Compliance Officer - Maternity Cover

Prospero Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Prospero Health and Social Care in Manchester is seeking a Compliance Officer to conduct safeguarding and vetting checks for health & social care staff across the North West. You will perform Right to Work, DBS, safeguarding, and reference checks, and maintain compliance with evolving regulations.

You will also support resourcing via interviews, job postings, and candidate sourcing, coordinating each stage from application to offer while liaising with Local Authorities, private clients, and

Qualifications

• Self-motivated and proactive.
• Committed to safety and welfare of Children and Adults at Risk.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Meticulous with strong time management.

Responsibilities

• Conduct documentation, safeguarding and vetting checks for health & social care staff.
• Chase candidates and consultants for outstanding documentation.
• Answer consultants' questions and raise safeguarding knowledge.
• Highlight or escalate safeguarding concerns and liaise with authorities and clients.
• Data input, maintain databases and produce weekly management reports.
• Ensure branch compliance with legislation and company policies.
• Support resourcing: telephone interviews, advertise vacancies, sourcing candidates.
• Coordinate recruitment stages from application to job offer.

Skills

Self-motivated

Proactive

Team player

Excellent communication

Meticulous

Time management

Professional

Enthusiastic

Tools

CRM systems

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Prospero Health and Social Care is a leading provider of temporary and permanent healthcare staff across the UK. With over a decade of experience, we have built a reputation for delivering high-quality services to a range of healthcare settings, including hospitals, care homes, and community care services.

Are you looking for a career that offers meaningful work and a chance to make a difference?

Join a team that is passionate about providing exceptional care and support to those in need!

The Role:

Prospero are seeking a Compliance Officer for our fast-moving health & social care recruitment office in Manchester.

As a Compliance Officer, your primary role will be to conduct documentation, safeguarding and vetting checks for our Health & social care staff across the North West. This includes:

• Right to Work & Identity checks
• DBS, safeguarding & disqualification checks
• Experience, training and qualification checks
• Employment history, reference, qualification and prohibition checks

Day to day duties will also include:

• Chasing candidates and Consultants for outstanding documentation - including both verbally and via email.
• Answering any questions from Consultants - with a continued focus on raising the general level of safeguarding and compliance knowledge across all teams.
• Highlighting or escalating areas of concern including those that may pose a safeguarding risk.
• Liaison with professional bodies, Local Authorities, private clients and candidate referees.
• Data input and database maintenance.
• Weekly reports to Management.
• Ensuring branch compliance with all legislation, sector changes and company policies/procedures, as implemented by Head of Compliance & Safeguarding

You will also be responsible for supporting with resourcing by:

• Conducting telephone interviews with prospective candidates to establish suitability for various roles
• Advertising vacancies on job boards within company guidelines
• Sourcing candidates via social media, job boards, CV searching, and our branch network
• Working with the team to coordinate each stage from initial application through to offer of employment

Requirements:

We are a fast-paced business therefore we are looking to recruit an individual who is:

• Self-motivated
• Proactive
• Willing to go above and beyond
• Committed to the safety and welfare of Children and Adults at Risk
• A team player
• Professional
• Enthusiastic
• Personable, confident and able to build relationships
• Excellent at time management
• Meticulous
• Confident in their written and oral communication skills

Experience

Experience working within the health & social care compliance sector is desirable Safeguarding trained desirable however not essential. Excellent knowledge of IT software (for example - word, excel) and CRM systems if applicable.

What We Offer:

At Prospero, we offer a supportive and progressive environment where you can build a career and thrive. We are committed to supporting and rewarding our employees, so we offer a competitive salary and benefits package.

This is a 12 month contract.