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Jark Named Master Vendor for Four Seasons Health Care Northern Ireland Operation

Jark Healthcare, part of the Jark Recruitment group has been named Master Vendor for Northern Ireland by leading nursing and care home specialists, Four Seasons Health Care in a deal worth £6 million over three years.

The contract will see Jark Healthcare’s Downpatrick, Lisburn and so to be Belfast offices supplying care staff for all 65 of Four Seasons’ Northern Ireland care homes, as well as the creation of eight new permanent jobs at the Jark branches to help service the account.

Jark pays in the region of 7000 temporary staff per week across five specialist divisions and has 50 permanent staff at its head office in Norfolk. This agreement marks yet another major success for the group this year.

Back in April the firm announced the acquisition of the Aptus Group, putting it in the top 40 recruitment companies in the UK and increasing its annual turnover to £105 million. In June, Jark joined forces with USG People subsidiary, Start People, to strengthen its European operations.

Kevin Farr, Managing Director for Jark Healthcare said, “We are delighted to have been named Master Vendor for Four Seasons Health Care and look forward to working closely with them over the coming months. Our Northern Ireland teams, headed up by Account Director Deborah Oktar-Campbell are in a great position to facilitate supply and have embarked on a major campaign to assist the migration of existing staff to ensure the stability of the homes. They will also be working to attract new staff, all of whom will benefit from our extensive experience, excellent training services and support system.

“This win further supports our long term growth plan of achieving a turnover of £250
million within five years, making us a top 10 recruitment company.”

Jim McCall, Managing Director for Four Seasons Health Care in Northern Ireland added, “This is a very exciting time for Four Seasons as we embark on a major program of resource centralisation. It is crucial that we maintain continuity of high quality care and we are happy that Jark Healthcare will enable us to deliver this effectively within the specified implementation period.

“By selecting Jark Healthcare we can be confident that our high standards will be nurtured by a partner with the same outlook as our own. Plus we will benefit from a professional service where standards and procedures are both accountable and traceable and meet those we have in place for our own staff. We look forward to working with Jark Healthcare as they help us continue in our aim of providing the very best level of individual care and attention to every one of our Northern Ireland service-users.”

For more information about Jark Recruitment please contact 01362 656 158 or log on too www.jark.co.uk. For details of Jark Healthcare in Northern Ireland Deborah Oktar-Campbell on 07826552661.

Four Seasons Health Care operates 330 care centres across the UK caring for more than 15,000 people and is one of the country’s leading independent providers of healthcare. In Northern Ireland the company employs 3,500 people making it one of the province’s largest employers. For more information call 01625 417 800 or visit www.fshc.co.uk.

Monday 18 August 2008

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