Staffwise Specialist Recruitment


About Staffwise

Staffwise specialise in the provision of high quality temporary personnel across all the major industry sectors. We specialise in supplying temporary and permanent blue-collar industrial workers via our traditional High Street network of industrial branches and through Onsite operations located in our customers premises. The Group has a dedicated Food Processing , Agriculture and Horticulture business which is a member of the Association of Labour Providers.

Staffwise aims to deliver a high quality and reliable service to our Clients and based on Client feedback we are meeting and in many cases exceeding their expectations.

If you would like more information on our services or would like to talk to someone about your recruitment needs then please contact us by email or call the number below.

Tel : 01243 533 777 Email : info@Staffwise.co.uk

Staffwise delivers specialist recruitment services in the following areas;

Tel: 01243 533 777  Email: info@staffwise.co.uk

Staffwise On-site Recruitment

Our mission at Staffwise is to devise cost-effective strategies in line with your business objectives to achieve continuous improvement in our client partnerships. To provide the crucial availability of a flexible temporary workforce, our year-round, 24/7 service is fully managed and integrates into your management team, we refine our processes to your exact requirements. We currently manage on-site client bases of between 50-300 temporary workers across the UK. We work with major brands and other successful companies who wish to concentrate on their core activities confident that they have a partner on-site to:

  • Adhere to a strict Service Level Agreement as well as KPIs covering quantity, Quality, Health & Safety and Compliance.
  • Aim to meet customer production requests and respond with flexibility to ever-changing needs.

With Staffwise as an extension of your business, we promise to provide:

  • 24/7 service with fully qualified on-site presence to manage your recruitment process
  • Effective back-up pool of candidates
  • High-profile recruitment programs to secure the best candidates
  • All on site inductions and training to NVQ level 2
  • Screening, testing and reference-checks on all candidates to clients’ specifications
  • Regular performance reviews to monitor productivity
  • Site-specific handbooks where required
  • Closely monitored and communicated Working Time Directive
  • Highly accurate invoicing and payroll procedures, working within your specific guidelines. We are used to SAP and other bespoke total management systems.
  • Variable staffing demands within tight deadlines and strict budgets
  • Assistance in planning forecasts to meet your seasonal peaks
  • Detailed management information including detailed spend analysis, output, productivity, demographics, attrition rates, retention rates, induction attendance, vacancy fill rates and bottlenecks

Our Managed Service solutions are unique to every client. We welcome the opportunity to tailor a service to suit you.

Tel: 01243 533 777  Email: info@simpsonlang.co.uk

Transport Services Recruitment

Reliable, safe, quality drivers are essential to your business. With the increasing pressures and deadlines of an ever- changing industry it is vital to ensure you have experienced and responsible staff representing your company. Staffwise Transport Services offers a nationwide database of skilled professionals with years of experience within the transport industry, including:

  • LGV C+E drivers
  • LGV C drivers
  • 3.5-7.5t multi-drop drivers
  • ADR drivers
  • HIAB operators
  • Drivers with experience of Refrigeration, Bulkers, Tankers, Blowers, Skip operators, Ro-Ro operators, Tippers, Containers plus other skill sectors.

Our CPC-trained professional team will accelerate your recruitment process and reduce your costs. Tailor-made search and selection packages cover both temporary and permanent positions. We use our combined Group resources to focus on finding the right person for your job. To achieve this every Staffwise driver is carefully screened and reference-checked with respect to the following:

  • All documents checked to ensure UK eligibility
  • All licences checked for authenticity and copies kept on file. Licences are re-checked and re-copied every six months
  • Profiles created to determine each driver’s experience and capabilities on different vehicles and load types
  • Drivers questioned to determine preferences regarding shift start times and drops/deliveries per shift
  • All drivers reference-checked to verify their work history to ensure a minimum of two years’ experience in their given field unless agreed otherwise
  • All drivers must complete Staffwise accreditation: WTRT (Working Time Road Transport Regulations), tachograph knowledge, basic health & safety, client compliance and inductions
  • All applicants complete a medical questionnaire.
Our service is designed to match your unique business needs.
Tel: 01243 533 777  Email: info@staffwise.co.uk

Food Processing, Horticulture and Agriculture

We fully understand your need for a rapid response to seasonal peaks. The efficiency and productivity of your business are the foundations upon which we build our service level agreements. Quite simply, if your business flourishes, so does ours.

Staffwise is a leading expert in the field of pre-planning and mobilisation of temporary staff. From our 20 offices to any area within the UK, we are one of the top 20 accredited suppliers in the UK market to the GLA-regulated sector, with access to a continuous supply chain of labour from the UK and Europe.

The managing team has a wealth of experience in providing well trained, reliable and adaptable staff to a broad spectrum of

businesses; from luxury brand confectioners, large volume bakers and poultry processors to strawberry growers and multi-site glass-houses.

