No Recruitment Software?
Here’s Why You Need Harbour’s Social Care Applicant Tracking System
Developed for regulated industries like social care, Harbour’s all-in-one recruitment software provides an end-to-end recruitment solution, helping our customers to securely manage their hiring process digitally, while saving time and reducing their admin workload.
What is an Applicant Tracking System?
An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) provides businesses with a centralised solution that enables hiring managers and recruiters to track and manage every step of the recruitment process. Providing an end-to-end hiring solution, an ATS stores all data related to the process, including candidate information, background checks, references, communications, and onboarding, in one secure location.
Companies that use an ATS are able to streamline their recruitment processes and gain access to the best talent, slashing their time-to-hire and saving money in the process.
Why Does My Care Provision Need an ATS?
Trying to fill vacancies quickly can mean a huge administrative burden, with disparate systems and traditional/paper processes simply unable to keep pace.
With ever-tightening regulatory frameworks, high staff turnover and urgent recruitment needs, an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is becoming an essential tool for social care providers.
We’ve built solutions for organisations ranging from small charities and local care home groups to major healthcare providers. That means we truly understand your compliance, cost, and staffing challenges.
“We cut our onboarding time by over 60%—and saved thousands on agency costs.”
Care UK
A Safe Harbour for Compliance
Unlike most generic ATS solutions, Harbour comes complete with built-in CQC, Ofsted, CIW and CIS compliance checks, customisable compliance questions, process clarity and full auditability.
Manage staff vetting procedures, including references, proof of identity and relevant checks as required e.g. DBS, criminal records check, fit and proper check for senior staff.
Manage staff records and be alerted to missing gaps in documentation and employment history.
Ensure proper onboarding for all staff & reduce turnover.
Money Saved, Time Reclaimed
Harbour ATS helps social care providers to save time and money by automating key recruitment tasks like posting jobs, screening candidates, and scheduling interviews. By embracing an ATS, providers can fill roles faster, reduce reliance on agency staff and lower recruitment costs.
Ensure all staff have access to up-to-date information with easy to follow workflows.
Quickly write and publish jobs on multiple job sites, including Indeed and Google Careers.
Screen applications and analyse CVs in seconds with AI-powered candidate summaries.
Securely manage candidate documents, references, responses and contracts.
Automate repetitive manual tasks, including AI-powered interview scheduling.
Smooth Sailing for Your Candidates
Avoid Front-Loaded Frustrations
Harbour ensures that candidates aren’t required to complete long, detailed forms right at the outset. Instead, we capture essential information and then invite them to complete the application once they’re more committed, helping to reduce candidate drop-out.
Omnichannel Communication
With email, SMS and WhatsApp integrations, you can reach candidates on their terms, ensuring faster responses and fewer no-shows.
AI Summaries
Even if candidates don’t have a polished CV, we use AI to generate a plain-language profile, helping you to quickly gauge their suitability.
Award-Winning New Starter Packs and Onboarding
Automated Contract Generation
Upload a standard contract or use our native functionality to establish a library of templates for different roles. Candidates can sign contracts digitally with updates automatically flowing into their new starter pack.
Reference Capture
Harbour reduces the time your staff spend chasing references by letting them request, track and verify them in-system. For those requiring postal requests, you can generate printable reference letters, with every step logged for compliance.
New Starter Pack
All recruitment data, including references, compliance checks and signed documents automatically feed into a new starter pack. This ensures that every piece of the recruitment journey is recorded, traceable and easily retrievable for regulatory audits.
