Company Overview
Guidance Care Limited is dedicated to providing safe, stable, and nurturing homes for young people aged 6-18. Our focus is on promoting education, health, wellbeing, safety, enjoyment, and achievement while fostering positive relationships within a supportive environment.
Job Overview
Our HR Assistant will provide consistent and reliable administrative support to the HR & Operations function. The role ensures that recruitment, onboarding, safer recruitment, payroll preparation, record management, employee documentation, and compliance tasks are completed accurately and within agreed timescales. The post holder will support Head Office and the residential homes with day-to-day HR processes, contributing to inspection readiness, operational efficiency, and compliant staffing practice across the organisation.
Guidance Care is seeking a capable and organised HR Assistant to support recruitment, onboarding, payroll administration, training records, documentation and HR processes across our children's residential homes.
This role is office-based and involves detailed administrative work, safer recruitment checks, documentation handling and regular communication with staff and managers.
Main duties include:
* Recruitment and onboarding coordination
* Drafting HR letters, contracts and documentation
* DBS, references and right to work checks
* Maintaining HR files, training records and compliance documents
* Payroll and pension administration support
* Note-taking and meeting coordination
* General Head Office HR support
We are looking for:
* Strong administration and attention to detail
* Good written communication
* Professional, calm and organised approach
* Experience in HR, recruitment, payroll or office-based work
* Experience within regulated or care environments is an advantage
* Training can be supported in post
Monday to Friday. Full-Time.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £25,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Bereavement leave
* Canteen
* Casual dress
* Company events
* Employee mentoring programme
* Financial planning services
* Health & wellbeing programme
* Store discount
Work Location: In person