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About Sanctuary Personnel
Sanctuary Personnel Limited was founded in 2006 with one ambition; to set a new standard in health and social care recruitment; offering trusted, healthier and more resilient resourcing solutions.
Today, Sanctuary Personnel is the umbrella company of leading recruitment specialists, including Sanctuary Social Care, Sanctuary Executive, Sanctuary Health and Sanctuary Criminal Justice.
Our close-knit specialists share one mission; to provide a brighter future for all; our employees; our contractors; our clients and the vulnerable people we support.
To find out more about the job roles we recruit for, visit our sector focus page.
Awards
Excellence does not come as standard within our sector. It takes continuous commitment to do things differently. To innovate in a way that makes a positive impact on clients, candidates, and most importantly, communities. This very approach has seen us win and be shortlisted for the awards that celebrate excellence in recruitment.
Year | Awards | CATEGORY |
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2020 | Recruiter Awards | Best Client Service (Shortlisted) Best Candidate Care (Shortlisted) Best Public Sector/Third Sector Recruitment Agency (Shortlisted) Large Recruitment Agency of the Year (Shortlisted) The award ceremony will be held later in 2020. |
2019 | Recruiter Awards | |
2017 | EADT Business Awards EADT Business Awards EADT Business Awards Recruiter Awards Recruiter Awards Recruiter Awards | |
2016 | Recruiter Awards Recruiter Awards Recruiter Awards | |
2015 | Recruiter Awards IRP Awards Recruiter Awards | Best Public Sector Agency (Winner) Best Recruitment Campaign & Client Partnership (Winner) |
2014 | Recruiter Awards Anglian Business Awards |
Socially responsible
At Sanctuary Personnel, we don’t just talk about our corporate social responsibility (CSR), we do it. After all, supporting those working with communities, we realise the value in ensuring we operate as an ethically sound and responsible organisation.
We believe we have a duty of care not just to our candidates and clients, but to the community and environment. Our employees want to make a positive contribution to the world, which means doing everything we can to facilitate this.
Providing ear defenders to frontline workers
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen society pull together in different ways to support NHS and social care staff during this challenging time, and Oliver Shepherd, a 16-year-old A-level student is one of them, showing maturity and empathy beyond his years.Oliver had been paying close attention to issues that healthcare professionals were experiencing around discomfort from prolonged use of disposable face masks. He began researching alternative ways of securing masks and how 3D printers were being used in countries such as Australia and the United States of America to create face shields. After finding a pattern, Oliver made some tweaks, began manufacturing flexible ear defenders and distributing them to different healthcare settings.It is a time-consuming process and takes 55 minutes to produce seven ear defenders, but he has said that he will continue to do so for as long as they are needed. We wanted to take this opportunity to commend Oliver for his proactive nature and for donating his spare time and efforts into supporting the healthcare community. We have purchased 1,000 of these ear defenders and will be sending them out to our candidates and clients.We speak to Oliver about how he started the project and the feedback he has received:“I initially started by printing them and sharing them on local Facebook pages. I have been amazed by how popular they have been. Many people have contacted me directly – in the last few weeks, I have given some to Southampton General Hospital for their A&E and mental health wards, as well as many local care homes and community hospitals. I estimate that I’ve donated over 500 ear defenders – it’s lovely to know that I can help them in some small way.”“With this particular pattern, I was able to adjust the design which means that they offer a better fit. I have had many emails from people saying that throughout a shift they now have much higher comfort levels. One user told me that they were using my ear defenders with service users who had learning disabilities. They were extremely uncomfortable wearing the disposable face masks, but the ear defenders have proven to be effective. It’s great to hear feedback like that.”We are always looking for ways to help and support our community. If you have any ideas on how we can help you, please get in touch.
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Gender Pay Report 2019
Sanctuary Personnel is required by law to publish an annual gender pay gap report.Under the law, men and women must receive equal pay for:The same or broadly similar work;Work rated as equivalent under a job evaluation scheme;Work of equal value.Sanctuary Personnel is committed to the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment for all employees, regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, age, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability. It has a clear policy of paying employees equally for the same or equivalent work, regardless of their sex (or any other characteristic set out above).Download the Sanctuary Personnel Gender Pay Gap Report 2019
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Our story
Sanctuary Personnel was founded in 2006 to place qualified social workers and care professionals with local authorities throughout the UK. In the years since, it’s been an incredible journey.
Our responsiveness and commitment to best practice have seen us grow in stature, reach and reputation, with many milestones along the way. We are proud to say, through our nationwide reach, we are resolving some of the most challenging health, social care and criminal justice resourcing challenges. Quite simply, our history reflects the wishes and needs of clients and candidates.
Among the milestones on our journey are
Sanctuary begins
Sanctuary Personnel was formed on 20 October 2006.
2006
Sanctuary offers managed services
Skylakes was launched, a managed services division for the social care sector. About Health Professionals, recruiting healthcare workers was launched.
2009
Sanctuary recruits senior interims
Sanctuary Executive was launched, recruiting senior executives in the social care sector.
