HR Advisor

**HR Advisor - Care Homes.**

**Circa 30-35k plus milage.**

Harbour Healthcare are recruiting for a HR Advisor to join the People Team. Harbour Healthcare is a family-run concern, although one with very considerable experience and expertise in the care industry.

**Who are Harbour Healthcare?**

We are a Family run business with 20 Care Homes across the UK and are growing year by year.

Inclusion is how we unleash the power of diversity. We strive to foster belonging and empowerment at work. Harbour Healthcare listen and engage with our diverse communities, and we value teamwork within our diverse workplace.

Having family traditions at heart, our philosophyis actually quite simple. We strive to provide an excellent standard of care to our residents, treating them with complete dignity and respect.

**What are the Tangible benefits for working for Harbour?**
- A duvet day on your birthday
- Perkbox Account with discounts on Shopping, Fashion, Days out, Travel, Entertainment and lots more
- Wellness and Employee Assistance programs
- Staff recognition award ceremonies
- Employee of the month schemes
- Opportunities for training and career progression
- Company pension scheme
- Uniform
- Seasonal Company events, competitions and incentives
- Employee referral scheme
- On-site parking

**Summary of Role**
- Ensure that the company complies with current regulations, accepted professional standards, policies and procedures and legislation (including legislation on data protection, the Equality Act and health and safety).
- Drive the continuous improvement agenda with focus on engagement & welfare activities, maximising productivity, devolving HR responsibilities to line managers and building leadership capability.
- Support in transforming and strengthening the organisational culture, ensuring that the company values and approach are displayed.
- Provide professional support and advice aimed at transforming and developing the organisation, and ensuring that managers are sufficiently skilled and enabled to access appropriate guidance and information to manage their workforce issues
- Support in the development of effective employment policies across Harbour Healthcare, in consultation with senior managers, and staff as appropriate
- Coaching, mentoring and supporting staff members to identify their individual strengths and development needs, while championing an open, embracing culture of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) throughout the organisation.
- Designs and develops HR training programs for management and employees to Identify and incorporate best practice and lessons learned into program plan
- Consults with management on performance, organisational and leadership matters. Conducts needs assessments to determine measures required to enhance employee job performance and overall company performance.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Team**:

- Lead by example and be instrumental in creating excellent working relationships ensuring that Harbour Healthcare values are delivered in a professional manner and are always maintained, with members of the team, company, and clients
- Regularly coach, mentor and support regional managers and high potential colleagues to identify individual strengths and development needs, develop and maintain effective relationships and encourage retention. Attend team meetings with various stakeholdersto improve communication.
- Support a robust program of up-skilling teams where gaps are identified

**Service**:

- Ensure that managers are developing their teams to deliver safe care and support the Regional Teams accordingly.
- Work closely with support office departments to ensure that employee journey is always delivered in a timely manner
- Consistently champion and drive Harbour Healthcare being the employer of choice
- Support the HR team to ensure they lead and resolve concerns and complaints in a timely manner and to identify early potential loss or delivery of poor service provision.

**Compliance**:

- Work with the Senior Regional Team on continual improvement of quality systems and processes to develop a better service
- To provide expert advice and support, through the proactive management of risk and to support and direct colleagues in the same manner
- Ensure all HR related policies, procedures and documentation are implemented effectively across Harbour Healthcare

**Personal Specification**
- Completed or working towards a CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent)
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements/legislation/guidance and best practice in line with CQC
- Experience of writing policies and procedures (desirable)

**Harbour Healthcare have won many accolades and awards over the years from carehome.co.uk Top 20 Awards, now for the 5th year running as well as Disability Confident Committed.**

Please note that all our positions require an Enhanced DBS check in relation to Children and Adults.