Recruiting social care staff

Help boost your recruitment locally and attract the right candidates for your positions with these free, downloadable digital and print materials.

Advertise a role on DWP ‘Find a Job’

DWP’s ‘Find a Job’ site attracts thousands of quality candidates each year. It’s where the national recruitment campaign will direct people, so if you advertise your jobs here they will be seen by an enormous pool of potential candidates.

Posting your job is simple and quick. It’s really important you use the terms “social care” in the role description, to ensure it is visible on adultsocialcare.co.uk.

Download this one-page PDF guide if you need help.

Post a job

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Resources to help your recruitment

Maximise the effectiveness of your local recruitment with the free, downloadable resources available below. Resources cover a wide range of social care settings so you can find the right images for your organisation.

The campaign toolkit is your recruitment guide, with tips on how to use the resources and how to build a successful recruitment campaign.

Download campaign toolkit

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Social media assets

Download these images and videos to use on your social media channels to encourage people to apply for vacancies. You can personalise the social posts with your details to make them relevant to you.

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Facebook headers

Use these at the top of your Facebook profile page to grab your audience’s attention and alert potential candidates that you’re recruiting. Choose from four images.

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Twitter headers

Use at the top of your Twitter profile page to help grab people’s attention and alert potential candidates that you’re recruiting. Choose from four images.

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Facebook image posts

Use these on your Facebook page to inspire potential candidates and prompt people to apply for vacancies. Choose from ten images.

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Twitter image posts

Use these on your Twitter channel to inspire potential candidates and prompt people to apply for vacancies. Choose from ten images.

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Social post copy

Use this copy alongside images and videos. Choose from 9 posts focusing on different benefits of working in social care. You can personalise each one with your details.

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Videos

Download and share these videos of social care staff talking about their work. Videos often provoke a great response and are more likely to be shared.

Square image posts

These square images are suitable for use across any social media accounts you may have. Post them on your channels to inspire potential candidates and prompt people to apply for vacancies. Choose from nine images.

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Printable assets

A selection of assets are available for you to download, print and display in public places.

A4 posters

Use these posters to help raise the profile of the sector and inspire people to consider a role in adult social care. Choose from four posters.

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A4 personalised posters

Add your own details and use these posters to drive awareness of your vacancies and prompt people to apply.

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Vinyl banner

Display this banner outside your premises or at an event. Artwork is provided for a standard banner, 300cm x 100cm.

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Personalisable A5 leaflet

Add your own details to this leaflet and hand it out at events or to those enquiring about vacancies.

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Useful templates

This selection of copy templates has been created to help you draft job adverts and emails quickly and easily.

Job advert template

This has been created by experts to help you advertise a role in adult social care. Personalise it by adding details about the role you’re recruiting for.

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Jobseeker email

This email template has been designed to drive awareness of vacancies in your organisation and encourage people to apply.

.DOCX 165Kb Download

Newsletter template

Use this text in your staff newsletter to explain how you’re using the campaign to support your recruitment activity.

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Results template

Help us understand how the campaign is supporting your local recruitment – complete this template to share your story with us.

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Co-brandable assets

DHSC have made versions of the Made with Care campaign resources available to partners as open artwork files, hosted on the CRC. This means the files are editable, allowing you to make specified changes to the artwork.

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Made with Care | Campaign Resource Centre (phe.gov.uk)

DHSC have made versions of the Made with Care campaign resources available to partners as editable, open artwork files.

Campaign badging device

The campaign badging device is available for you to use on any recruitment materials which you have developed. This will show the link between your activity and the national campaign.

Campaign badging device

Download the campaign badging device and guidelines for use on your materials.

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Webinars

The Skills for Care webinar is available to download and watch. This provides useful background on the campaign, how to get involved with it and how it can support your recruitment.

Download the military toolkit

This toolkit has been developed for use by those working with or supporting Forces families, veterans or those transitioning out of the Armed Forces to inspire them about the opportunities which the adult social care sector can offer. Services and veterans can use the skillset they’ve built up during their time in the Armed Forces to keep making a difference to their community and to people’s lives. Adult social care also offers a great opportunity for veterans, those transitioning out of the Armed or their families, offering work-life balance across a broad spread of roles.

Download the military toolkit

Military toolkit