Our bespoke and dedicated service includes:
  • Recruitment and compliance staff able to deliver in more than ten languages
  • Candidates interviewed and provided with contracts in their own language
  • In-house multi-lingual skills centre delivering a broad range of training
  • Account management and operations teams on call 24/7
  • Large fleet of staff transport 24/7, with qualified uniformed drivers
  • Full legal compliance, with emphasis on ethical and fair treatment for all stakeholders
  • Liaison with Sedex and Impactt and continuous improvement programmes, guaranteeing quality of procedures and ethical trading initiatives
  • Innovative compliance software enabling total transparency

Whether you need occasional sickness cover, or a team of 150 plus along with supervisors and on-site management to support a full production line, we will match your needs seamlessly.

Tel: 01243 533 777  Email: info@staffwise.co.uk

Commercial Recruitment

It is our business to understand your business.

Staffwise Commercial is more than just an agency; we are, in effect, a flexible and versatile extension to your HR department, with a hands-on approach for all HR issues.

Commercial Recruitment requests may vary from high-level, complex confidential management and executive assignments, to more routine commercial office support. Job vacancies receive the same personal commitment whether recruited locally or nationally; for temporary or permanent staff.

We adapt to your processes and will, if required, devise job descriptions and person specifications, psychometric testing and corporate advertising. We also undertake relevant tests for skills such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Sage, Outlook, Access, data entry, languages, audio spelling, grammar and accounting.

We have the expertise to deal with all Human Resource procedures to include interview processes, pay structures, offer letters, contracts of employment and company handbooks.

We provide a Commercial Recruitment service for permanent, interim or temporary staff in all commercial sectors, including:

  • Board and Senior Management
  • Human Resource and Office Managers
  • Customer Service and Office Support
  • Sales and Marketing Professionals
  • PAs, Secretaries and Administrators
  • Telesales Executives
  • Accounts Assistants
  • Contact Centre Operators
  • Receptionists
  • Data Entry and Stock Control Administrators
If you would like to access the right skilled professionals, contact us today.
Tel: 01243 533 777  Email: info@staffwise.co.uk

Accountancy Recruitment

Staffwise Accountancy has successfully provided a bespoke Accountancy service for the past 25 years. Our client retention levels are consistently high within this sector, with our industry- specific professionals within Staffwise giving us a dedicated, focused approach to Accountancy Recruitment.

If you are seeking qualified, part-qualified or technically experienced staff, with Staffwise you will have access to highly talented candidates across all disciplines from Senior/Director level through to experienced Admin level. Our specialist recruitment team use their sector knowledge, experience and technology solutions to find the right candidate to match your requirements.

We can supply you with temporary or permanent staff at short notice. Our team are also adept at delivering multiple vacancies within tight budgets and restricted timescales.

Our comprehensive coverage includes:

  • Management Accountants
  • Financial Accountants
  • Business Analysts
  • Company Accountants
  • Assistant Accountants
  • Insolvency/Corporate Recovery Professionals
  • Purchase/Sales Ledger Staff
  • Bookkeepers
  • Accounts Clerks
  • Payroll Staff
  • Fund Accountants
  • Credit Control Staff
  • Cost Accountants
  • Reconciliation Clerks

Fees within Accountancy are notoriously high and Staffwise has broken this rule by charging a fair price without jeopardising service.

We look forward to working with you.

Tel: 01243 533 777  Email: info@staffwise.co.uk

Technical Recruitment

The Staffwise Technical philosophy is to exceed your service expectation whilst ensuring a longstanding and mutually rewarding business partnership.

With specific sector knowledge, we can help with all your recruitment requirements by supplying contract, permanent and interim staff across the following traditional and leading edge technology based industries: Aerospace, Automotive, Instrumentation, Defence, Electronics, Manufacturing, Civil, FMCG, Marine, Rail, IT, Petrochemical, Telecommunication, Avionics, Engineering, Pharmaceutical, Utilities and Construction.

We also fully understand the freelance market in which many successful professionals operate. Our aim is to supply quality candidates in the most cost-effective way. Our promise to you is to simplify the entire process, without compromise.

Direct industry knowledge ensures that client-retention levels are particularly high. Our team does everything to understand

the role you are recruiting for and source the individuals you need to drive and grow your business.

Staffwise deliver a bespoke service consistent across all vacancy disciplines. We can supply suitably qualified engineers to meet with your ever changing order book needs, giving you a flexible tailor-made solution. The diverse range of staff we can supply typically includes:

  • Assemblers
  • Solderers
  • Wirers
  • Inspectors
  • Test Technicians/Engineers
  • Fitters/Maintenance Engineers
  • Machinists
  • Welders/Fabricators/Pipe fitters
  • Buyers/ Expeditors
  • Planners/ Store Keepers
  • Production Engineers/Supervisors
  • CAD Designers/Draughters
  • Quality Engineers
  • Hardware/Systems Engineers
  • Planning/Project Engineers
  • Building Services/Civil Engineers
  • Contracts Engineers/Managers
  • Technical Authors Sales Engineers
  • Chemists
Staffwise Technical - Setting the standard for the industry
Tel: 01243 533 777  Email: info@staffwise.co.uk

Industrial Recruitment

Today’s business environment is more demanding than ever and constantly changes. Companies are under increasing pressure to provide their customers with products and services of enhanced quality, with a careful eye on costs.

