Who are we?
Setting Steps is care provider of temporary and permanent staffing for adults and children’s social care services. We provide fully trained and qualified support workers, care assistants and community carers into care homes, supported living accommodation home care services and domiciliary care services to people who have a variety of complex care needs such as learning disability, brain injury, dementia and mental health.
What we do?
If an unexpected absence (sickness ) or a planned absence (holiday) has left your business short of the staff it so desperately needs to take care of vulnerable adults or children, Setting Steps can help you address these issues quickly and effectively.
We understand the importance of urgency, after you’ve contacted us detailing your requirements, we’ll get back to you quickly with a personalized bespoke plan devised to meet your specifications.
We understand that temporary staffing requirements for adults and children in care homes, supported living accommodation, home care services and domiciliary care services can change quickly.
Thanks to our management team, we are able to quickly determine the best action to resolve staffing issues as and when they arise. We take great care to fully understand your needs, we work efficiently and efficiently to fulfil and meet those needs.
Our temporary staff are treated just like our permanent staff and are given yearly supervisions and appraisals. We address any HR matters to make sure we have a committed temporary workforce that we invest in. When you register with Setting Steps LTD, your job search becomes our job search. We will look after your infilled vacancies for you and only pass on candidates that meet your criteria and our high standards.
Understanding your needs & wants
Having a greater understanding of exactly what your staffing requirements are is key to the success of our service. Once we have an exact comprehension of your precise requirements, we can go about partnering you with the adult social care workers best equipped to fulfil these requirements. That way we can ensure that the adults or children under their supervision are receiving the highest possible levels of care.
How the process works
Every staff member has to meet all of our mandatory requirements, each carried out with the intention of distinguishing the very best applicants. Enhanced DBS checks, interviews, references and tailored training are just a few of many conditions prospective candidates have to satisfy. By administering such an intensive selection procedure on your behalf, we eliminate the need for your organisation to go through the time-consuming vetting process.
Staff Competency
All our staff will have knowledge in Health & Social Care by completing there level 1 introduction to Health & Social Care working towards level 2 , they will have hands on experience with our own home care service and supported living, delivering bespoke person centred personal care, administering medication,cleaning,cooking ,support and assisting oral & peg feed. Daily electronic care report logs, Accidents and incident forms and following care plans and risk assessment in place.
Setting Steps is able to provide recruitment services for care and support sector in the following areas :
- Support Workers
- Care Assistants
- Community Care Assistants
- Bank Care workers
- Night careers
- Children’s Homes Support Workers
Temp or Permanent recruitment
We show the same diligence and thoroughness in our more permanent recruitment strategies. Our temporary to permanent service gives clients the opportunity to trial workers for a time before they decide whether or not to hire them on a full-time basis. We are also able to source candidates for full-time positions through our dedicated recruitment consultant, who has an impressive track record of pairing suitable applicants with social care organisations.
Out of Hours Service
Setting Steps out of hour’s service enables clients to cover shifts last minute, meaning you can always rely on us to support you. Every one of our temporary staff are trained in all mandatory training courses. Contact us between 7 am – 10 pm, Monday to Sunday, and we will be there to support you.
What we offer
- Full vacancy brief has taken before assignment.
- Full pre-screen interviews conducted with all candidates.
- Shortlisting candidates for interview with full employment profile.
- Full management of the interview process including candidate and client feedback.
- Post offer Management.
- You only pay a fee in the event that you appoint a candidate that Setting Steps LTD has introduced.
- Vacancies advertised on all major job boards and through social media.
- High-volume recruitment campaigns are all delivered with highly personalized and expert service.
- Staff sourced through our existing database
Our Training
Setting Steps offers unlimited training to each placed candidate, which they will receive for the duration of their employment with your company, including annual refresher courses. Some of the training provided
- Mandatory Induction
- Patient Moving & Handling of people and awareness
- Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults
- Safeguarding of Children
- Health and Safety in the Care Home
- Infection control & Food Hygiene
- Emergency First Aid Awareness
- Medication
- Equality diversity
- Corona Virus
- Brain Injury
Dementia - Basic Life Support
- Ligature training
- Manual handling
- Positive Behaviour Support
- Dementia Care
- PMVA
- Learning Disability Training
- Autism Training
- Child Sexual Exploitation
- Child Protection Training
- Safeguarding Training
- First Aid Training
- Mental Health Awareness Training
- Care Planning Training
- Positive Relationships Training
- Communication Skills Training
- Working with Children with Disabilities Training
Why Choose Us?
We have years of experience working in the Health & Social Care sector understanding the needs and preferences of clients. We are passionate about making a difference in people’s lives ensuring they are provided with the best and high standards of care they deserve. To enable this to happen we understand we have to recruit , support , train , mentor and guide the right candidate to provide the best care possible whilst being reliable, honest , caring , passionate and have empathy towards caring for people giving them a better quality of life which benefits your service.
Work with us
If you are looking for a recruitment company who are passionate about raising the care standards in the Health & Social Care setting, striving to make a difference to people’s lives by recruiting and developing the right candidates who can make a difference to your business, Setting Steps is the perfect fit for you.
If you would prefer for us to contact you via telephone or email about our recruitment services, please contact us on the details below for more information.