About Us:
We are an established residential Children’s Homes provider of care and support to children aged between 11 and 17 years who have emotional and behavioural difficulties. We help them in our small homes, which have no more than three children. We do this by using a therapeutic, trauma-informed PLACE approach, which stands for Playfulness, Love, Acceptance, Curiosity, and Empathy.
Job Purpose:
The Internal Recruitment Consultant owns the end-to-end recruitment process for Cornerways Care, from identifying vacancies through to onboarding new starters. The role is responsible for attracting candidates to apply for care work at the organisation; running a compliant and thorough recruitment and vetting process in line with Ofsted requirements; and ensuring every applicant meets the safeguarding standards required to work with children. This is an exciting new role which will develop as the Company grows.
Key Responsibilities:
· Own the full recruitment lifecycle: agreeing role requirements with hiring managers, sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer management, and onboarding.
· Build and maintain talent pipelines for hard-to-fill and recurring roles.
· Track vacancies, applications, and time-to-hire, and report on recruitment activity and performance.
· Write engaging, accurate job adverts that appeal to candidates suited to work in children's residential care.
· Post and manage adverts across relevant job boards and platforms.
· Monitor advert performance and adjust approach to improve response quality and volume.
· Manage the company's LinkedIn presence for recruitment purposes, including posting vacancies, sharing content, and engaging with candidates.
· Use LinkedIn Recruiter (or equivalent) to proactively search for and approach candidates.
· Contribute to building Cornerways Care's employer brand to support candidate attraction.
· Manage the full pre-employment vetting process in line with Ofsted requirements and Cornerways Care's Safer Recruitment Policy, including DBS checks, right-to-work checks, reference collection, and employment history verification. Full training will be provide on this.
· Ensure all compliance documentation is complete before a candidate starts.
· Keep up to date with changes in safer recruitment and Ofsted regulatory requirements, and update recruitment processes accordingly.
· Flag and escalate any concerns arising during application in line with Cornerways Care Safer Recruitment Policy.
· Organise interview schedules, liaising with candidates and hiring managers.
· Sit on interview panels, asking questions and contributing to candidate assessment against role and safeguarding criteria.
· Ensure interview records and scoring are documented and retained appropriately.
· Support onboarding of new starters, including induction scheduling and right-to-start confirmation.
· Maintain recruitment trackers, applicant tracking system (ATS) records, and candidate communications.
· Provide recruitment updates and advice to hiring managers.
· Support wider HR/recruitment projects as required.
· Knowledge in managing end-to-end recruitment
· Knowledge of safer recruitment practices and pre-employment vetting (DBS, references, right to work).
· Strong written communication skills, with the ability to write engaging job adverts.
· Experience using LinkedIn (or similar) for candidate sourcing and employer branding.
· Confident interviewing skills.
· Highly organised, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple vacancies at once.
· Willingness to learn Ofsted regulatory requirements relevant to recruitment in children's residential care.
· Familiarity with an applicant tracking system (ATS).
· Excellent communication skills to attract applicants and maintain staffing levels at Cornerways Care.
Safeguarding:
Cornerways Care is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, and other pre-employment checks in line with our safer recruitment policy.
How we will help you:
Cornerways Care recognises the hard work of its employees.
Our staff members are our primary resource, and when staff feel respected, valued, and empowered, they will flourish and provide a more committed service. The following practices aim to build on the work already in progress through supervision, employment law, and Company policy.
Each and every employee, at all levels, has a personal responsibility to care for other employees and to recognise their own needs.
All employees have a right to:
· Be encouraged and given opportunities to develop their skills and knowledge as much as possible for their current post, and to have their development assessed and reviewed
· Professional support from their Line Manager
· Be able to give their ideas and feedback on the service and for these to be respected
· Talking to the Line Manager about any problems which affect their work in an open manner, without judgment.
As well as an acknowledgment of the hard work by employees of Cornerways Care, all staff members will have access to:
- Staff gym membership
- Company pension
- Blue Light Card / Store discounts
- Free enhanced DBS check
- Refer a friend bonus scheme
- Career progression within the Company
- Training and support by the Director and Line Manager
- Additional annual leave day for every year of service up to 5 extra days.
- Access to Wellness programs within the organisation
- Retention bonus
Above all, we provide highly supportive small teams where everyone’s views and ideas are valued and counted.
Pay: £30,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
- Referral programme
- Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Hitchin SG5 1EH
