On the 25th July, Charles Hunter Associates passed APSCo’s Compliance+ accreditation for the fourth year in a row!

Compliance+ was developed by APSCo to provide “an uncompromising quality benchmark for Social Work recruitment companies.” The aim of the accreditation is to push organisations to go above and beyond the statutory requirements of safeguarding. As it stands, Charles Hunter Associates is one of only nine Social Work Recruitment Agencies to have achieved this accreditation, proving us market leaders in this space.

The Audit is carried out annually, assessing our continual improvement year on year. With our dedicated Compliance Manager, Yasmine taking the lead, we are proud to have passed with flying colours for the fourth year running. Yasmine ensures that throughout the year, all our Social Workers are properly referenced and compliant to HSPC standards. She also gives extensive training to individual consultants, ensuring everyone is vigilant to Charles Hunter’s Compliance expectations. 

Part of the Complaince+ Assessment includes rigorously checking our registration and compliance documentation, including references and DBS records; our procedures for ensuring safeguarding standards; our policies available to candidates and clients; and a few anonymous quotes from current locum candidates.

Some of the quotes we received:

Excellent communication, very transparent and thorough.

Very happy with the agency and no plans to change.

It’s a great company, very supportive, I would recommend them to anyone interested.

Our assessor was very impressed with the way we run compliance at Charles Hunter Associates and praised us on our commitment to Safer Recruitment and our Candidate File Compliance. 

We are so proud of our Compliance Team and the efforts of individual consultants. We cannot praise them enough for their hard work and dedication to safeguarding. This sector is reliant on agencies who go beyond the industry standards and at Charles Hunter Associates, we do not settle for anything less. Our candidates are working with some of the most vulnerable people in the country and receiving this accreditation is extremely important in checking our processes are exemplary.

MD of Charles Hunter Associates, Jonathan Wadsworth, was overjoyed at the news and stated: “I am absolutely delighted that we have passed our 4th consecutive Compliance+ audit. The hard work that Yasmine, her team, and our consultants put in to ensure we have best in class compliance is outstanding. I am utterly proud of them.”

If you would like to see a full breakdown of our Compliance standards and procedures, you can view them here.