After 5 years working at a fantastic Social Care Recruitment business, I set up Seven Social Care Limited with aim to be the business that is called upon to provide quality social care professionals, nationwide to local authorities, the NHS, Charities and other organisations. The above aims have, and continue to be, achieved and Seven has taken it's successful business model in to other sectors, where we are enjoying further success and therefore has changed to Seven Resourcing Limited. Seven are one of the fastest growing recruitment businesses in the UK and also the most technology advanced. Specialties: Recruitment, Social Care,

Owner & Managing Director @ Seven is a specialist recruitment agency that is the envy of the recruitment industry. The entire business was created, and is developed, around what our clients and candidates need and want, which is why Seven is such a successful business. Seven now operates globally in the sectors we serve and is currently looking at how we can expand our overseas operations further. From March 2011 to Present (4 years 10 months) Head of Locum Recruitment (Sales Director level) @ After 18 months as a Social Work Consultant I was promoted to Head of Locum Recruitment, where I was responsible for all of Sanctuary's locum recruitment, growing the team, training and development, P&L responsibility, and I reported directly to the share holders of Sanctuary Personnel. When I took over, the department's annual turnover was £7m, and by the time I left in February 2011, the annual turnover was £35m. This meant that Sanctuary was the largest independent Social Work agency in the UK. Throughout my time as Head of Locum Recruitment I continued to be a billing Consultant and my desk turned over in excess of 3m annually. My personal achievements and the achievements of the outstanding team I built around me resulted in my team and I being fortunate enough to gain the following awards. 2007 - Recruitment Consultant of the Year 2008 - Recruitment Agency of the Year 2009 - Recruitment Team of the Year 2009 - National IRP Business Manager of the Year 2010 - Best Recruitment Process From November 2005 to February 2011 (5 years 4 months) Sales Manager @ From November 1999 to November 2005 (6 years 1 month)

Mathermatics, English, Sciences @ Chantry High School From 1990 to 1995 Chantry High School From 1990 to 1995 Richard Cooke is skilled in: Medical Social Work, Team Management, Sales Recruitment, Social Services, Social Care, New Business Launch, New Business Development, Staff Training, Staff Management, Product Knowledge, Corporate Finance, Statistics, Football