The hidden challenge slowing down care sector hiring

Time is the enemy of effective recruitment in social care. Each day spent on manual checks or tracking down work histories means care facilities operate short-staffed, and the people who need support most face inconsistent service. Despite this urgency, many safeguarding procedures still depend on paper-based systems and time-consuming manual processes.

Safer Recruit operates on a simple principle: robust safeguarding shouldn't slow you down. Through our collaboration with Konfir—a UK Government-certified Instant Employment Verification provider—we're bringing real-time employment data directly into our Digital Employment Passports.

The value of this collaboration

Social care recruiters and managers are all too familiar with the endless cycle: chasing references, verifying employment gaps, and waiting weeks for compliance documentation. All while competing for limited qualified candidates in a tight market.

Safer Recruit's integration of Konfir's instant verification removes a critical roadblock in recruitment. Verified employment histories now appear within seconds, cutting down on duplication and human error whilst maintaining rigorous safeguarding standards.

What's wrong with traditional approaches to hiring in safer recruitment bound sectors

Current compliance processes depend on trust and documentation rather than data and verification. This creates inconsistencies, delays, and unnecessary risk. Hiring teams constantly juggle speed against thoroughness, pressured by regulatory requirements, inspections, and understaffed shifts.

The system prioritises process over protection.

Rethinking the relationship between speed and safety

Every unfilled shift in social care affects real people. Fast, data-backed verification isn't simply more efficient—it strengthens safeguarding. When checks become instant and standardised, organisations fill positions more quickly, keep good staff, and redirect energy where it belongs: delivering excellent care.

Caleb Ndlovu, Co-Founder of Safer Recruit, puts it this way:

"We're here to make hiring simpler and safer for everyone involved. Working with Konfir lets us strip away compliance friction, allowing care providers to concentrate on care itself—not administrative tasks."

What Safer Recruit delivers

Combining Konfir's Instant Employment Verification with Safer Recruit's Digital Employment Passport creates a seamless, compliant hiring experience from start to finish. For the care sector, this means:

• Employment history verified instantly through authoritative data sources

• Reduced manual checking, minimising errors and duplicate work

• Enhanced compliance with safer recruitment requirements

• Quicker onboarding for pre-screened, hire-ready candidates

Recruiters gain a single platform—one reliable source—covering DBS compliance, training records, ID verification, and more.

Action steps for care sector decision-makers

If you're running a children's home, supported living service, or care agency, consider these steps:

1. Review your current hiring workflow—pinpoint where verification and reference checking create delays.

2. Move to digital compliance solutions—swap slow manual processes for data-driven verification.

3. Enable your workforce—let candidates own their Digital Employment Passport, keeping their verified information current.

4. Recognise speed and safety as allies—they strengthen each other rather than compete.

Where safer recruitment is heading

Our partnership with Konfir represents more than technological advancement—it's about rebuilding trust. It's about fundamentally changing how social care approaches safeguarding and compliance. The next generation of safer recruitment will be data-verified, automated, and built around people.

Safer Recruit is at the forefront of this shift.

Take the next step

Want to see safer, faster recruitment in action? 👉 Book a demo and discover how Digital Employment Passports can revolutionise your compliance approach.

Learn more about Konfir here.