Care Recruitment Coordinator Employment Contract UK
Define accurate recruitment administration for roles involving vulnerable people, keeping hiring speed subordinate to transparent screening and authorised clearance.
This contract includes Coordinate approved care vacancies, advertising and candidate communication. Schedule interviews and maintain complete selection documentation. Obtain candidate consent and route required screening evidence. Preview before payment PDF and editable DOCX files after checkoutBuilt for UK employers
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19 June 2026
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Role-specific duties
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Working hours
Standard and flexible working arrangements.
Holiday entitlement
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Confidentiality
Client and company confidentiality.
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Notice periods
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When to use this contract
Maintain well-run care recruitment campaigns, produce accurate candidate and interview coordination, and complete handover into compliance and onboarding.
Workplace context: Care home.
What makes this role different
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering candidate sensitive data. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering screening and safeguarding handover. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering agency and advertising spend. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering targets versus clearance accuracy. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering company policies.
Not a fit / obtain specialist advice
Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The coordinator may administer recruitment and issue approved communications. Selection, salary exceptions, check waivers, withdrawal decisions and confirmation of safe deployment require the hiring or compliance authority. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
What to prepare before you issue it
the services, regions and role families recruited
the applicant tracking and secure screening systems used
the advertising, agency and recruitment spending authority
the interview and candidate-contact duties assigned
the person authorised to select, offer and approve exceptions
the compliance handover and conditional-start process
Day-to-day operating brief
What Recruitment Coordinator (Care) work looks like in practice
A care recruitment coordinator manages vacancies, candidates, interviews and pre-employment files for roles involving vulnerable people. The contract should link hiring speed with accurate screening and a clear boundary: an empty rota does not authorise incomplete checks or misleading role information.
Responsibilities reflected in the contract
Coordinate approved care vacancies, advertising and candidate communication.
Schedule interviews and maintain complete selection documentation.
Obtain candidate consent and route required screening evidence.
Keep check, reference, offer and start-date status accurate.
Protect applicant health, identity, criminal-record and employment information.
Handover cleared candidates to onboarding without representing unresolved checks as complete.
A realistic working scenario
A preferred candidate can start immediately but one required check remains unresolved. The coordinator keeps the file status accurate, arranges the approved next step and sends any exception to the compliance or care manager instead of marking the candidate cleared.
Outputs to agree
well-run care recruitment campaigns
accurate candidate and interview coordination
complete handover into compliance and onboarding
Records and evidence
Vacancy and approval brief.
Candidate consent and application.
Interview and selection record.
Check status, offer and onboarding handover.
Work records.
Handover notes.
Reporting relationship
Typically reports to HR Manager, People Director or Operations Director. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.
Authority and escalation
The coordinator may administer recruitment and issue approved communications. Selection, salary exceptions, check waivers, withdrawal decisions and confirmation of safe deployment require the hiring or compliance authority.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
Tools and systems
Care planning systems.
Mobility equipment.
Workplace context
Care home.
Training and certification
Complete employer-required safeguarding training.
Complete employer-required health and safety training.
Contract priorities
candidate sensitive data
screening and safeguarding handover
agency and advertising spend
targets versus clearance accuracy
Information the employer should prepare
the services, regions and role families recruited
the applicant tracking and secure screening systems used
the advertising, agency and recruitment spending authority
the interview and candidate-contact duties assigned
the person authorised to select, offer and approve exceptions
the compliance handover and conditional-start process
Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.
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The facts this Recruitment Coordinator (Care) contract is built around
These role-pack details give an employer something concrete to check before using the contract for residential care work.
Work setting
Care home.
Primary duties
Coordinate approved care vacancies, advertising and candidate communication.
Schedule interviews and maintain complete selection documentation.
Obtain candidate consent and route required screening evidence.
Keep check, reference, offer and start-date status accurate.
Tools and training to confirm
Care planning systems.
Mobility equipment.
Complete employer-required safeguarding training.
Complete employer-required health and safety training.
Governance focus
CQC context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering candidate sensitive data. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering screening and safeguarding handover. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering agency and advertising spend.
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Recruitment Coordinator (Care) duties
Maintain well-run care recruitment campaigns, produce accurate candidate and interview coordination, and complete handover into compliance and onboarding.
Coordinate approved care vacancies, advertising and candidate communication. Schedule interviews and maintain complete selection documentation. Obtain candidate consent and route required screening evidence. Keep check, reference, offer and start-date status accurate. Protect applicant health, identity, criminal-record and employment information.
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What is added to the finished contract
The coordinator may administer recruitment and issue approved communications. Selection, salary exceptions, check waivers, withdrawal decisions and confirmation of safe deployment require the hiring or compliance authority.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering candidate sensitive data.
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering screening and safeguarding handover.
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Can the coordinator confirm a start date before checks finish?
Only under the employer's documented conditional process and authority. The candidate and hiring team should receive an accurate status, not an implied clearance.
Who decides whether a candidate is suitable?
The coordinator can organise evidence and interviews; the authorised hiring manager makes and records the selection decision.
Can a Care Recruitment Coordinator waive a missing check?
No, unless a documented process expressly delegates a lawful exception decision; the coordinator should preserve the true status and refer it to compliance or management.
May a conditional offer be issued before screening completes?
Yes where the employer's approved wording and process allow it, making the conditions and prohibition on unauthorised deployment clear to the candidate and service.
Who can agree a higher starting salary?
The contract should identify the hiring or pay authority; the coordinator may communicate an approved figure but should not create a salary exception to secure acceptance.
How should candidate health information be handled?
Restrict access to those with an authorised employment purpose, use secure systems and separate reasonable-adjustment or occupational advice from general interview material.
Can recruitment targets reward starts before clearance?
Targets should not encourage inaccurate status or unsafe deployment; quality measures can include complete evidence, candidate experience and reliable onboarding handover.
What should the onboarding handover contain?
Provide the approved role, terms, verified status, outstanding lawful conditions, start arrangements and required induction without circulating unnecessary candidate documents.
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