Steps to Recruit and Select Staff for Social Care Organization

This document discusses the principal steps involved in recruiting and selecting suitable staff for a social care organization. It also explores the factors that shape ethical behavior and provides strategies for maintaining high ethical standards in the organization.

C). principal steps which you consider relevant in order to recruit and select a suitable staff team
for any social care organisation of your choice.
The Health Care Foundation Workers implement the following steps to recruit and select
staff members for different operational roles in organisation.
The steps follow to recruit and select can staff members can be summarised in following points.
Job Analysis: Health Care Foundation follows all regulations under Health and social care act
2008 for recruiting its staff members. For this purpose job analysis is the first step involve in the
recruitment and selection process for different designations in The Health Foundation. Job
analysis involves identifying the needs and requirements of the social care organisation
(Dignum, 2019). Health Care Foundation analysis about all the aspects related to different
factors such as roles, duties, skills, gender, ethnicity and specialised health care services,
abilities and other factors associated with the designated role in organisation.
Job description: Job description is the second step involve in recruitment and selection process
in the organisation. Based on the requirements and needs associated with the role in social care
organisation a descriptive job description get publish in all communication channels. Social care
organisations ensure that in job description all details such as experience, educational
requirements as per CQC criteria and targeted population which is required to be serve are
clearly mentioned so that individual with necessary skills can apply. This enables The Health
Care Foundation to attract potential talents for different roles in organisation. Job description
play huge role in attracting suitable professionals and graduates for meeting different roles in
Health Care Foundation (Work with us, The health care foundation, 2020).
Screening and short listing: Based on the job profile and talent search process candidates get
shortlisted for the personal interview round. This is a crucial step involve in recruitment and
selection process of Health Care Foundation. Based on the needs and requirements of the social
care organisation all such candidates’ meets the requirements of the organisation get selected in
this step of recruitment and selection.
Interviewing: After above steps personal interview round in conducted. All such candidates get
short listed in the previous step get chance to participate in personal interview round. In this step
senior members of the Health Care Foundation take personal interview of all the short listed
candidates to analyse about the strengths and capabilities of candidates and their clinical and
social care knowledge. Interview panel at Health Care Foundation ask relatable question based
on the needs of the organisation (Salmela, S., Koskinen, C. and Eriksson, K., 2017). Contrary to
other corporate in social care candidates are not directly recruited for the job role instead they are
first appointed to demonstrate their practical skills and experience.

In addition to the theoretical questions candidates are also required to show their expertise on
dummy patients or in given situations so that their abilities can be judged and safety of service
users can be assured. On the basis of the answers given by candidate’s most suitable candidate
among all the short listed candidate get hired by organisation. This step is considered as the most
important step involve in the recruitment and selection process at the Health Care Foundation.
Evaluation and offer of employment: Based on the personal interview round candidates meets
the best capabilities as per the requirements of Health Care Foundation this process is conducted
(Mensah and Osman, 2018). As per the outcome of the personal interview round candidate that
best suits the requirements and needs of the organisation get short listed and provide recruitment
opportunity in the Health Care Foundation.
Introduce in organisation: This is the final step involve in recruitment and selection process at
Health Care Foundation. All candidates get selected as per the needs of the social care
organisation in recruitment and selection process gets introduced in front of the entire
organisation.
Al the above steps conclude about the recruitment and selection process in the Health
Care Foundation.
D) factors which shape ethical behaviour, and elaborate on the rationalisations which may be
relied upon by employees to justify unethical conduct. Discuss four strategies the social care
manager can rely upon when attempting to maintain high ethical standards in their organisation
Ethical behaviour is defined as implication of moral principles in Health Care
Foundation. This is more like behaving in an appropriate manner in a practical operational
situation. There are several factors which shape ethical behaviour of social and health care
professionals. These factors are as follows:
Individual factors: Each individual have different values, morals, knowledge, experience,
judgemental abilities and perception which affect their ethics and actions. Thus many times
individuals may not consider their actions as unethical and it result in different ethical behaviour.
Social factors: The thinking abilities of an individual are also affected by their family values,
society and cultural aspect. Thus most of the employees of Health Care Foundation may follow
their cultural and popular social trends which may seem unethical to any other social groups.
Thus there is need to have well defined ethical framework so that all social communities can be
provided services in an ethical and safe manner.
Organisational factors: The organisational values and vision of Health Care Foundation play an
important role in shaping ethical behaviour of its employees. Thus actions of employees are

greatly controlled by the organisational policies and strategies which is significant factor in
shaping and affecting ethical decisions.
Good values: Management of the Health Care Foundation cater good values in all the staff in
order to follow ethical practices. Catering values drives employees to get involve with only
ethical actions.
Motivation: Motivation also play huge role in restricting employees to behave ethically in
Health Care Foundation (Mackelprang and Salsgiver, 2016). Management try to uplift the
motivation level of employee’s that drives ethical practices.
Effective work culture: Effective work culture of the Health Care Foundation drives employees
to channelize ethical practices.
Justification of unethical conduct
Unethical conduct can be justified in the following manner.
Unawareness of ethics: Employee’s in transition or training period, in Health Care Foundation
may not have knowledge about ethical guidelines and working standards of organisation (White
and Rezania, 2019). This lack of knowledge and awareness can be one of the key arguments to
justify their unethical conduct.
Lack of organisational support and resources: Many times employee’s caught in unethical
conduct give reason like they are facing some issues which drive the unethical behaviour. Many
times such employee’s feels that they lack management support and financial resources which
forces them to adopt unethical ways.
Both the justifications are seemed to be common and convenient against unethical
conduct at work place.
Strategies to maintain ethical standards
Transparent system: Management of the Health Care Foundation must follow the strategies to
keep the system transparent. This is an effective strategy that promotes ethical behaviour at the
organisation.
Develop ethical standards: This is also a crucial strategy apply in the Health Care Foundation
to promote ethical practices in organisation (Yatich and Musebe, 2017). Management give
emphasis to build ethical standards for all operational functions of organisation.
Promote community involvement: Management of the Health Care Foundation follow the
practice to involve all human resources associated with organisation. With the support of all

human resources associated at different designated positions in organisation management try to
promote ethical behaviour in organisation.
Improve employee motivation: Motivation play huge role in applying ethical practices and
ethical behaviour in organisation. Management of Health Care Foundation conduct monthly
sessions to motive employee towards improving ethical behaviour in organisation.
All the above strategies play huge role in improving ethical behaviour in organisation.

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