Health & Social Care Recruitment: Policies, Legislation & Analysis

This report examines the critical aspects of managing people within the health and social care sector, focusing on recruitment strategies, relevant legislation, and safeguarding procedures. It details the various factors involved in planning recruitment, such as defining job duties, responsibilities, working hours, and compensation packages. The report highlights situations where specialist expertise is required in recruitment and selection to ensure the hiring of qualified healthcare professionals. It also evaluates different selection process approaches, including CV reviews, application forms, interviews, and tests. Furthermore, the analysis extends to policies and procedures resulting from serious cases, emphasizing patient consent and confidentiality to contribute to safeguarding within health and social care. The report concludes by underscoring the importance of these elements in securing eligible candidates and maintaining patient safety.

MANAGING PEOPLE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
TASK 1

Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Explaining factors involving in the planning of recruitment within health and social
care
• Explaining situation when to seek specialist expertise in recruitment and selection
• Describing relevant legislation and regulatory framework that affect the recruitment
and selection within health and social care
• Evaluating different approaches used in the selection process within health and social
care
• Analyse policy and procedures resulting from the serious case that contribute to
safeguarding in health and social care
• conclusion
• References

Introduction
To deliver effective health and
social care there is need for
healthcare professionals who can
delivery their effective care and
services to people for their
improved health.

Explaining factors involving in the planning of recruitment within health and social
care
Many factors are involved in the recruitment in health and
social care. In this, there is need to focus on the decision the
duties and responsibilities, working hours, type of contract and
their wages and benefits. These are the factors that can affect
recruitment within health and social care.

Explaining situation when to seek specialist expertise in recruitment and
selection
As the Health4All is getting in demand, there is need to hire or recruit
eligible healthcare professionals and for this there is need to seek for a
specialist who is having expertise in recruitment and selection. This
can help to get an appropriate and eligible candidate for the
organisation.

Describing relevant legislation and regulatory framework that
affect the recruitment and selection within health and social care
There are some of the relevant legislation which can impact recruitment
and selection within health and social care which are like Care Quality
Commission guidance.

Evaluating different approaches used in the selection process within
health and social care
There are some of the approaches used in the selection process
like CV, application form, interviews, tests, references, group
activities and many more.

Analyse policy and procedures resulting from the serious case that
contribute to safeguarding in health and social care
Patient consent, confidentiality are some of policy and procedures
which need to follow for safeguarding within health and social care.
This is highly required for the safeguarding of the patient in health and
social care.

Conclusion
From the above discussion, it can be concluded that there are various
factor and situation for the recruitment process. Legislation is also
helpful in the selection of an eligible candidate in health and social care.

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