Recruitment

Proud to Care Jobs Board

You can upload and manage all current vacancies on the Proud to Care Jobs Board.

Proud to Care offer social media support to enable increased exposure of vacancies.

For further information, please email proudtocare@devon.gov.uk

International Recruitment

The Skills for Care website has links to a variety of resources to support international recruitment, including a useful bite-size guide, DHSC and Home Office videos and other government guidance.

Produced by Skills for Care and the Department of Health and Social Care, the new IR Toolkit aims to encourage, and enable good practice in adult social care international recruitment.

There is also information on gathering and assessing criminal record information for UK and non-UK nationals and an interesting blog on settling international employees into organisations.

This Devon International Recruitment Update features all the latest training opportunities in relation to international recruitment, including Plymouth Hope's weekly support sessions and programmes on topics such as cultural differences and learning about UK systems.

Local Recruitment

You can post your latest vacancies to the DWP's 'Find a Job' site. Individuals will be directed to the site via the national recruitment campaign, meaning your vacancies will be seen by a large number of potential candidates. 

There are also free, downloadable digital and print materials to help drive recruitment locally.

Recruitment Support

Safer Employment Guide

This guide supports employers to think about safer employment processes from recruitment to retention to managing leavers. It gives an overview of the PRISIM model of safer employment and signposts to resources and tools to enable you to develop safer employment practices and a safer employment culture in the workplace.

Using Social Media for Care Recruitment

Skills for Care has teamed up with marketing expert Paul Ince from LikeMind Media to present a series of videos covering how you can use social media to recruit new people and improve retention of existing staff. The series of 11 videos covers various subjects such as the basics of creating content, how to select the right platform for your needs and the range of tools available to help you boost your online presence. There is also a handy pdf covering the essentials of social media.