subject: Firefly Fight Bureaucracy to Care for Clients and Candidates [print this page] Firefly Fight Bureaucracy to Care for Clients and Candidates
London based social care recruitment company, Firefly Locums, re-establish the importance of a personalised service.
Finding the right job is an extremely significant part of life. A person's occupation can shape and define them. Yet job searching continually proves to be a very detached process. No amount of form filling, or personal statements can ever truly represent the individual. In an age where the individual can become engulfed by bureaucracy, Firefly provide a personalised service to ensure that qualified Social Workers are matched with the right clients.
The individualised service is particularly important regarding locums social work. Qualified social workers with varying experiences in all areas of the social care sector are frequently transferring their skills to different employers. Experienced Social Worker, Jeannine Fletcher, established Firefly when she "saw a gap in the market for a recruiter that values its candidates and clients equally." In a profession which deals directly with vulnerable members of the public it is important for recruiters to be particularly sensitive to the needs of the candidates as well as the employers.
Locum social work is demanding and requires experienced candidates with skills which cannot be measured on a CV or application form. Based in south west London and operating in London and the surrounding counties, Firefly are a social care recruitment company who provide face-to-face interviews, follow up consultations and regular social gatherings for candidates to meet other qualified social workers.
The feedback on their website provides evidence that candidates really value this personalised approach. Mary, an Advanced Social Worker, is one such satisfied candidate, "They really listen to you, which is very important. They also follow up after the interview and then again every so often throughout the post to see how things are going."
Locum social work can be stressful, and these qualified Social Workers are undervalued for the amount of support they bring to the community. Firefly boost morale by creating a community and camaraderie amongst the social workers. In a society where the greengrocer's has been replaced by the supermarket, the postman ditched for email, it is perhaps encouraging to see that this friendly social care recruitment company in the big city of London is being prized for its personal touch.
