Care Friends Employee Referral Scheme Rules
Care in Hand uses a platform and app known as Care Friends to operate and manage our Employee Referral Scheme.
Policy brief & purpose
Our Staff Referral Scheme Policy explains important aspects of our staff referral procedures. We place great importance on referrals because we trust that our staff know what’s best for our organisation and referrals are one of the highest quality sources of care staff. We want to make this process as smooth as possible for our staff and those who they refer.
Policy rules
All Care in Hand staff (employees and casual workers) are eligible to participate in our referral programme
Who can be referred?
To be eligible to claim Care Friends points, the following requirements apply to the candidates you refer. They must:
- a) Not have applied for any job at our company for at least;
- b) Not be a former employee of our company within the last 12 months;
- c) Be hired as a permanent full-time or part-time employee (including on a zero-hours contract (with the exception of in the ROI)) or as a casual/bank worker or apprentice;
- d) Not be a temporary or agency employee, intern, volunteer or contractor;
- e) Live within a reasonable commutable distance of their proposed workplace.
- f) Be resident in the UK, eligible to work in the UK and not on the DBS Barred List (England, Wales and Ireland) or barred from regulated work by Disclosure Scotland.
What are the referral rewards?
Care in Hand will give out rewards to every referrer using the Care Friends app in the form of points. If you know someone who you think would be a good fit for a position at our company, please refer them using the Care Friends App. By using the Care Friends app on your phone, you earn points for certain actions such as sharing a job, an expression of interest being received from someone you referred, your candidate being successful at interview and if we hire your referred candidate and they start work with us.
What are points worth and how are they earned?
Each point is worth £ 1 when ‘cashed in’ (unless varied by the company with advance notice to you and before any payroll deductions, if applicable unless that is covered elsewhere). The points you earn are as follows:
|
Action |
Poin |
| Expression of interest received |
3 |
|
Candidate successful at interview |
12 |
| New starter completes first day | 50 |
| Bonus if new starter is new to care (i.e., not currently apaid care worker) | 50 |
| Referred employee reaches 3 months employment | 90 |
