Values-based recruitment in social care and healthcare: a literature review with a systematic approach

Values-based recruitment (VBR) has been proposed as a potential solution to a number of workforce challenges in UK adult social care, which could, in turn, be applied to other national contexts facing similar issues. The review presented in this article uses a systematic approach to suggest that VBR has the potential to improve the recruitment and retention of staff in adult social care. However, while many sources make claims regarding the benefits of VBR, this review highlights the need for more robustly designed studies, with greater clarity around the ‘right values’, to explore the real effectiveness of this method to improve recruitment and retention in the longer term.