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Recruitment and selection within health and social care or children and young people’s settings

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‘Pre-employment checks: An employer’s guide’ by CIPD

Conducting pre-employment checks on job applicants is an integral part of the recruitment process. This guide provides advice to employers on how to conduct such checks.

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‘Flexible working and work-life balance’ by ACAS. Click on the icon to the left to read about the different types of flexible working. You may wish to offer flexible working to new members of staff, or you may be asked during the recruitment process whether you would consider it.
‘Holidays and holiday pay’ by ACAS. Click on the icon to the left to read the section on ‘Holiday entitlement’ pages 2-3. When posting job adverts, it is good practice to state holiday entitlement.
‘National Minimum Wage entitlement' on the ACAS website. Click on the icon to the left to read this guidance on minimum wage and living wage.
Click to learn more about ‘PAYE and payroll for employers’ on the Gov UK website.
Click to access a number of useful recruitment and hiring guides on the Gov UK website.
Click to read ‘Safer recruitment in early years’ on the Early Years Careers website.

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