Permanent recruitment and temporary staffing service

Tender description

2gether Support Solutions (2SS) is seeking a supplier to support them in regards Permanent and Temporary Staffing Recruitment. 2SS is a social enterprise set up and wholly owned by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) to deliver support services and will commence trading from 1st August 2018. Soft Facilities management services, currently provided by Serco, will be transferred to 2SS from this date along with a smaller number of staff from EKHUFT. Staff Turnover within Serco’s current service is around 20% with a workforce of c.850 staff, which work across all 5 hospital sites. Around 370 of these workers are part time. The workforce is comprised predominantly of operational staff working within cleaning, catering and portering services. It is anticipated that 2SS will need to recruit approximately 200 staff per annum, which will be predominantly from the groups indicated above but with some skilled trades and professional / managerial roles in addition. This anticipated volume is provided as a guide only, is not guaranteed and may either increase or decrease during the contract period.