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This recruitment and retention toolkit for the adult social care sector has been produced as a practical resource for care providers to improve their recruitment and retention strategies.

The toolkit emphasises to care providers, particularly smaller organisations, the importance of taking a strategic approach to recruitment and retention.

Good recruitment strategies lead to higher rates of retention. If you take the time to attract the right people to work with you and carry out a thorough recruitment process, you are more likely to retain better quality staff for longer.

Similarly, good retention strategies lead to better recruitment. If you offer good training packages, supervise and develop your staff, and offer good terms and conditions, more people are likely to want to work for your organisation, and they are likely to want to stay too.

Attracting and retaining the right staff leads to better outcomes for the people who use your service, which leads in turn to a better reputation for high quality service.

There is thus a strong business case for taking more time to consider your recruitment and retention strategies.

This toolkit aims to help providers to improve their strategies by providing information and advice on all aspects of the 'life-cycle' of an employee.

The toolkit is illustrated with case studies, which provide lots of ideas for improving recruitment and retention strategies.

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