HR Support for Accidental Managers
We offer both ad hoc and regular support to small business owners across the East Midlands from our base in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.
What makes us different is our absolute focus on not just resolving your immediate HR challenges - but also on helping you put the right systems in place to prevent them from happening again.
So we don’t just turn up and do your HR for you.
We work with you to build a way of managing people, and an HR framework, that help you to avoid having difficult HR issues in the first place.
We’ll build your skills and knowledge around people management, so that you can spot issues earlier, and deal with them proactively and effectively, saving you hours of time.
Together, we’ll put you back in control of your team by making sure you understand what you need to do, why you need to do it, when it needs to happen, and how to do it effectively.
Our HR retainers offer great value and the guarantee of a response within 24 hours of your first contact about any particular issue. You choose how much support you need.
If you’re just looking for bespoke HR documentation to get you started, then our HR Basics retainer is for you. It will give you all the HR policies and forms you need for your first 5-10 employees.
If you’re growing your established business, but struggling to recruit and keep the right people, or get the best from them, have a look at our Consolidate and Grow package. It will help you transform your HR framework to tackle the new challenges that come as your organisation grows.
And if you’re overwhelmed by all the HR issues in your business, but can never find the time to actually address them, have a look at our Virtual HR Director package. This offers a root and branch overhaul of your whole approach to employing people, including your own management skills or those of your senior team.
You won’t find another HR retainer package like this one as it is unique to you and your organisation’s needs.
Each package comes with consultancy time built in, so you can ask questions or check how to do something before you do it. If you feel you need more time, you can add this in up front, or pay for it as you go.
Interested? Why not take the first step and get in touch for a free, no-obligation discovery call.
Ad hoc HR Consultancy (Pay as you Go HR)
If you're not ready for a long term commitment, but just need an HR problem solving now, or some documentation in a hurry, then our Pay as you Go HR support is here to help.
Give us a call to discuss your requirements, and we will advise you on the most cost-effective way of working with us.
We can help if you:
Need a contract of employment for your first employee
Want an Employee Handbook or HR policies for your business
Are struggling to recruit the right people for your team
Are worried about a potential disciplinary situation or long-term absence
Need expert help to restructure your team and/or to carry out redundancies.
Want to become more efficient and more profitable by using HR procedures like Absence Management, Performance Management, Appraisal, or Discipline and Grievance.
All our contracts, policies and handbooks are individually tailored to accurately reflect your business and what matters to you, and they are all written in plain English so everyone can understand them.
Choose the right HR Retainer for You
HR Basics
Ideal for companies who have no HR policies in place, who have been getting by with templates found on the internet or “borrowed” from other employers, or whose policies haven’t been updated for at least 5 years.
A bespoke full and part-time employment contract, tailored for your business.
If required, variations to cover zero hours or fixed term workers
Offer letter
Your first 7 HR policies: Absence, Disciplinary,• Grievance, Capability, Equal Opportunities, Data Protection, Holidays
Key HR Forms: induction checklist, holiday requests, return to work interview, training agreement, probation review
A Job description template
Updates on employment law/new cases
Telephone/email consultancy (1 hour per month)
Consolidate and grow
Ideal for established companies who want to refresh their existing HR framework as a springboard for future growth
A review and update or replacement of your existing employment contract(s)
A written guide on how to introduce revised contracts
A review and update or replacement of your existing HR policies or Employee Handbook
Email/telephone advice on challenging HR issues eg attendance, performance, disciplinary (12 hours per year)
Letters drafted for you to send to your employees
Scripts for managers to handle difficult situations
Review of recruitment and performance management arrangements, to ensure they can meet your needs for future business growth
4 x Senior Management Meetings per year
Update documents as law changes
Employment law updates
Virtual HR Director Package
Ideal for employers with BIG plans, or who have grown too quickly to get the right HR in place. Improve the skills and capabilities of your whole management team, and ensure that every part of your HR arrangements work together to retain and grow your best employees, and drive your business forward to achieve your strategic goals.
A strategic review of your HR needs, designed to enable you to meet your future business goals.
A review and update or replacement of your existing employment contract(s)
A review and update or replacement of your existing HR policies and Employee Handbook
Face to face advice/done with you employee problem resolution
Meet the team/temperature check 2 x year and feedback to managers
Introduce or upgrade recruitment and performance management systems, and upskill managers to make better recruitment and talent management decisions.
4 x Senior Management Meetings per year
Accidental Manager Coaching or Group Management training (12 hours per year)
Management guides – straightforward information packs to help your managers with recruitment, probation, handling absence, holidays and holiday pay