Finding a good carer can be a challenge. 

When it comes to finding a carer for the older folks, disabled, or even a toddler. You have to get it right.

Most social care employers  struggle with  finding the best candidates to fit this role

Does this sound like you?  If  you answered “yes” to that, then you are in the right place

Today, I’m going to show you how to attract the best candidates for your care vacancy, and increase the visibility of your care agency.

To start with, as someone looking to hire carers, these tips are necessary to ensure success in your search.

The tips include

• Research and define where your ideal candidates are online and offline.
• Join local carers’ community groups and interact with them online and offline
• Attend and participate in recruitment fairs to get your ideal candidates.
• Ask for referrals within your trusted staff network.
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These tips will help you in making a good decision in choosing the best candidate.

How can you attract the best carer for your vacancy?

There are common mistakes made when advertising a care vacancy.

Amongst which is listing features or telling your brand story in a job post description.

You shouldn’t do this if you want to attract your ideal candidate.

Do this Instead to attract your Ideal candidates

• List the benefit of working in your care agency i.e salary, hours, location, and insurance amongst others.

• Your job advert should appeal to your candidates whenever they come across it.

• The information provided by you should be enough for the candidate to decide if they are fit for the caring role or not.

With this strategy, you will attract a handful of good talents rather than hundreds of unsuitable ones.

Ask relevant questions

Another common mistake with recruitment agencies or employers – with hiring competent carers – is asking irrelevant questions during the recruitment process.

For example, asking a candidate about his or her religion or irrelevant job experiences.

Instead, you should focus on identifying the candidate’s core skills such as

• First aid qualification

• Performing an online Disclosure and Barring Service check(DBS) to confirm that the candidate has clean criminal record history.

•  National vocational qualification(NVQ)

• Any other earned qualification relating to the role i.e. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR)

And relevant experiences related to care roles.

By doing this, you get to filter out unqualified candidates before the application stage.

A home caregiver scenario

Now you might not be a hiring officer or manager of a care facility. But you might be a caregiver to your loved one or aged parents. 

Change is constant in life and you might probably decide to seek a new job or relocate to a new city. 

The question of how do you manage with your loved one comes in?  Or how do you recruit the best carer for them?

This situation can be tiring. Follow through for best practices.

Make a good plan when relocating or seeking a new job

Changing jobs or relocating is never easy when you are playing the role of a carer to your loved one. 

There is a mistake common amongst caregivers, especially if you are a caregiver to your loved ones

Looking for a new job as a carer might be very challenging depending on how much care is required.

And the mistake of giving up your career or activities for this role shouldn’t be an option either.

If you don’t plan properly, you might suffer from burnout – from focusing on your new job, dealing with relocation, and taking care of your loved one.

Consider the welfare and health of your loved ones before making moves.

If you don’t make the best decision in attracting the best candidate for your care role. 

It might be to the detriment of your older person and cost you your peace or sanity.

To avoid all of this, you should do this –

• Find new health care providers in the other city, do your research and get referrals from their current doctors and book an appointment as soon as possible.

• Work with a competent  recruitment agency that is familiar with choosing the best carer in your destination

•  Contact insurance providers, confirm that the doctors or specialists your loved one needs are covered by their health insurance

• Move familiar possessions of your old ones and make the new location feel like home. 

Conclusion

 These care recruitment tips are crucial to attracting the best carer for your care vacancy. 

Tips such as emphasising benefits in your job description. Asking relevant questions during the hiring stages.

Providing enough information in the job posting.

And considering the welfare of your old one when searching for a new job or relocating.

It is also important to know that when it comes to recruiting the best carers. Talent prospect is your best bet, they ease the burden of making the mistake of choosing the wrong candidate.

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Now I’d like to hear from you. How does this blog post appeal to your care recruitment process?

And what strategy are you improving on today?

Let me know in the comment section.