Yorkshire firm innovates to tackle root cause of social care recruitment problem

Specialist Yorkshire-based recruitment firm AJ Recruitment has launched a forward-thinking solution to help the region’s social care providers save time and money on recruitment and improve the continuity of care for users.

The social care sector is grappling with over 152,000 vacancies and has a projected need for an additional 650,000 support workers by 2035. To help address this shortfall, AJ Recruitment has developed a recruitment package that it says will help the industry reconsider how it recruits.

AJ Recruitments’ Total Talent Partnership (TTP) is a structured three-tier agreement designed to promote continuity of care, reduce agency recruitment spend, and empower organisations to achieve their growth plans.

Within the three-year partnership framework, TTP provides board-level recruitment consultancy; sourcing of dependable, skilled workforce, ensuring the highest standard of care and support; and gives access to a dedicated talent management team and performance review system to save clients time and money.

“Today’s social care recruitment market is more challenging than ever, with an alarming number of vacancies and a pressing need for skilled professionals,” says Jo Guy, CEO at AJ Recruitment.

“TTP provides consultancy to improve recruitment strategies and processes from within, reducing reliance on agency supply. With TTP, our clients gain exclusive access to our dedicated talent management team and a service level agreement that guarantees continuity and a timely supply of exceptional carers.

“By integrating temporary, temp-to-perm, and permanent solutions, our model offers flexibility and value for money. Organisations can significantly reduce their reliance on expensive temporary agency cover by leveraging temp-to-perm candidates, while the streamlined permanent recruitment process saves time and resources when filling management and senior-level roles.”

AJ Recruitment is rolling out the Total Talent Partnership across the social care sector following a successful pilot with a social care provider and positive feedback from the operations director: “This partnership agreement offered us a solution that would save us money on our agency spend over time and give us the certainty of high-quality staffing to help us achieve our growth plans,” they said.

“This has already helped us improve our service delivery, ensuring continuity for the individuals that use our services, and a better working partnership between our managers and AJ Recruitment.”

By Mark Adair – Correspondent, Bdaily

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