Managing Human Resources in Health and Social Care - HR manager

Managing Human
Resources in Health and
Social Care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION 1
TASK 1 1
1.1 Factors to be considered while planning recruitment of candidates.....................................1
1.2 Relevant legislative polices of home country influencing selection, recruitment.................2
1.3 Different approaches used to ensure best selection of candidate at work place...................2
TASK 2 4
2.1 Theories showing interaction of individuals in group in relation to types of teams.............4
2.2 Approaches used to develop effective team working...........................................................5
TASK 4 6
4.1 Theories of leadership implemented to health and social care..............................................6
4.2 Analyse how working relationships can manage..................................................................7
4.3 Evaluation of own development influenced by management approaches considering own
experience...................................................................................................................................7
TASK 3 8
CONCLUSION 8
REFERENCES 9

INTRODUCTION
Human resource management refers to the formal system devised for managing people
working in organisation. This is the section which is related to workforce working in
organisation. In health and social care sector, there are many employees providing better services
to consumers. There is difference in skills and knowledge of employees at other organisation as
compared to health and social sector. Hence HR manager has to understand different components
while recruitment and selection of workers. This report is based on “Happiness All Around”
health care organisation. This health care works for taking care of old age people and providing
them residing services (Bratton and Gold, 2017). In this report, there is discussion about different
factors to be considered while planning the recruitment of individuals, legal legislations to be
considered, approaches and theories to be considered for best selection and team working
efficiency, ways to monitor teams, different strategies for training and development, leadership
theories and methods through which working relationships can be managed, at last evaluation of
own development and management approaches.
TASK 1
1.1 Factors to be considered while planning recruitment of candidates
There are different factors which has to be considered while planning and recruitment
candidates for “Happiness All Around” such as type of individuals required i.e. part time or full
time workers, skills and knowledge required in individuals. Requirement of personal qualities
such as calmness, patience, good listening sills, handling tantrums, etc. Total expenditure
“Happiness All Around” wants to invest for recruitment and selection. Roles and responsibilities
through which are required to be considered for new hiring, source of selection and recruitment.
There is requirement of some experience which is significant and relevant for providing best
services to consumers. It is important to identify some specific potential such as confidence level
through which they can serve to client with best. Technical knowledge to individual will also
considered because this is crucial in current environment and to maintain resistance in current
market.
Job description and job specification has to be prepared through which it is easy to
identify what are desired and essential skills for candidates (Butler and Wilson, 2015). HR
manager of “Happiness All Around” has to identify ways through which advertisement of vacant
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position. There is requirement of planning related to short-listing of individuals in order to get
best candidates out of crowd. Managers has to estimate time required for get in some specific
individual i.e. specific date of opening job vacancy and closing date. There is requirement of
some skills with the help of which best candidates can be selected in the organisation. There is
requirement of proper understanding among management for analysing best candidate at
“Happiness All Around”. Some of the features which can be used to fulfil specified designation
is as under-
 Identification of personal qualities which are required in candidate because this is
important for making them working according to culture of organisation.
 Making and compiling job description which shows essential and expected skills in
specified candidate who is required at specified position.
 Person specification is the format which is required to understood skills which is sort of
checklist which is used to check specified candidate.
 After framing job specification, there is requirement of evaluating jobs and tasks which
has to be performed by candidate.
 There is requirement of advertising new job vacancies for the required job position. There
must be use of best way of advertising through which majority of individuals have
knowledge.
 After advertising, application form has to ready which invites individuals to apply in their
organisation.
 After getting application, short- listing of individuals have to be done after analysing their
skills and qualities.
 After short- listing, appointment of candidates will start such assessment test, personal
interview, presentation, etc.
 After appointment, reference check, health check, etc. are done to check relevance of
individuals.
 There is offering of offer letter which is official document showing that individual is part
of association.
 After this, orientation will be conducted to acknowledge new individuals about
“Happiness All Around” and its policies.
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