SHP is committed to the promotion of equal opportunities throughout every aspect of its business activities including the employment of staff and the provision of services.

SHP recognises that our staff are of paramount importance in our ability to meet the needs of our service users and requirements of our stakeholders.

Aims

Our recruitment policy aims to ensure that we attract, employ and retain high calibre staff, with the necessary skills and attributes to fulfill our operational requirements and strategic aims. Staff are recruited through a fair and transparent process, which promotes good practice in relation to diversity and equality issues whilst providing the flexibility appropriate to meet SHP’s business objectives in a competitive marketplace.

Principles

SHP is committed to operating a recruitment and selection policy which complies with SHP’s Equal Opportunities Policy and related employment.

SHP Will

• Develop and adopt good practice and employ best practice in the recruitment and selection process, ensuring that no applicant is treated more or less favourably than any other.

• Provide positive career development opportunities for internal staff to move into new roles in addition to recruiting externally.

• Monitor the ethnic group, sex and disability and sexuality of applicants, candidates short-listed, and persons appointed, to ensure that no discrimination takes place at any stage in the recruitment process.

• Treat all documentation relating to applicants with the utmost confidentiality and in accordance with the Data protection Act and Freedom of Information Act. SHP will give applicants feedback and access to any documentation held about them in accordance with these Acts.