Recruitment methods

There are many different ways of finding new employees to fill your vacancies

Norfolk Care Careers website

Norfolk Care Careers and Jobs is the website from Norfolk County Council where employers can promote vacancies free of charge.

Jobs Fairs

Jobs Fairs can be a useful way of finding new staff. Jobs Fair hold regular events in the county.

Advertising your vacancies on the NHS Jobs website

NHS Jobs is the dedicated online recruitment service for the NHS and other health related organisations. Care Homes, Nursing Homes, and Home Care and Supported Living providers with NHS contracts can apply for a NHS Jobs employers account free of charge by using this form. If your organisation is classed as an Additional Organisation (see Appendix A of the form) then please contact NHS Jobs at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to enquire about using the service for a fee.

Promoting your career opportunities via the UEA Careers Service website - MyCareerCentral

The University of East Anglia (UEA) Careers Service has a free online resource -'MyCareerCentral' for organisations who want to advertise opportunities to UEA students and graduates.

UEA MyCareerCentral offers a quick and easy-to-use service which allows you to:

Update and maintain your organisation information and contact details with your own User ID and on the go, via your smart phone or tablet.
Save time when inputting opportunities, as your company information will already be stored on the system.
Supply details of part time jobs, internships, graduate and volunteering opportunities and, with a reduced turnaround time, you can reach your audience more quickly.
Receive automatic reminders when your opportunity is nearing its closing date.
Experience greater flexibility in managing your opportunities online.
Reach students and graduates 24/7 and all year round via their mobile devices.

Please note that due to issues that have arisen in the past with regard to insurance cover and current Disclosure and Barring Service requirements for roles that involve working in private homes they are unable to advertise these roles where this is required. Also their policy is not to place generic adverts from care agencies on the website, where there are no specific vacancies for specific named clients, and where there is no guarantee of work.

Recruiting through City College Norwich

You can advertise your job vacancies free of charge to City College Norwich’s network of students and learners through their website.

To do this, follow the instructions below.

Go to the City College Norwich website www.ccn.ac.uk.

If you haven’t advertised on their website before, you’ll need to set up an account for your company. Click on “Register” in the top right of the homepage and create a new account.

Once you’ve registered, click on “Create content” at the top right of the screen.

Then click on “Student job vacancy” to get started.

Fill in all the required fields, including your company details, salary, hours to be worked per week, and hit “save”. Don’t forget to add a closing date to your vacancy. Your job vacancy will published to the website for students to see.

Copying previous vacancies - if you have a new vacancy that is very similar to one of your existing vacancies you can clone it by clicking on “Clone content”. This will copy all the fields from your existing vacancy so you only have to edit the fields that need changing and submit it as a new vacancy.