Our brief was to generate much needed applications from quality candidates for complex care service positions. The campaign aimed to resonate with young men and women who hadn’t gone to higher or further education and didn’t realise a career in care was an option for them.
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As Covid hit the country, Active Prospects had a number of roles to fill but were struggling to find qualified carers to fill the posts. We needed to engage, educate and convince candidates who hadn’t considered a care position before, but who likely had transferable skills, to get in touch to find out more. Interviewing existing carers was key tounderstanding the motivation and challenges behind the role and informed our creative approach. What would make someone want to consider making care a career? Knowing Covid was making many reappraisewhat mattered we developed the ‘Caring is my new normal’ campaign.
The campaign had to be covid relevant – planned outdoor ads, for example, were pivoted to online only whilst lockdown restrictions remained. An integrated and hyper targeted campaign was delivered across social media (Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn), through partner channels (Indeed and Reed) and on outdoor sites (bus shelters and Tesco smart screens) in areas and on bus routes where Active Prospects residential sites are located.
