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thechildrenstrust.org.ukRegistered charity number 288018. A company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales number 1757875.Registered office : Tadworth Court, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5RU.

Nursing & Care Recruitment Project Lead

Candidate briefing pack

thechildrenstrust.org.ukRegistered charity number 288018. A company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales number 1757875.Registered office: Tadworth Court, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5RU.

Dear Candidate

Thank you for your interest in becoming our new Nursing & Care Recruitment Project Lead at The Children’s Trust.

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury. We are unique, with an international reputation for the work we undertake to improve the lives of the children and families with whom we work. We provide information and support to thousands of children with brain injury and their families annually, through education, care, therapy and research. We provide expertise and experience in meeting the needs of children and young people with acquired brain injury, neuro-disabilities and complex health needs.

As a Nursing & Care Recruitment Project Lead, you will be reporting to the Recruitment Manager. Your role will predominantly involve project managing the international recruitment of nurses, arranging recruitment events, as well as researching and analysing recruitment data.

You will be enthusiastic and able to provide appropriate challenge and support to a busy team.

This is a chance for an outstanding candidate to make a significant and lasting difference to the lives of thousands of children and families.

Kind regards

Mike MaddickDirector of People


The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury and complex health needs.

The charity provides rehabilitation, medical care, special education, community services and expert information.

Our key services are: Rehabilitation for children with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) A residential non-maintained special school for children with Profound and Multiple

Learning Difficulties (PMLD) Support for children with ABI and their families in the communities across the UK,

through our Brain Injury Community Services. Online information and support via our publications and braininjuryhub.co.uk

Our residential services based at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, Surrey, work in partnership with the NHS and local authorities to provide a step-down pathway of care between hospital and home. The centre is entirely child and family focused to ensure that their needs are appropriately supported.

In the community, we provide clinical support to complement local services and give children and young people with ABI the best chance of succeeding at home and in school.

We are the only paediatric centre with a national specialised commissioning contract (through NHS England) to provide brain injury rehabilitation for children with severe brain injury. Our other services are funded through local health commissioners (such as clinical commissioning groups), social care and education authorities, together with the millions raised through voluntary fundraising.

Thanks to the generosity of The Children’s Trust’s supporters, our 24 acre Tadworth site features a modern hydrotherapy pool, accommodation for parents, specially adapted equipment, soft play areas and a wheelchair-accessible treehouse.

We run a non-maintained residential special school for children with PMLD. The Children’s Trust School supports children and young people from 3 to 19 years old and is dual-registered with the Care Quality Commission (the school residential houses) and Ofsted.

The Children’s Trust is a charitable organisation with approximately 595 committed staffand 560 volunteers with a range of expertise across nursing and care, education,therapy, operations and centralised support functions such as finance, HR, fundraisingand communications. A number of these staff are based off site around the UK as part of our community work or in our charity shop.

The Charity


Job Title Nursing & Care Recruitment Project LeadReports to Recruitment ManagerLocation Based in Tadworth, SurreySalary £26,000 - £28,000DBS Enhanced with child and adult check

You will be managing all projects in relation to nurse recruitment and reporting to the Recruitment Manager. You will have a proactive approach, ensuring that all projects are planned and agreed with defined scope, on time and within budget.

1. Overseas Recruitment

Implement an annual strategy to ensure we attract and retain a high calibre of nurses. This will include a regular review of the strategy.

Working closely with Managers from our Children & Family Services and School Houses together with the HR Business Partner and Recruitment Managers to understand resource requirements constraints, availability and any cost implications.

Develop a detailed project plan within scope, on-time and on budget, to monitor and track progress for all projects.

Ensure that all relevant stakeholders are involved to understand their requirement and expectations.

Build strong productive relationships with external agencies in recruiting overseas nurses.

Responsible for ensuring all recruitment administration & processes are completed safely and accurately in line with our Safer Recruitment Policy.

From the outset be the first point of contact for the new recruits when they come over to the UK, assist with their onboarding into The Children’s Trust and the local community.

2. Recruitment Events

Develop a plan of annual recruitment events. Career fairs:

- Liaising with the different universities regarding dates and set up on the day- Ensuring we have the right level of staff attending from The Children’s Trust- Working with Marketing so we have the right materials to take along with us.

Duties and Responsibilities

Job Purpose

Job Description


Arranging onsite Open Days to promote our brand and attract new nurses. This requires devising a marketing and advertising strategy, and communicating with the departments participating in the event.

Research and analyse competitor recruitment information and best practice. Support the development of innovative recruitment ideas to ensure a consistent flow of

applications.

3. General Recruitment

Assisting the wider recruitment team with Nursing & Care recruitment Support with ensuring each candidate employed by The Children’s Trust is fully

compliant with Ofsted and CQC Regulations. Work with the Recruitment Manager to overhaul the Children’s Support Assistant (CSA)

Recruitment Strategy, with a particular focus on the interview process Work with and support the wider People team on projects and other change initiatives.

Organisation and Structure


Recruitment Officer Recruitment Officer Recruitment Project Lead

Person Specification

Recruitment Manager


Safeguarding

Selection CriteriaEducation & Qualifications

A level or equivalent

Experience UK & International Recruitment experience Understanding of best practice recruitment & selection

techniques Experience of recruiting from EU and non EU countries

– Desirable Nursing recruitment experience - Desirable Advising managers on operational recruitment issues Commitment to meeting the needs of a unique

organisation by supporting staff in providing services to children and young people with multiple & complex disabilities

Skills & Abilities Strong Project Management Skills including planning, prioritisation, risk / issue management, benchmarking, troubleshooting and progress tracking.

Relationship Management: Strong interpersonal and diplomacy skills with high integrity. Trustworthy with strong personal values.

Customer focused Proven team player and management experience Information Gathering and Analysis: ability to

complete through research and analysis and draw measured, balanced conclusions and able to contribute ideas.

Responsive: Ability to work under pressure and multi-task. Ability to inject pace, energy and initiative into a work stream to encourage delivery.

Judgement: Able to quickly and thoroughly grasp concepts and issues to provide clear, succinct and prioritised recommendations.

Knowledge Communication and Presentation (both written & verbal)

Knowledge of employment law and best practice guidelines and the ability to interpret these in line with organisational requirements - Essential


The Children’s Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.

The Children’s Trust has policies on safer recruitment, the recruitment of ex-offenders and criminal record checks, please refer to the Resource Team for further information.

The Children’s Trust recognises the value of diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity. We expect staff to be treated with dignity and respect and solely on the basis of their merits, abilities and potential regardless of age, sex, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, disability, race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief as stated in the Equality Act 2010. We expect all staff to share this commitment and promote equality and diversity amongst their teams.

Our ambition is to provide a professional service where the children and families are at the centre attention of what we do or us to be able to use this opportunity and to achieve this vision & ambition. We require all of our staff to be actively promoting and sharing our values that bring us closer to achieving our goal.

Equality and Diversity

Values


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Nursing & Care Recruitment Project Lead · Web viewThank you for your interest in becoming our new Nursing & Care Recruitment Project Lead at The Children’s Trust. The Children’s