Staffwise is a leading recruiter for clients within the Industrial sector throughout the UK. With an established Industrial Division we provide high-calibre, fully experienced staff for temporary and permanent requirements within:

  • Manufacturing
  • Warehouse and Distribution
  • Automotive
  • Technical
  • Local Authority
  • Logistics
  • Recycling and Waste
  • Facilities and grounds maintenance

We are fully conversant with the wide range of unskilled and semi-skilled staff and our strength is our ability to deliver at short notice regardless of whether you have high volume/turnover requirement or single vacancies.

We work as a flexible partner in line with your business objectives offering cost-effective solutions to manage your business effectively. We adhere to strict Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicators fully bespoke to each client.

All staff are tested for dexterity, attention to detail and quality. With Staffwise support you always have the comfort of no lost production or unfilled picked orders.

We promise:
  • A team specialising in your field who fully understand the roles we recruit
  • 24/7 service. Our staff are always on call in line with the demands of your sector
  • High-profile recruitment programme and in-depth screening to secure the best candidates
  • Applicants screened, tested and reference-checked to clients’ specifications
  • All workers adhere to Health & Safety and Personal Protective Equipment policies
  • Temporary and contract staff undergo full induction before assignment.
  • Regular performance reviews are made to monitor standards of productivity
  • Consistent and flexible customer service before, during and after placement
Tel: 01243 533 777  Email: info@staffwise.co.uk

Education & Childcare Recruitment

Oasis Education and Childcare Division provides a dedicated, compliant and specialist recruitment service to the Education and Childcare Sector.

Part of the Staffwise Group of companies, we have rapidly grown into a successful point of contact for Schools, Nurseries and Children’s Centres across Hampshire and much of Sussex. We can respond promptly to permanent and temporary needs without compromising strict vetting requirements.

We provide:

  • Teachers: Primary, Secondary and Special Needs
  • Cover Supervisors

  • Learning Support/Teaching Assistants to Mainstream and Special Educational Needs Schools
  • Nursery Staff to Private Nurseries and Children’s Centres
  • Play-Workers

We visit all schools and nurseries to discuss your environment enabling us to match your exact needs. This is also an opportunity for you to gain a further understanding of how we work to service your individual requirements.

We have a long-established pool of qualified and experienced staff who are regularly on assignment. Many are requested by name. We consistently recruit to ensure candidate-availability levels are maintained to meet continuous demand.

Candidates are available for day-to-day supply, long-term sickness, maternity leave or any other unexpected shortages. Bookings can even be made on the day required. Our office opens at 07.15 Monday to Friday, with an out-of-hours answer service.

Our candidates attend a face-to-face interview with one of our specialist consultants to ascertain suitability and experience. Original documents including identification and certificates are requested. CRB Enhanced Disclosures, a List 99 check and References are also requested for all candidates.

Our Education and Childcare Division, established in 2003, has gone from strength to strength. We service both clients and candidates in a specialist field efficiently and effectively

Tel: 01243 533 777  Email: info@staffwise.co.uk

Health & Social Care Recruitment

There are no short cuts when dealing with vulnerable children and adults.

Staffwise manages a robust system to track CRB checks and applications for processing, reference checks, and imposes a stringent interview process that identifies skills, and work history including gaps of employment.

We are comprehensively compliant. Stringent internal audits take place to ensure due diligence and transparent processes.

Our dedicated professional team work hard to identify quality care staff, and strive to create the ideal situation of a fully inducted Carer returning to an establishment, on familiar terms with the service users and staff. Staffwise Health & Social Care has a reputation based on reliability and speed of response.

On call 24/7 we will meet any urgent requirement that may occur. We have an excellent response rate to both planned and emergency shifts. Staffwise understands your staff ratios and provides all necessary assistance with our out-of-hours service.

Training to NVQ level 2, we continually invest in our Carers with regular courses and updates. We undertake regular performance assessments, and will initiate further training according to individual needs. Most of our training is in-house with four Instructors working throughout the country.

We supply to many different types of registered homes, nurseries and respite centres throughout the country, covering such areas as:

  • Residential
  • Nursing
  • Palliative care
  • Nurseries
  • EMI
  • Learning Difficulties
  • Challenging Behaviour
  • Learning support

For a dedicated service that brings peace of mind, choose Staffwise.

Tel: 01243 533 777  Email: info@staffwise.co.uk
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