Carefound Home Care
Recruitment Specialist
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Recruitment Specialist
Recruitment Specialist – Home Care at Carefound Home Care
Carefound Home Care has developed a reputation as the highest quality provider of home care services to older people and we are rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) across our branches. Join us, and you'll be part of a supportive, award-winning team which is centred around providing the best possible care and support to our clients and staff.
As a Recruitment Specialist, you'll join our recruitment team at our central support office in Harrogate and play a key role in sourcing and recruiting care professionals to enable our local home care branches to grow. Working closely with recruitment colleagues and hiring leaders, you'll be a trusted advisor throughout the recruitment process—from briefing to onboarding.
About the Role
Join the leading care team—rated Outstanding by the CQC across our branches.
Benefits
- Competitive salary of up to £30,000 (depending on experience) + bonus
- 25 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Pension scheme
- Career development opportunities
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end recruitment for vacancies, ensuring a seamless experience for candidates and hiring managers
- Build strong partnerships with hiring managers and internal stakeholders to understand role requirements and deliver tailored sourcing strategies
- Advertise job vacancies across multiple channels, including:
- Job boards
- Email marketing
- Social media
- Proactively identify and engage passive candidates through:
- Direct sourcing
- Networks
- Other channels
- Conduct detailed screening calls and interviews to assess candidate suitability and cultural fit
- Support interview and offer processes, providing guidance on best practice
- Complete pre-employment checks, including:
- DBS verifications
- Reference checks
- Efficiently manage Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and recruitment databases to:
- Maintain organised candidate records
- Track progress
- Analyse recruitment metrics and data to:
- Identify trends
- Optimise processes
- Improve time-to-hire and quality-of-hire
- Build and nurture long-term relationships with candidates, enhancing employer brand and encouraging referrals
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Requirements
Experience
- Proven experience in recruitment, particularly in health or social care
- Demonstrated ability to manage the full recruitment lifecycle (vacancy creation to onboarding)
Technical Skills
- Proficiency in:
- Microsoft tools
- Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
- Recruitment databases
- Familiarity with:
- Social media recruitment
- Digital sourcing strategies
Soft Skills & Attitude
- Assertive and decisive in managing recruitment processes
- Goal-oriented with commitment to achieving targets
- Excellent communication, planning, and organisational skills
- Warm, patient, and compassionate
- Emotionally resilient and calm under pressure
- Enthusiastic, positive, and motivated
- Demonstrates ability to motivate others
- Commitment to high standards of care and support
If you’d like to find out more about becoming a Recruitment Specialist in Harrogate, apply today. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Salary: Up to £30,000 per year plus bonus
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