Study into the Impact of the Value-Based Recruitment Tool
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Study into the Impact of the Value-Based Recruitment Tool
IRAS ID
168889
Contact name
Jenny Swift
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Skills for Care
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 4 months, 21 days
Research summary
Together with the National Skills Academy for Social Care, Skills for Care developed a Values-Based Recruitment Toolkit (VBRT) for the social care sector that was piloted with 100 organisations from 2013. The toolkit was designed to help employers put social care values at the heart of their recruitment and selection practice, so that they can build a strong social care culture, help people develop careers in the sector and deliver high quality services through having the right people in place, doing the right thing, in the right way.
This study aims to understand the impact of values-based recruitment by capturing changes in key business performance indicators such as staff retention, sickness, absence, performance and quality measures. The focus of the study will be on employer-level measures rather than changes to service user experience. The study will measure the impact of the VBRT over a twelve-month period, evidencing the impact within employers adopting the approach compared to those using traditional recruitment practices.
The study will initially approach the 100 adult social care organisations involved in the initial pilot that were supported in using the VBRT and ask if they would participate in the this research. A group of 100 organisations that were on the waiting list for the pilot will also approached to ask if they would form a control group from which to compare business performance against those organisations using the VBRT.
The final report will include case studies of employers using the VBRT as well as an overall report on the impacts achieved and a return on investment calculation looking at any additional costs incurred when moving to the values-based approach compared to the benefits received.
REC name
Social Care REC
REC reference
14/IEC08/1023
Date of REC Opinion
16 Jan 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion