Attract and retain essential expertise
Do you have the strategies in place to engage essential expertise - and ensure they have a reason to stay?
Our recruitment experience in social care
Build your social care team with fully compliant permanent, interim and temporary candidates, leveraging our national networks and local expertise.
Based in 27 locations across the UK and Ireland, we have the widest office network of any specialist social care staff provider. We recognise though that effective social care recruitment is best delivered locally, and combine our national scale with expertise catered around your specific area.
With a database of 65,000 candidates – as well as 2,000 professionals that are available and compliant to fill any temporary positions – we can deliver on almost any volume and specific need you have.
Operating in such a highly regulated work setting, you can be assured that our recruitment process is not only value-led, but will keep your organisation safe and compliant. Our sector leading, rigorous, processes - led by an independent compliance and audit team - ensures all checks completed meet and exceed the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009 and The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.
As your leadership partner, our deep knowledge and insight into the social care recruitment process mean we can help you define your business strategies, improve onboarding processes and increase retention of new employees. Whether you’re looking to diversify your hiring, fill unexpected vacancies, or deliver new care services, we offer end-to-end social care talent solutions designed for you and your service users.
Get in contact with one of our specialist consultants today.
Our social care fields
We recruit for a wide range of social care roles, including:
Senior support worker: access experienced professionals capable of fulfilling all your care provisions.
Senior residential support worker: support the physical and mental wellbeing of children or vulnerable adults under your provision with our senior professionals.
Specialist support worker: build your team with a range of care assistants with specific qualifications for your business.
Care worker and care assistant: add value to your organisation and service users with our network of quality professionals.
Deputy manager and residential manager: dip into our pool of deputy and registered managers who will ensure the smooth running of your care function.
Our social care successful placements
With over 20 years of social care recruitment experience, we consistently place high quality care professionals for a range of organisations. We match approximately 400 professionals per year, with more than one assignment being filled on average each day.
If it’s temporary recruitment you need, we have over 2,000 candidates that are qualified and registered to fill your short-term or interim positions, no matter where you are in the UK.
We work with an average of 600 organisations a year, building lasting connections with a range of care providers, such as the NHS, local authorities and registered charities.
Some of our featured employers include Achieve together, Cafcass and Cambian Child Care.
Need new recruits? Look no further
Whether you’re seeking short-notice temporary support or longer-term employees, we have candidates in our databases that are sure to fit the bill.
Access our talent networksMARKET INSIGHTS FROM HAYS
Since being introduced to Sophia and her team at Hays, we have had exceptional care and support. The attention to detail in our staffing needs has been brilliant.
-Fiona Mutch, Registered Manager, Potens