Apprentice Recruitment Consultant - Qualified Social Work

Candidate Acquisition & Business Development

• Conduct consistent, high-volume outbound prospecting to identify and engage qualified social workers.
• Develop relationships with new and existing candidates to understand their professional experience, career objectives and employment preferences.
• Proactively generate candidate opportunities through telephone outreach, job boards, CV databases, LinkedIn, referrals and other appropriate channels.
• Develop creative and commercially effective approaches to candidate acquisition.
• Maintain persistence through rejection and periods of limited immediate success.
• Continuously evaluate and improve the quality and effectiveness of candidate conversations.
• Candidate Qualification & Commercial Judgement
• Develop a detailed understanding of the Qualified Social Work sector, including different service areas, team structures and job requirements.
• Review CVs and assess candidates' relevant experience against live vacancies. 
• Conduct thorough telephone qualification to establish suitability, availability, location preferences, rate expectations and career objectives.
• Understand market conditions, prevailing pay rates and client requirements to identify commercially
  viable placement opportunities.
• Prioritise candidates and opportunities based on suitability, placement potential and commercial value.
• Work collaboratively with the Talent Support and Compliance teams to progress candidates through the recruitment process.

Pipeline Management & Commercial Delivery

• Build, maintain and develop a structured pipeline of qualified social workers.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date CRM records, candidate information and follow-up actions.
• Manage daily activities effectively, balancing outbound prospecting, candidate management and live recruitment opportunities.
• Respond to changing desk priorities while maintaining ownership of existing commitments.
• Progress candidates through the recruitment process, from initial engagement to successful placement.
• Develop a sustainable book of business generating recurring weekly gross profit.

Candidate Experience & Professional Standards

• Deliver a premium, professional and consistent standard of service to all candidates.
• Maintain regular communication and provide timely updates throughout the recruitment process.
• Handle objections, difficult conversations and disappointment with professionalism and emotional
  composure.
• Build long-term candidate relationships based on honesty, responsiveness and trust.
• Take ownership of candidate concerns and follow through on commitments.
• Represent Ardent Social's values and reputation in every professional interaction.

Learning, Development & Continuous Improvement

• Take personal responsibility for developing recruitment knowledge, sales capability and understanding of the Social Work sector.
• Actively participate in training, coaching, call reviews and performance discussions.
• Independently research unfamiliar areas, ask informed questions and apply learning to daily activities.
• Seek constructive feedback and demonstrate measurable improvement.
• Identify personal performance gaps and proactively develop improvement plans.
• Contribute ideas to improve candidate acquisition, recruitment processes and commercial performance.