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ORB Recruitment secures important care contract

Posted: 11th October 2021

A unique care organisation has joined forces with a leading recruitment firm to fill 120 permanent posts across Scotland in the coming year.

Time for You Care, an innovative Care-at-Home organisation that aims to revolutionise the perception of care with skilled staff and user friendly technology, has appointed ORB Recruitment in Edinburgh as their recruitment partner for the next 12 months.

As part of the work ORB will create a recruitment strategy and take responsibility for attracting candidates for the 120 permanent care practitioner roles which will be available initially around Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Alan Wallace, director at ORB Recruitment said: “We are really pleased to work with Time for You Care as their trusted and exclusive recruitment partner to help grow and develop this unique care provider.

“The firm has a really fresh approach and set of values for their staff and their clients, which truly place people at the heart of what they do. They invest in their team with training, development and an increased rate of pay which is well above the industry standard positioning themselves as industry leaders and taking a holistic approach to the ongoing development of this key working sector.

“Their ethos really matches with our own so we feel this is an ideal partnership and enables us to support them with their recruitment needs so that they can focus on which they do best, providing high quality care.”

Time for You Care deliver care services solely through their team of permanent care providers to offer service users continuity of care from someone who is familiar and can build a trusting relationship. They offer a flexible working experience that works for their team to ensure that they have loyalty and a low turnover of staff, which again benefits the service user and offer real career development and progression opportunities.

Melissa Singh, CEO at Time for You Care, said: “The challenges in our sector are well publicised but as a new and innovative care company looking to tackle these challenges head on we needed a partner who was also able to think differently and understand our business and the bigger strategy around people and growth. ORB has taken the time to understand our business and are certainly committed to the challenge.

“We are really excited to see what the partnership can deliver as part of an integrated recruitment strategy.

To find out more about the care jobs available with Time for You please contact alan@orb-recruitment.co.uk

For more information about ORB Recruitment visit: www.orb-recruitment.co.uk

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