Recruiter

At Paragon Social Care, we’re on a mission to make a meaningful impact on the lives of vulnerable and challenging children and young people under the care of local councils. During those crucial periods between long-term placements, we step in with 24/7 wrap-around support packages until a more suitable arrangement is found.

As a Recruiter, you will play a critical role in the recruitment and onboarding of our new Support Workers who look after vulnerable young people. You will work closely with the rest of the recruitment and wider Paragon team to ensure we get the right people in the right places. In this role you will be involved with the full end-to-end recruitment process, including posting job ads, sourcing candidates, conducting interviews, and onboarding candidates right through to sign off and issuing contracts.

What’s the Job About?As our new recruiter you’ll help us to find the right people to build our Support Worker teams. The role is initially to cover maternity leave but is likely to turn into a permanent role for the right person.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Candidate sourcing: Advertising jobs, active sourcing through job boards, cold calling, social media and thinking outside the box to identify potential pools of new candidates.
• Screening & Interviews: Contacting candidates over the phone to screen and establish whether they may be suitable for Paragon Social Care. Conducting interviews and providing feedback.
• Onboarding: Taking candidates through the full compliance process, including DBS checks, referencing, online training and verifying ID documents.
• Candidate Experience: Keep candidates excited and engaged throughout the process, making sure they feel valued from day one and come through the process within appropriate timescales.
• Other requirements: Ensuring that live candidates are kept up to date with compliance requirements.

What You Bring to the Table:

• Ideally you will have recruitment and/or compliance experience but do not let this stop you from applying if you feel you are the right person!
• Enthusiasm and a positive attitude
• A passion for talking to people and a genuine desire to get the right people into the role
• Top-notch communication skills—you’ll be the face and voice of our company throughout the hiring process.
• A knack for multitasking—recruiting is fast-paced, and you’re ready to keep up!

Quarterly bonuses are paid based on achievable targets. If you feel you are the right person, who loves talking to people, has great attention to detail and wants to work in a fun and friendly office in the heart of Berkhamsted apply now.