Children's Service - Recruitment and Retention

Stotles; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading support services provider in Bournemouth seeks to enhance the recruitment and retention of social work professionals. The supplier will provide essential campaign management support to help the council attract permanent staff, addressing key performance indicators for workforce stability. This role is crucial for reducing agency costs while ensuring high-calibre professionals remain within Children’s Services. The position requires understanding recruitment and retention strategies to effectively stabilize the workforce.

Responsibilities

• Provide client partner support services for social work recruitment.
• Help the council understand reasons for staff retention and departures.
• Support the Children’s Services Improvement plan.

Job description

Children's Service - Recruitment and Retention

The supplier will provide client partner and campaign manager support services to help the council attract permanent social work staff as well as understand why they stay and/or leave, thereby reducing agency costs and stabilising the workforce. This contract is crucial to our service, supporting the Children’s Services Improvement plan around key performance indicators in recruitment and retention. We need to continue to recruit high‑calibre social worker professionals to our Children’s Services, reducing our agency establishment costs and providing increased workforce stability. Keywords: Recruitment, Socialcare