About Our
HR Services
As part of the wider Commercial Services Group, we deliver fully compliant and trusted HR services that are truly people-focused through our dedicated brands HR Connect, EmploymentCheck, Staff Care Services and Kent-Teach.
With more than 25 years at the forefront of HR and People services, our teams specialise in supporting organisations large and small, having perfected our approach in the Education and Public Sectors. We are trusted by over 1000 customers nationwide, from Schools, Academies, Multi-Academy Trust (MATs), and Local Authorities to NHS Trusts and private businesses. As we are wholly owned by Kent County Council, it means that the money our HR Services generate is returned to the Public Sector to re-invest creating true profit with a purpose.
Every member of our team of experts is committed to providing you with a wide range of high-quality services that are tailored to the specific needs of your company.
What We Offer
We are proud to be able to offer you an Employment Legal Service which works in close collaboration with our HR Advisory team in order to provide you with a personalised service, that acts in your best interests and with the knowledge and background to your needs with regards to any workplace dispute you may be faced with.
Our Employment Legal Service can provide you with a range of services, complimenting the HR Support you already receive and ensuring you are placed in the best possible position to tackle any issues you may be faced with at an early stage.
Prospects Payroll is a high-quality, professional and supportive payroll service using an award-winning integrated HR, payroll and absence system. A CIPP-accredited service with over 20 years of experience working in the education and training sector.
Founded in 2000, Kent-Teach delivers one of the county’s most-recognised and cost-effective recruitment advertising solution to schools across Kent and the surrounding areas. With 95% of Kent schools using the platform, our network of over 170,000 education professionals makes it the best way to recruit for your school. We are the established market leader in Kent for Education vacancies, and at nearly 2 million visits a year to our platform, schools can fill vacancies with talented staff members quickly and affordably.
Staff Care Services were established over 25 years ago to deliver Occupational Health, Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) and Wellbeing support to Public, Education, Health and Private Sectors. Our team of professionals includes clinicians, consultants, trainers and counsellors who draw from extensive experience working with hundreds of organisations, ranging from small primary schools to complex Academy Trusts, Local Authorities and NHS trusts; each with their own unique requirements.
EmploymentCheck provides customers a fully hosted and compliant online Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) solution, which is available 24/7. We are also the only local authority-owned eBroker to provide this service, and one of only a few suppliers that can offer separate identification check services. EmploymentCheck is a flexible, powerful and versatile approach to initiating and managing your checks. Our wealth of knowledge of DBS legislation, coupled with-easy-to-use technology, means we can provide guidance on eligibility or ID verification. Process checks quickly, accurately and securely with EmploymentCheck from HR Connect.
HR Connect offers an integrated HR solution, encompassing payroll, HR administration, pensions, and HR Advisory. Our team will work with you to provide strategic or stand-alone HR, payroll or pensions support whenever it is needed. By taking the time to get to know the specifics of an organisation, our team can recognise potential issues quickly and offer practical, authoritative solutions at all times, meaning you can focus on running your business.