2010
Sanctuary sponsors the Social Work Awards
Becoming headline sponsor, Sanctuary enables the awards to become national.
2011
Further expansion
Sanctuary launches mental health and criminal justice recruitment divisions.
2012
Anglian Business Awards
Sanctuary wins the 'Best Large Business' award.
2014
Sanctuary Health launches
Dedicated Healthcare division launches and Sanctuary wins 'Best Recruitment Campaign & Client Partnership' and 'Best Public Sector Recruiter' awards.
2015
NHS National Clinical Framework
Sanctuary Health awarded place on the NHS National Clinical Framework & wins three national 'Recruiter Awards'.
2016
More Recruiter Awards
Sanctuary collects 'Best Client Service', 'Best Public Sector Recruiter' and 'Best Temporary Agency' awards.
2017
Sanctuary recruits internationally
Sanctuary International launches to assist with the global shortage of healthcare professionals.
2018
Recruiter Awards
Sanctuary wins 'Best Public/Third Sector' award for the fourth time.
2019
Key people
Gender Pay Gap Report
Sanctuary Personnel is required by law to publish an annual gender pay gap report.Under the law, men and women must receive equal pay for:The same or broadly similar work;Work rated as equivalent under a job evaluation scheme;Work of equal value.Sanctuary Personnel is committed to the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment for all employees, regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, age, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability. It has a clear policy of paying employees equally for the same or equivalent work, regardless of their sex (or any other characteristic set out above).Download the Sanctuary Personnel Gender Pay Gap Report 2019
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Slavery & Human Trafficking Statement
Slavery & Human Trafficking Statement This statement is made as part of Sanctuary Personnel's commitment to eliminating the exploitation of people under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act), to understand all potential modern slavery risks related to its business and to put in place steps that are aimed at ensuring that there is no slavery or human trafficking in its own business and its supply chains. This statement relates to actions and activities during the financial year to 31 October 2019. Sanctuary Personnel recognises that it has a responsibility to take a robust approach to slavery and human trafficking and is absolutely committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in its corporate activities and to ensuring that its supply chains are free from slavery and human trafficking. 1. Our businessSanctuary Personnel Ltd is a limited company operating in the recruitment sector. Our business consists of recruitment across the health and social care sector. We supply temporary workers and act as a master vendor. Through the trading name of Skylakes we deliver managed health and social work services. These services consist of statutory and non-statutory health and social work intervention. Sanctuary Personnel is an independent business. 1.1. Who we work withAll of the hirers that we work with, and all of the work-seekers we provide, are known to and identified by our staff. All of the temporary workers we supply are identified by our staff. Some of these work-seekers operate through their own limited companies. Some of our work-seekers are supplied via other businesses, who facilitate providing them to the eventual hiring company. As a master vendor, we work with other businesses to supply workers to hiring companies. We hire some of the workers directly, who are directly recruited by our staff. Other workers are hired directly by other businesses. Some of these workers operate through their own limited companies. We facilitate supplying a mix of these workers to the hiring companies. The hiring companies that we work with are located in various locations across the UK, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man and the Falkland Islands. The workers we supply live in locations local to the clients we are working with. 1.2 Other relationshipsAs part of our business, we also work with the following organisations: The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (www.rec.uk.com)The British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (www.babcp.com)The Online CBT Register (www.cbtregisteruk.com)The British Association of Counsellors & Psychotherapists (www.bacp.co.uk)The Health and Care Professions Council (www.hcpc-uk.org)The Nursing and Midwifery Council (www.nmc.org.uk)The General Medical Council (www.gmc-uk.org)The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (www.niscc.com)The Care Council for Wales (www.socialcare.wales)The General Dental Council (www.gdc-uk.org)The Scottish Social Services Council (www.sssc.uk.com)The General Pharmaceutical Council (www.pharmacyregulation.org)2. Our policiesSanctuary Personnel has a modern slavery policy. In addition, Sanctuary Personnel has the following policies which incorporate ethical standards for our staff and our suppliers. Whistleblowing policy. The organisation encourages all its workers, customers and other business partners to report any concerns related to the direct activities, or the supply chains of, the organisation. This includes any circumstances that may give rise to an enhanced risk of slavery or human trafficking. The organisation's whistleblowing procedure is designed to make it easy for workers to make disclosures, without fear of retaliation.Employee code of conduct. The organisation's code makes clear to employees the actions and behaviour expected of them when representing the organisation. The organisation strives to maintain the highest standards of employee conduct and ethical behaviour when operating nationally, internationally and managing its supply chain.Supplier code of conduct. The organisation is committed to ensuring that its suppliers adhere to the highest standards of ethics. Suppliers are required to demonstrate that they provide safe working conditions where necessary, treat workers with dignity and respect, and act ethically and within the law in their use of labour. The organisation works with suppliers to ensure that they meet the standards of the code and improve their worker's working conditions. However, serious violations of the organisation's supplier code of conduct will lead to the termination