360 Workforce Consultant – Health & Social Care
Preston, England•Full-time
£30,000 - £35,000 annually
£30,000 - £35,000 annually
About the Job
Join a care-led organisation where people genuinely come first
Are you an experienced recruiter or workforce professional looking for a role where you can genuinely make a difference?
Do you enjoy building relationships, growing opportunities, sourcing the right people and seeing the full recruitment journey through from start to finish?
If so, we’d love to hear from you.
At Carestaff Solutions, we do things differently.
We are a trusted, care-led organisation supporting health and social care services through high-quality staffing, workforce support and regulated care provision.
Established in 2004, we have built a strong reputation for being professional, responsive, dependable and person-centred — and at the heart of everything we do is one simple belief:
· Care should never be transactional.
· We are not simply here to fill gaps.
· We are here to support services properly, protect standards, strengthen delivery and ensure the people receiving care remain at the centre of everything we do.
About the Role
We are looking for a driven and capable 360 Workforce Consultant to join our growing Preston team.
This is a full 360 role, meaning you will take ownership across the full recruitment and workforce cycle — from business development and client relationship management, through to candidate attraction, interviewing, onboarding, compliance coordination, bookings and placements.
You will play a key role in helping us continue to grow while maintaining the high standards, responsiveness and professionalism that Carestaff Solutions is known for.
This role would suit someone who is commercially minded, people-focused, organised, proactive and genuinely passionate about the health and social care sector.
What You’ll Be Doing
Client & Desk Management
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with both new and existing clients
- Understanding client staffing requirements and delivering tailored workforce solutions
- Supporting the growth of your desk through proactive business development and relationship-building
- Identifying new opportunities within both warm and developing markets
- Ensuring a responsive, professional and solutions-focused service to clients at all times
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Recruitment & Candidate Management
- Sourcing high-quality candidates through job boards, social media, referrals, networking and proactive outreach
- Screening, interviewing and assessing candidates for suitability
- Building strong relationships with workers and understanding their availability, preferences and strengths
- Matching suitable candidates to appropriate services and placements
- Managing the recruitment process from initial enquiry through to placement
Onboarding & Compliance Support
- Supporting candidates through the onboarding process from registration to clearance
- Working closely with internal teams to ensure all pre-employment checks, compliance requirements and onboarding steps are completed efficiently
- Helping maintain strong candidate engagement throughout the onboarding journey
- Ensuring a smooth transition from candidate to active worker
Service Delivery
- Coordinating placements effectively and ensuring strong communication throughout
- Supporting the wider team to maintain excellent service levels across the desk
- Contributing to the continued growth, organisation and professionalism of the branch
- Helping uphold the care-led values and standards that set Carestaff apart
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who brings both drive and heart to the role.
You will ideally have:
- Previous experience in 360 recruitment, workforce coordination or healthcare recruitment
- Experience within the Health & Social Care sector (preferred)
- Confidence in both candidate generation and client relationship management
- Strong organisational and multitasking skills
- Excellent communication and relationship-building ability
- A proactive and commercially aware mindset
- The ability to work well in a fast-paced and target-driven environment
- A genuine passion for supporting services that care for vulnerable adults and children
Why Join Carestaff Solutions?
At Carestaff, you’ll be joining a business with strong values, ambitious plans and a genuine commitment to doing things properly.
What we offer:
- Competitive salary of £30,000 – £35,000 depending on experience
- Attractive bonus structure
- Ongoing training, support and development
- Clear opportunities for career progression
- A supportive, close-knit team environment
- A modern office environment with up-to-date systems and technology
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to a Health & Wellbeing App
- The opportunity to be part of a growing organisation with strong values and real ambition
- The chance to make a genuine difference every day
Why This Role Matters
At Carestaff Solutions, the work we do behind the scenes has a direct impact on the quality and safety of care being delivered across the services we support.
That means this role is about more than simply filling shifts.
It’s about helping to ensure that services have the right people, in the right places, at the right time — and that vulnerable individuals receive the consistency, support and care they deserve.
If you want to be part of an organisation where your work has real meaning and real impact, this could be the role for you.
Apply Now
If you’re a motivated, ambitious and people-focused professional looking for your next opportunity in a growing and values-led organisation, we’d love to hear from you.
About Carestaff Solutions
We are a specialised health and social care staffing supplier, training and compliance provider to a variety of sectors including statutory, private and third sector organisations across the UK with concentrated support in the the North West of England and Greater London areas.The success of Carestaff Solutions is based around the reputation built up over the past 16 years on the quality of our service delivery, progressive approach, person centred approaches, partnership working, reliability plus the standard and the high support and training levels for our staff supplied.Carestaff Solutions are flexible, responsive and there for you 24 hours a day, so right when you need us the most we are ready and willing to support you, we never close.