SWIIS recruitment news
April 2010
Office Re-Launch in Bristol
Following the closure of the Bristol office last year, the branch was re-launched in January 2010 under the new banner of SWIIS Healthcare. The Healthcare brand is being utilised for the purpose of providing a number of healthcare associated services, such as nursing and training.
A new team is now in place and will focus on the provision of specialist and generic social care workers as well as nursing staff and allied health professionals.
The Bristol office are currently recruiting candidates into specialised social care fields such as substance misuse, offender management, mental health, homelessness, learning disabilities and children and family services. Nursing opportunities are varied across both NHS and private sector organisations and we are accepting registrations from all nursing disciplines.
The overriding goal of the team is to provide a highly skilled and knowledgeable workforce which will benefit both customers and service users alike.
As part of our commitment to quality, we are in the early stages of developing a training division whilst simultaneously establishing a new customer base, re-building links with old customers and ensuring the compliance and professional development of all workers.
This is an exciting and challenging time for the Bristol team as they move towards building on historic and new opportunities and we look forward to hearing from social workers and healthcare staff who would like to join our team.
SWIIS Healthcare will be providing bi-monthly updates from the South West from April 2010, so please revisit us on a regular basis to be kept aware of our progress and the subsequent worker opportunities.
March 2010
SWIIS welcomes tough new vetting regulations
A national supplier of staff who work with children and vulnerable adults has welcomed the tough new standards of vetting that are being introduced by the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).
SWIIS, one of Britain’s largest recruitment companies in the social care sector, believes that the Vetting and Barring Scheme of the ISA, which will become compulsory for all workers over the next two years, will help to ensure that both employers and staff comply with the new regulations designed to ensure the safety of the vulnerable.
SWIIS maintains that the thorough checking shortly to be enshrined in law is already embedded into its own practices and procedures.
Nick Thompson, National Compliance Officer for SWIIS, said: “The ISA is quite rightly setting standards that we have been advocating for many years. We conduct face-to-face interviews, carry out enhanced CRB /Disclosure Scotland checks, obtain references over a five-year history and verify all claimed qualifications and certificates.
“We have never taken shortcuts in vetting the people we place to work with children or vulnerable adults. It is part of our culture and much of the work of the compliance team involves ensuring that unannounced and diarised audits and checks are carried out as part of a rolling programme of compliance.
“Too many agencies have taken shortcuts in the past that have damaged the reputation of the social care sector but, more importantly, have put people at risk. The ISA’s Vetting and Barring Scheme is overdue and very welcome.”
Under the new rules, ISA-registration for the Vetting and Barring Scheme starts for new workers or those moving jobs in July 2010 and ISA-registration will become mandatory for these workers in November. All other staff will be phased into the scheme from 2011.
In Scotland the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme will be introduced towards the end of 2010 and will replace and improve upon the current disclosure arrangements for people who work with vulnerable groups.
SWIIS employs the tight vetting of staff across each of its divisions - Social Care, Foster Care, Interpretation and Translation and Healthcare.
Nick added: “Each of our divisions is dealing with vulnerable people. We predominantly work in social care but also place staff into other sectors including probation, education, healthcare and other associated services. It is of paramount importance that we know they can be trusted and that can only be achieved by the most thorough and vigorous vetting procedure.”
January 2009
At SWIIS we celebrate our 21st birthday in 2009, making us one of the longest established organisations of our type in the Uk. We initially opened our doors in Ealing in 1988 as a Social Work Employment Agency. SWIIS is now a much larger organisation, whilst still a recruitment organisation we now also operate a highly regarded OFSTED registered Foster Care Agency and more recently we have developed CSCI registered Care and Support Services.
SWIIS was founded by Dev Dadral, who along with his wife Kamla are still very much involved in the business with Dev currently acting as Chairman and Kamla involved as a Director.
As we move into 2009 and approach our 21st anniversary it is an appropriate time to express our gratitude to everyone who has helped in the development of the organisation over this time, our Clients, Locum workers and SWIIS staff past and present. Thank you all.
January 2009
SWIIS Interpreting Division, based in Birmingham has been appointed one of two suppliers to provide face to face Interpreting Services to people in Staffordshire. The contract starting immediately is initially for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further two years.
SWIIS has been providing Interpreting and Translation Services since our inception in 1988. The service helps people to access services which without this input may prove difficult. It now covers face to face Interpreters and written Translated Materials for all major languages as well as BSL (British Sign Language) Braille and a Telephone Interpreting Service.
For more information call the Interpreting Team on 0121 633 5710
January 2009
SWIIS' International Division, headed up by David Devine has made its first placements with Local Authorities. Two of the leading London Borough Council's have commissioned the division to carry out recruitment drives for Qualified Social Workers in 2009. A trip is currently planned to Ireland with further activities through the year taking place in USA and Canada.
To find out whether SWIIS International Division can help you email the team at internationalsw@swiis.com Or call David on 07790 034828.
To download the international recruitment brochure in PDF format, click the link below:- http://www.swiisrecruitment.co.uk/international_clients_brochure.pdf