Recruitment Coordinator (Temporary Sickness Cover)

Home Instead Folkestone, Hythe & Ashford is part of the UK’s leading provider of high-quality, relationship-led home care. We support older adults to live independently in their own homes through personalised, compassionate care delivered by well-trained Care Professionals.

As a regulated care provider, safe recruitment and safeguarding are central to everything we do. We are proud of our values-led culture and our commitment to quality, compliance, and professionalism.

We are seeking a temporary Recruitment Coordinator to provide short-term cover and support our recruitment function during a period of staff absence.

This role is focused on ensuring continuity of safe recruitment activity and maintaining high standards of compliance within a regulated care environment. The post holder will work closely with the Registered Care Manager and senior leadership team to support recruitment processes, documentation, and candidate progression.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting end-to-end recruitment processes for Care Professionals

• Ensuring all recruitment documentation is complete, accurate, and compliant

• Coordinating reference requests and follow-ups in line with safer recruitment standards

• Managing candidate records within Smart Recruiters and internal systems

• Supporting onboarding processes once all compliance requirements are met

• Liaising with office colleagues to ensure recruitment activity aligns with business needs

• Maintaining confidentiality and adherence to safeguarding requirements at all times

This is a temporary role for business continuity purposes only and does not form part of any long-term staffing change.

• Previous experience in recruitment, HR administration, or compliance-based roles (essential)

• Strong administrative and organisational skills

• High attention to detail, particularly around documentation and records

• Confidence working within clear processes and regulatory frameworks

• Ability to handle sensitive information professionally and confidentially

• Experience within health or social care (desirable but not essential)

• This is a temporary, fixed-term role to provide sickness cover

• The role is office-based in Folkestone, with working hours to be agreed

• Full training and support will be provided

• All appointments are subject to safer recruitment checks

Home Instead is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expect all staff to share this commitment.