Temporary staffing
Reliable cover, continuity protected.
Short- and medium-term cover for regulated care settings, without compromising compliance.
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STAFFING
Staffing that keeps care safe and covered.
Reliable care staffing for regulated settings — children, adults and complex care. Temporary cover, permanent placements, or a blend of both. We recruit and support carers directly, working with providers and commissioners to keep rotas safe and the same carers coming back.
Our delivery
Requests filled on or before start time. Rolling 12 months. Excludes provider-cancelled bookings and requests made less than 1 hour before start.
Every carer is interviewed and has prior care experience. DBS, Right-to-Work and mandatory training are verified before their first shift.
Carers who returned to the same setting within 3 months, on open-ended assignments. Excludes fixed-period cover and settings with no further eligible shifts.
A dedicated partner lead for every provider. Director-level, available by phone or WhatsApp — someone who knows your operation.
Individual carers who've completed at least one paid shift since launch. Cumulative across all provider partners, rounded down.
HOW WE WORK
Staffing stability is a care quality issue.
Call us and someone answers. We provide trained, reliable carers for temporary cover at short notice, matched to the people drawing on care and support. Consistent care, less pressure on your permanent team.
Phones answered within 20 seconds, urgent requirements filled. Fewer placement issues, and better outcomes for the people we support. Kim Davey, Home Manager, Dignus
We place permanent staff too. Familiar carers who stay, building real relationships over time.
How we operate
What guides us
Long-term strategic partnerships are how we work best. Short-term engagements are often where those start. The deeper the partnership, the more we can improve daily care together and reshape it structurally over time.
Care improves when the whole chain works together. Carers, providers, commissioners and funders each hold distinct roles. The closer those roles connect, the better the result.
We start with the person receiving care, and work back from there, from small improvements to structural change across staffing, retention, pathways and Baton.
What we provide
What we do, and how it fits together.
Staffing care well runs across five connected areas: temporary cover, permanent recruitment, compliance, ethical employment and ongoing partnership, working as one operating model.
Permanent recruitment
Stable, long-term care teams.
Values-led permanent placements. Focused on retention, not volume.
Compliance & safeguarding
Staffing risks, managed properly.
Thorough onboarding and assurance, so providers can focus on care.
Ethical recruitment & fair pay
Ethical staffing drives care quality.
For the carers we employ, fair pay leads: transparent rates, no worker fees.
How we support providers
A staffing partner, not a supplier.
Direct relationships with named directors. Fewer middle layers.
Why providers choose us
Cover you can trust, from people you can reach.
We Are Care
Our staffing
Other staffing providers
What can happen
Call us or WhatsApp — a real person, fast. We pick up, understand what you need, and come back quickly with a plan
A ticket queue — and no one on the phone
Vetted and experienced before they reach you. DBS, right to work, ID, a screening interview, mandatory training and at least six months' care experience — every temp carer
Variable checks you're left to chase
The same familiar carers, shift after shift. Continuity your residents and teams can rely on
A different face each time
Carers we employ and pay fairly. On temporary cover, the carers we send are employed by us — holiday pay, pension and tax all handled
Cover filled at the lowest rate — sometimes with no holiday pay, pension or tax
A partner who learns your service. Embedded in how you work, not filling a slot and moving on
A slot filled and forgotten
Reliable cover, often within the hour. Gaps covered fast, by people you know
Unfilled shifts and last-minute scrambles
TALK TO US
Up for a conversation?
A short early conversation is usually the easiest way in. Tell us what you need, and let's take it from there.
Julian Humphreys
Co-founder · Director
Spends his week with care homes, care groups and provider networks.
Toby Gavin
Director
Spends his week across commissioning, government partners, and funded pathways — connecting strategic relationships with delivery on the ground.
How this fits together
Three delivery pillars, connected by Baton.
You are here
Staffing
Keep care safely staffed.
Reliable temporary and permanent cover for regulated settings.
Retention
Keep care teams together.
Compliance, training and recognition that keep carers in post.
Pathways
Routes into care.
Funded routes into paid care work, from getting ready to a first job.
Let’s talk
Let’s talk.
Tell us about your staffing and where you need support. We’ll listen first, then walk through how we can help.