Recruitment agency tunes into special needs for care staffing

Reducing the cost of recruitment without diminishing the quality of staff is a key concern of all health care, residential care and not for profit care organisations. Bluebell Care has launched a special service at a special price to provide flexibility to meet temporary and permanent staffing needs across all care departments with a single phone call.



Bluebell maintains a database of available staff that can be called upon 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Either by meeting or extensive telephone call, a detailed brief is taken from a client. All candidates are screened in line with section 17 of the National Care Standard Act 2000. They ensure applicants are fit and ready for the challenge of caring and are allowed to work in England (valid working permits, passport and accompanying documents are checked and copied). They also ensure recruits are skilled and fully qualified, with a minimum of NVQ 2, and experienced in all aspect of care work. CRB and POVA checks are done and there are at least two checkable work references.

Flexibility is vital as Nick Obita of Bluebell Care explains, ìCare organisations are in a competitive and demanding environment when trying to find the right recruits. Traditional nine-to-five recruitment cannot meet their needs. Clients need a pool of highly skilled candidates that are pre-qualified and ready to go. We have developed that resource for them to draw on with confidence. We can even provide transportation to ensure the safe and timely arrival of staff as public transport often does not operate when and where needed.î

The company has solved both the short term and long term staffing requirements of many leading care companies and organisations including BUPA, Castle Care homes, Royal Naval Benevolent Trust, The British Royal Legion, Kent Community Housing Trust and the Salvation Army. Placements range from mangers, receptionists, porters, administrators, through to housekeepers, cleaners and to kitchen employees.

Besides serving the needs of care organisations, individuals can register their CV and skills with Bluebell Care on their easyrecruiting.co.uk web site. Summing up, Nick Obita, added, ìWe seek long term relationships with our clients and candidates. All placements are followed by extensive debriefings so we can ensure quality over time and even include further training if required to bridge any skills gap.î