Options for Care

HR Business Partner

The closing date is 07 November 2025

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an HR Business Partner based at Stanford Court, Birmingham B12.

The role entails collaborating closely with the Operations Director and senior management team to deliver an efficient and proactive HR service. You will guide managers and employees on HR policies and best practices that align with Employment Law. By leveraging your expertise, you will be critical in fostering a workplace culture of productivity, fairness and growth.

To achieve this, you will need to stay up to date with the latest developments in Employment Law and ensure that all HR policies comply with these regulations. You will develop a deep understanding of the organisation's objectives and the needs of its employees to provide tailored HR solutions that drive results.

You will work across our Birmingham sites:

Dartmouth House is a 16-bed male long-term complex care mental health inpatient unit based in Handsworth Wood, Birmingham.

Montague Court is an 18-bed male long-term complex care mental health inpatient unit based in Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Stanford Court is a 19-bed male mental health high dependency unit based in Highgate, Birmingham.

Orchard House is an 8-bed residential step-down service based in Erdington, Birmingham, which allows for the extension of the long-term complex care pathway.

Main duties of the job

Your primary responsibilities will include being the expert in all people-related matters and providing advice, coaching and training to managers as needed. You will provide consistent HR guidance to managers and assist them with employee relations activities such as sickness absence cases, complex cases, and employment tribunal actions. Additionally, you will advise on all HR disciplines, support managers at relevant meetings, and assist with investigation meetings and hearings.

You will help the leadership team manage talent processes, decrease turnover, and improve retention and engagement by providing remedial actions. Furthermore, you will assist the CEO and Director of Operations with the annual salary increase processes and provide market benchmark activity.

You will design and deliver a recruitment strategy, overseeing all recruitment administration, such as placing advertisements, organising interviews, shortlisting job applicants, and conducting interviews as required. You will also assist in the onboarding process for successful candidates, gaining references, and processing DBS checks.

You will be responsible for accurately managing HR administration, starting from new hires, mid-employment and leavers, and preparing staff files. You will also write and review HR policies and associated documents.

About us

About us

Options for Care provides mental health recovery services across Birmingham. Our primary objective is to empower service users and help them realise their full potential through progressive improvements in their quality of life, working towards recovery and culminating in successful discharge. We are proud to share our unwavering commitment to our mission, vision, and values.

Mission

Realising Potential

Vision

We offer best-practice interventions to enable personal recovery and well-being.

Values

The individual is at the heart of everything we do.

We inspire, stimulate and empower people to achieve and grow through compassionate, supportive and protective relationships.

We deliver and continuously evaluate high-quality service whilst respecting differences, promoting dignity and supporting the privacy of others.

At Options for Care, we understand the importance of delivering tailored and holistic support to our service users. Our dedicated team is committed to providing relationship-centred interventions grounded in evidence-based practices. We strongly believe that our approach helps individuals lead fulfilling lives and achieve their goals. To ensure that we consistently meet our service users' needs, we use recognised assessment tools to track outcomes. We aim to empower our service users to live in the least restrictive setting feasible while maintaining their dignity and independence.

Details

Date posted

03 October 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0277-25-0038

Job locations

70-72

Handsworth Wood Road

Birmingham

B20 2DT


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities of the HR Business Partner role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities of the HR Business Partner role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • CIPD Qualification

Desirable

  • Degree level education

Experience

Essential

  • Strong and up-to-date knowledge of UK Employment Law, HR principles and practices.
  • Proven experience leading or participating in HR projects that drive organisational change and improvement.
  • 3+ years of experience in HR roles, with demonstrated expertise in HR operations and project management.
  • Proven track record in successfully managing and developing an HR function.
  • Experience in managing a team and allocating workload.
  • Understanding of Data Protection and Freedom of Information.
  • Provide expert guidance, support and coaching on HR matters.
  • Experience working on own initiative.

Desirable

  • Demonstrable experience in a hospital/clinical setting.
  • 3 Years+ Experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • CIPD Qualification

Desirable

  • Degree level education

Experience

Essential

  • Strong and up-to-date knowledge of UK Employment Law, HR principles and practices.
  • Proven experience leading or participating in HR projects that drive organisational change and improvement.
  • 3+ years of experience in HR roles, with demonstrated expertise in HR operations and project management.
  • Proven track record in successfully managing and developing an HR function.
  • Experience in managing a team and allocating workload.
  • Understanding of Data Protection and Freedom of Information.
  • Provide expert guidance, support and coaching on HR matters.
  • Experience working on own initiative.

Desirable

  • Demonstrable experience in a hospital/clinical setting.
  • 3 Years+ Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Options for Care

Address

70-72

Handsworth Wood Road

Birmingham

B20 2DT


Employer's website

https://optionsforcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Options for Care

Address

70-72

Handsworth Wood Road

Birmingham

B20 2DT


Employer's website

https://optionsforcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operations Director

Amy Goodson

amy.goodson@optionsforcare.net

Details

Date posted

03 October 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0277-25-0038

Job locations

70-72

Handsworth Wood Road

Birmingham

B20 2DT


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