I have recently joined a care company which has expanded rapidly over the last few years and now has 750 staff spread across the country. I have been appointed as HR Manager and have an HR Assistant however there are no watertight processes, procedures are not legally compliant, management need training, work issues are numerous and complex and there is only 2 of us!!!

Please could anyone out there recommend how many HR people there should be and in what capacity to provide an effective HR service. I would be very grateful for any comments anyone would have. This is basically my second career move and at the moment I am spread extremely thin and finding it extremely difficult to just deal with the everyday work – there is no HR Director and there are no plans to have one

Liz Woods