A local care provider is the latest organisation to introduce a recruitment app – and give an extra bonus to their existing employees at the same time.

Candlelight Care in (area) has installed the 'Care Friends' app, which was developed in conjunction with Skills for Care. The app displays job vacancies listed by Candlelight Care on employees' mobile phones, which they can then share easily with their friends or on social media. Care organisations already using 'Care Friends' have reported much higher interview attendance and staff retention rates, and the referring staff member also earns reward points at each stage of the recruitment process.

The introduction of the app is the latest in Candlelight Care's efforts to reward its staff for their commitment to their roles. Candlelight Care's staff have, like so many others on the frontline, worked tirelessly throughout the past year, and at the end of 2020 the Company announced that each staff member would receive an additional day's holiday to thank them.

Cherry Catley-Day, Proprietor of Candlelight Care, said: "It has long been recognised that the best staff are often those who are introduced to us by existing employees, and the Care Friends app enables us to develop our existing referral scheme. We hope that it proves successful, and is another way in which we can recognise our staff for the work they do for us and our clients every day. "