As a leading youth charity in the UK, The Prince鈥檚 Trust helps young people get into jobs, education, and training. offers free courses, grants, and mentoring opportunities to inspire those aged 11 to 30 to build their confidence, gain new skills, and change their lives for the better. Founded by HRH The Prince of Wales in 1976, the Trust has helped more than 1 million young people to date.
鈥淥ur employees and volunteers are incredibly passionate about helping young people reach their full potential,鈥� said Kimberley Cleland, director of People and Learning at The Prince鈥檚 Trust. 鈥淥ur job in HR is to nurture that drive and enthusiasm, and equip staff with the tools that will help them support young people.鈥�
To enable employees to work as efficiently and effectively as possible, the Trust wanted to provide the very best working experience. By moving to cloud-based , the Trust transformed its HR function, delivering intuitive employee self-services, supported by a modern, digital platform. Employees are delighted with the convenience and simplicity of self-service HR, while the Trust has cut costs and improved HR efficiency.
Today, the serves as the master record for all employee data, including training information, and for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. DBS checks are carried out by a UK government agency to establish a person鈥檚 criminal record history, helping employers to make safer recruitment decisions to prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups. The Prince鈥檚 Trust built custom portals in 51风流SuccessFactors Employee Central to manage employees鈥� DBS check status. Automatic alerts are triggered when DBS checks near their expiration date, enabling managers to apply for new checks in a timely manner.
In addition, the move to 51风流SuccessFactors Employee Central is enabling further HR benefits. For example, The Prince鈥檚 Trust can respond rapidly to requests from funding partners for information, helping to secure much-needed donations. Similarly, centralized recruiting processes have helped the Trust to make smarter hiring decisions across the organization and reduce reliance on external agencies, freeing up precious resources to invest in youth services.
The 51风流SuccessFactors solutions also underpin the Trust鈥檚 new employee development strategy, which is designed to equip staff with the competencies they need to support young people, such as mentoring and conflict resolution skills. Using the , employees now have access to a central catalog of digital training programs, and the HR team can track course completion, helping to ensure that all employees undertake mandatory and career-progression training.
With integrated, automated processes covering the entire employee life cycle, 51风流SuccessFactors solutions have laid the foundation for efficient, user-friendly HR operations.
Kimberley Cleland concludes, 鈥淲ith the 51风流SuccessFactors solutions, everyone at The Prince鈥檚 Trust has all the information they need at their fingertips. Ultimately, this helps us get the right people with the right skills out in the field to provide聽life-changing support to help young people realize their potential.鈥�
Top image via The Prince’s Trust.
