About

• Company Description
• Home Instead Folkestone, Hythe & Ashford is part of the UK’s leading provider of high-quality, relationship-led home care. We support older adults to live independently in their own homes through personalised, compassionate care delivered by well-trained Care Professionals.
• As a regulated care provider, safe recruitment and safeguarding are central to everything we do. We are proud of our values-led culture and our commitment to quality, compliance, and professionalism.
• Job Description
• We’re looking for a passionate, organised and proactive Recruiter to join our team on a permanent basis.
• This role is central to our business, you’ll be responsible for attracting, engaging and onboarding high-quality Care Professionals, while delivering a positive, supportive candidate experience from first contact through to start date.
• If you enjoy people, community engagement, and making a real difference behind the scenes, this could be a great fit.
• What you’ll be doing
• Managing the end-to-end recruitment journey for Care Professionals
• Proactively sourcing candidates using job boards, social media, referrals and community networks
• Creating and running creative recruitment campaigns (online & local)
• Supporting interviews, screening, references, DBS and Right to Work checks
• Maintaining accurate recruitment records using SmartRecruiters (ATS)
• Attending and organising local recruitment events, fairs and community outreach
• Using recruitment data to monitor pipeline health and improve outcomes
• Supporting and promoting our Employee Referral Scheme
• Ensuring all recruitment activity meets Home Instead standards and compliance requirements
• Qualifications

Essential

• Experience delivering a full recruitment lifecycle
• Knowledge of recruitment compliance (DBS, references, Right to Work)
• Confidence using social media and digital tools for recruitment
• Strong communication skills and ability to build rapport quickly
• Excellent organisation, accuracy and follow-through
• IT-confident (ATS, Microsoft Office)

Ideal (but not essential)

• Experience in care, health or people-focused sectors
• Community engagement or events experience
• Data-driven approach to recruitment performance
• Additional Information
• A permanent, stable role within a supportive leadership team
• The chance to shape recruitment strategy, not just process applications
• Strong values-led organisation focused on quality, dignity and people
• A role with real autonomy, ownership and impact

• Date Advert Closes: 01 March 2026