Sectors
We only staff social care. That is the whole point.
A carer who has worked warehouses and hospitality is not ready for a double-up hoist transfer or a resident in distress at 3am. Every screening question we ask, every training record we track and every reference we chase is built for this sector — and each part of it works differently.
- Shift patterns
- Early mornings, teatime and bedtime calls, weekends, double-ups
- Checks we add here
- We filter to drivers with business-use insurance by default, and record travel radius against every worker.
Sector 01
Domiciliary care
Care in people's own homes
Community rounds are unforgiving: fifteen calls, tight travel windows, and a carer working alone with nobody to check in with. We staff domiciliary rounds with people who can hold a schedule without cutting a visit short, and who know when a wellbeing concern needs escalating rather than noting.
What makes staffing this hard
- Round density means a single late start cascades across the whole day
- Lone working requires strong judgement on safeguarding and escalation
- Rural Oxfordshire rounds need drivers with business insurance
- High turnover in the sector makes continuity for clients hard to hold
Roles we place here
- Care Assistant
- Senior Care Assistant
- Live-in Carer
- Team Leader
- Shift patterns
- Long days, sleep-ins, waking nights, weekends, bank holidays
- Checks we add here
- Where a service supports younger adults or transitions, we check the child workforce barred list as well.
Sector 02
Supported living
Learning disability and autism services
Supported living is a relationship, not a task list. Consistency matters more than speed, and the wrong personality match can undo months of progress. We place support workers who understand positive behaviour support and can hold boundaries without escalating a situation.
What makes staffing this hard
- Continuity of staff directly affects tenant wellbeing and behaviour
- Sleep-ins and waking nights are the hardest shifts in the sector to fill
- Staff need genuine understanding of positive behaviour support plans
- Personality and interest matching matters as much as qualifications
Roles we place here
- Support Worker
- Senior Support Worker
- Waking Night Support
- Team Leader
- Shift patterns
- Long days, nights, twilights, weekend blocks, bank holiday cover
- Checks we add here
- NMC PIN verified at placement and re-checked at revalidation for every clinical worker.
Sector 03
Residential & nursing
Care homes and nursing homes
Homes need reliability at volume: block bookings that hold, night cover that turns up, and staff who can slot into an established team without disrupting it. We brief every worker on your layout, your residents' needs and your handover routine before their first shift.
What makes staffing this hard
- Night cover and weekend gaps are chronic across the sector
- Agency staff who need supervising cost more than they save
- Nursing shifts require verified NMC registration and clinical competence
- Residents with dementia need familiar faces, not a rotating cast
Roles we place here
- Care Assistant
- Senior Care Assistant
- Registered General Nurse (RGN)
- Deputy Manager
- Registered Manager
- Shift patterns
- 12-hour days and nights, live-in rotations, 2:1 packages
- Checks we add here
- Competency evidence for each clinical task is held on file and reviewed against the care plan.
Sector 04
Complex & clinical care
PEG, tracheostomy, ventilator and spinal care
Complex packages carry clinical risk and family scrutiny in equal measure. Competency has to be signed off, not assumed. We only put forward workers with documented, task-specific training and recent hands-on experience of the intervention in question.
What makes staffing this hard
- Task-specific competency sign-off is required, not general experience
- Families are closely involved and continuity is non-negotiable
- Clinical oversight and delegated task frameworks must be documented
- A single unfilled night shift can put a package at risk
Roles we place here
- Complex Care Assistant
- Registered General Nurse (RGN)
- Live-in Complex Carer
- Shift patterns
- Long days, sleep-ins, waking nights, school holiday cover
- Checks we add here
- Child workforce barred list checked on every worker, and we hold Ofsted-facing records to the same standard.
Sector 05
Children's services
Residential children's homes and short breaks
Children's services carry the highest bar on both vetting and consistency. Every worker needs an enhanced DBS with the child workforce barred list, and the emotional resilience to work with trauma without taking it home.
What makes staffing this hard
- Enhanced DBS with child barred list required on every worker, no exceptions
- Trauma-informed practice is essential, not a nice-to-have
- Ofsted expectations on staffing records differ from CQC
- Staff need to hold boundaries with warmth, often under provocation
Roles we place here
- Residential Support Worker
- Senior Residential Worker
- Waking Night Worker
Something else
Can't see your service here?
We also cover reablement, end of life care, mental health supported accommodation and short-break services. If it is regulated adult or children's social care, ask us. If it isn't, we will tell you honestly that it is not our sector rather than take the booking.
Every sector, the same standard of evidence
Whatever the setting, you receive a complete personnel file before the first shift — and we keep tracking it afterwards.
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