Evaluating HRM Practices: Recruitment & Selection at Dove Care Home

This report evaluates the Human Resource Management (HRM) practices at Dove Care, focusing on their recruitment and selection processes. It begins by outlining key factors considered when planning recruitment in health and social care, emphasizing comprehensive planning, organizational objectives, and the primary purpose of recruitment. The report then discusses the influence of UK legislative and policy frameworks, particularly the Equality Act 2010, on selection and employment practices. It evaluates various approaches used to ensure the selection of the best individuals, such as applying selection models, short-listing candidates, conducting interviews, and using psychometric assessments. The report concludes by highlighting the importance of these techniques in maintaining a skilled workforce within a healthcare organization. This document is available on Desklib, where students can find a wide range of solved assignments and study resources.

Human Resource Management
in Health Care

Table of Contents
• Introduction- Slide4
• Factors to be considered when planning the
recruitment of individuals to work in health
and social care –Slide 5
• Relevant legislative and policy frameworks of
the U.K influence the selection, recruitment
and employment of individual – Slide 6

Contd..
• Evaluate different approaches that may be
used to ensure the selection of the best
individuals for work in health and social care
Slide 7
• Conclusion- Slide 8
• Reference List- Slide 9

Introduction
This report will help in evaluating about the
methods that are used by the HR department
of Dove Care in order to enhance their
recruitment process. The various legislation
that are implemented by the management for
the enhancement selection process will be
discussed.

Factors to be considered when planning the
recruitment of individuals to work in health
and social care
There are a number of factors that are
considered by the management of health and
social care before recruiting candidates for
their organization.
• comprehensive planning
• objective of the organization
• major purpose of recruitment

Relevant legislative and policy frameworks of the U.K influence the selection, recruitment and employment of
individual
• 1. Equality Act 2010: This Act of UK
government helps in protecting the employees
of the country from any kind of discrimination
in the workplace.

Evaluate different approaches that may be used to ensure the selection of the best
individuals for work in health and social care
The management of Dove
Care Home can use a
number of processes
such as applying models
for selection, short-listing
the candidates,
interviewing them, and
more in order ensure that
they are able to select the
best and most deserved
candidate for the position
of care assistant. After
the candidates have
applied for the position,
the HRM department of
the health care
organization shortlist the
candidates as per their
qualification and
experience. After short-
listing the most suitable
candidates, the selected
candidates receive a
letter or mail for face-to-
face interview with the
management of the
organization.
Interview: The HR
managers will
conduct the
interview and the
directors of Dove
care, the interview
process will help the
management to
have a face-to-face
interaction with the
candidate and
understand about
the skills and
knowledge of the
candidate.
Psychometric assessment:
This aspect of the interview
helps in understanding the
psychological abilities of the
candidates such as decision-
making capabilities,
reasoning abilities and more.
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Conclusion
This report helps in gaining knowledge regarding
the techniques that are used by the HRM
department in maintaining the workforce of
an organization.

Reference List
• Cascio, W., 2018. Managing human resources. McGraw-Hill
Education.
• Brinkmann, S., 2014. Interview. In Encyclopedia of critical
psychology (pp. 1008-1010). Springer New York.
• Legislation.gov.uk. (2018, A). Data Protection Act 1998. [online]
Available at:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/29/contents
[Accessed 1 Jun. 2018].
• Legislation.gov.uk. (2018, B). Equality Act 2010. [online] Available
at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents
[Accessed 1 Jun. 2018].

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