for Care website

Royds Withy King

Employment and HR specialist law firm

Visit the Royds Withy King website

Sign up for their mailing list

LinkedIn Group

We encourage all of you to continue to share and learn by joining our Social Care Recruitment group on LinkedIn

Cohesion Social Care LinkedIn Group

 

Psychometric Assessment

Care Character

If you would like a detailed conversation about Care Character, then please email will.shepherd@cohesionrecruitment.com

 

Recruitment requirements

If you would like to discuss any aspects of the recruitment solutions offered by Cohesion, then please contact Amanda Marques 07753 871926

 

Care and Support Jobs

View our career in care website https://careandsupportjobs.co.uk

We would like to showcase your care organisation and jobs. We will prioritise those happy to help us promote the new site to applicants.

Care Home Open Week

Visit the Care Home Open Week site https://championingsocialcare.org.uk/care-home-open-day/

Care Home Open Week took place this year between 28th June and 4th July 2021.  If you would like to find out more about the initiative and how you could get involved please contact Amanda Marques 07753 871926

 

 

If you would like to be notified of future events please sign up to our mailing list.

Join our mailing list

 

 

Latest News

26th October 2022

The Social Care Retention Crisis event follow up

21st October 2022

Step into Social Care event follow up

21st October 2022

Why the Further Education sector is so important to social care

30th June 2022

How Anchor are bringing new talent into social care via Apprenticeships

View All
Footer Logo
Cohesion
  • Our Solutions
  • Our Story
Resources
  • Whitepapers
  • Case Studies
  • Events
  • Blog
Find Us
  • 2nd Floor
  • Stratford Court
  • Cranmore Boulevard
  • Solihull
  • B90 4QT
Contact
  • 0121 713 8320
  • info@cohesionrecruitment.com
  • Privacy Policy

© Copyright 2023 - Cohesion Recruitment