Why ORB is ready to meet the recruitment needs of the care sector

18.10.21

The social care workforce plays a crucial role supporting and caring for our local communities.

At ORB Recruitment, we recognise how important it is to and value to the industry to recruit top-quality health care practitioners to ensure the sector is strong and that the people it serves are provided with the very best care and support with service provider they can trust. 

The sector is facing multiple challenges, including recruiting for qualified staff. To show our commitment to this key working sector our established Care division has built its reputation as an industry leader in the UK, ready to meet the recruitment needs to provide the dedication and support we have to the industry.

Our highly-skilled team has more than 30 years' experience and an approach that combines honesty and integrity with an extensive search and selection process the provides to only the commitment to our clients but the recognition and value to the Care working community.

It's that sort of experience that saw us recently join forces with Time for You Care, to partner with them to help source and locate the very best of talent in the market place with opportunity to cover permanent hires of up to 120 new staff for Care practitioner across Scotland in the coming year.   

The innovative Care-at-Home organisation wants to revolutionise the perception of care with skilled staff and user-friendly technology. Time for You Care invest in training and development and offer a rate of pay well above the industry average for their team.

We are thrilled to be their trusted and exclusive recruitment provider for the next 12 months and grateful they trusted our strategy and vision for the betterment for the Care Worker. 

As Melissa Singh, CEO at Time for You Care, said: “The challenges in our sector are well publicised but as a new and innovative care company looking to tackle these challenges head on we needed a partner who was also able to think differently and understand our business and the bigger strategy around people and growth. ORB has taken the time to understand our business and are certainly committed to the challenge.

“We are really excited to see what the partnership can deliver as part of an integrated recruitment strategy.”

At ORB, we understand the needs of the care industry and the high-level of compliance required to provide a safe recruitment solution. With every candidate, we undertake an in-depth vetting and pre-screening process to make sure they have the right qualifications, checks and training to hit the ground running in their new role.

Our award-winning solutions cover positions from healthcare assistants through to director level, in short-term or permanent placements.  Our unique and evangelistic approach to our clients in this industry will help to support the future growth and development of hiring new staff and give our genuine added value to the very workers that continue to go that one step beyond for their vocation rather than occupation approach.    

From the candidate side, we know people enter this sector because they are looking for a rewarding career where they can help people. We are committed to matching candidates with the right care provider, to create a long-lasting, mutually beneficial as trusted advocate partnership where both can thrive.

It has been estimated a further one million care staff will need to be recruited by 2025 (SOURCE: https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/fixing-recruitment-challenges-in-social-care-its-not-about-pay/114711/), so care providers need a recruitment partner they can trust. ORB Recruitment can be that partner.