Our Services
Recruitment & Onboarding
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Safer Recruitment Compliance
We provide safer recruitment toolkits, templates, and pre-employment checklists built for children’s home providers — aligned with the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and KCSIE. Everything is structured around Ofsted expectations and the regulatory requirements of working with children.
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Onboarding & Induction
Everything you need to welcome new staff with confidence — offer templates, starter forms, induction logs, and a structured path through probation. Aligned with Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and KCSIE, so new starters are set up for success from day one.
Leadership Recruitment
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Leadership Recruitment
A dedicated search and placement service for residential childcare leadership roles — Registered Managers, Responsible Individuals, Operations Managers, and HR professionals. We identify, screen, and place candidates who understand the regulatory and operational demands of the sector.
Documentation & Policy
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Contractual Documentation
We create bespoke employment contracts, offer letters, staff handbooks, and policy documents tailored for children’s home providers. All documents are written to meet Ofsted, ACAS, and employment law requirements — fully editable and in plain English, so your paperwork works as hard as you do.
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Review & Update
We’ll review your existing HR documents, policies, and workforce development planning for compliance with current legislation, guidance, and best practice. You’ll receive clear feedback and updated versions to keep your documentation Ofsted-ready and built to withstand inspection scrutiny.
Employee Relations & Advisory
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Disciplinary (ER)
Get expert support with employee relations including investigations, suspension letters, disciplinary invite/outcome letters, grievances, and supervision structures tailored for residential childcare. All actions are aligned with ACAS guidance and adapted to the complexities of working in a regulated childcare environment, ensuring fairness, consistency, and legal compliance.
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Advisory
Whether it’s an urgent ER case or general HR query, we offer flexible hourly advice by phone, Teams, or email. Perfect for registered managers, providers, and Responsible Individuals (RIs) who need a second opinion or step-by-step guidance on sensitive staff issues in a childcare setting.
Training
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Face-to-Face Training
Practical, in-person training delivered directly to your team, including our own Quality Standards training programme, supervision skills, safer recruitment panel training, disciplinary and investigation skills for managers, and leadership development for registered managers and deputies. We’re also an approved assist trainer for Team Teach.
Specialist Compliance
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Payroll Processing
Acting as your payroll agent, we offer both end-to-end payroll management and standalone processing support, depending on what your setting needs — from monthly payroll runs to ongoing processing, ensuring staff are paid accurately and on time.
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Clearcare Review & Audit
Clearcare is widely used across residential childcare for centralised filing, forms, and case documentation, but it’s only as effective as its setup. As an experienced Clearcare administrator, we audit your existing system, streamline and rebuild forms, remove what’s no longer needed, and make sure everything is working as efficiently as possible for your setting.
Ongoing Partnership
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Monthly HR Retainers
Ongoing HR partnership through a flexible monthly retainer, giving you regular support, priority access when urgent issues arise, and proactive compliance checks — so HR is one less thing to worry about. Designed to fit the budget of a single home or a growing group.
Need more information?
Not sure which service is right for your setting? Reach out to us for a free discussion.