Managing Human Resources in Health and Social Care: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing Human Resources in Health and Social Care
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Task 1:........................................................................................................................................4
Task 2:........................................................................................................................................8
Task 3:......................................................................................................................................11
Conclusion................................................................................................................................13
Reference List..........................................................................................................................14
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Introduction
Today, Health and Social care has become one of the most essential and effective industries
in a global context. The sector comprises of services an individual seeks from the various
health and social care providers. The components of the health and social care sector
comprises of various crucial and significant subjects such as biology, nutrition, ethical
frameworks, certain laws and legislations, and social policies. One of the main advantages of
the health and social care sector is the fact that it provides significant and important support
to individuals. May it be it physical support, or emotional support or social support, the sector
has become one of the most important functioning industries, not only regionally, but also
nationally and globally.
The main aim of this project will be to shed light on the various aspects of management in the
Health and Social care sector. From hiring the required employees to creation of certain
plans, the project shall deal with various components for a better understanding of the
management of this sector. Lastly, the project shall also lay down certain pieces of
legislations, which shall be followed by the management and authorities in the health and
social sector. The study shall be conducted in reference to Akari care home UK.
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Task 1:
Write a short report explain the factors that need to be considered – operationally and
strategically – when planning the recruitment of an individual to fill the post in a health
and social care setting [AC1.1]
In the health and social care sector, the need and requirement of the relevant staffs is a
necessity for enhanced services. Since this is a sector, which is very crucial and related to the
lives of the individuals seeking support and help, the management and authorities of a firm
need to be put in extra efforts and see to it that only the capable and qualified individuals are
hired for an organization like the Akari care home UK. It has to be understood that the
organization functions to provide care homes support to the elderly and adults in the United
Kingdom (Media, 2018). For instance, the employees who shall be working in the
organization need to have the capability to work and cope up with the behaviour and
mentality of the aged individuals.
For any organization serving the Health and Social care sector, there are certain operational
and strategic factors, which have to be kept in mind and considered by the Human Resource
department while undertaking the recruitment process. For an organization such as Akari care
home, the HR department of the organization have to deal with two factors while hiring and
recruiting employees.
They are the Internal factors and the External factors.
The Internal factors comprise of:
 Organizational size
 The value and image of the organization
 Policies of recruitment
 The value and dignity associated with the particular job
The organizational size plays a major role in the recruitment and hiring of employees. It has
to be understood that the recruitment process depends on certain factor such as the plan of the
organization to expand or spread its business, plans to acquire or merge with other
organizations (Hesselgreaves et al., 2016). For instance, if the Akari care home decides to
expand its business, it needs to hire more employees to handle the increment in the
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