For government
Measurable routes from out of work into paid care roles.
We help public-sector partners turn youth unemployment, economic inactivity and care vacancies into measurable routes to paid care work, with training, work experience, first-placement support and outcome evidence at every step.
Our delivery
Vacant posts across adult social care on an average day. The structural gap our pathways exist to close. Source: Skills for Care.
Annual cost of delayed hospital discharges. Source: NHS England. A significant share is linked to out-of-hospital capacity constraints, including social care and care home availability.
Young people not in education, employment or training: a pool of potential carers a supported route can reach. Source: ONS / DWP.
Annual turnover among frontline care workers. Close to a third move on from their role each year. Source: Skills for Care, State of the Adult Social Care Sector.
Individual carers placed into paid shifts since launch, cumulative across all provider partners.
How the pathway works
From first contact to a sustained role.
Each step is an outcome a funder can back, and we can evidence through Baton, our care workforce operating platform.
Identify and engage
Reaching people outside work, before competition for roles starts.
Care-readiness
Hands-on preparation for the work, beyond a certificate.
Real care-setting experience
Practice exposure in real care settings. Providers see participants in context. Participants find out whether care is right for them before they commit.
Supported entry
Safeguarding-conscious onboarding into the role, with real support around the person.
First-job durability
Support and success measured at 30, 60 and 90 days in role.
Continuous support and learning
End-to-end visibility, early intervention where it's needed, and a feedback loop that refines the model.
For funders and public-sector partners
Public value, measured.
Move one person from out of work into a paid care role and the value lands across several budgets at once: someone moves off benefits and into earning, a care vacancy is filled, and the added capacity eases discharge pressure downstream. One programme, several public priorities, measured.
Underneath it runs Baton, live and proven in our own delivery. It connects staffing, compliance, care activity and risk into earlier action, and turns that into the outcomes evidence a funder needs. UK-sovereign, UK-hosted, built as the infrastructure a fragmented sector needs.
Where pathway funding comes from
Pathways pulls youth employment, back-to-work support, social care capacity, NHS discharge pressure, and local care-market resilience into a single measurable programme. Outcomes are tracked and reported.
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Spends his week across commissioning, government partners, and funded pathways — connecting strategic relationships with delivery on the ground.
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Three delivery pillars, connected by Baton.
Staffing
Keep care safely staffed.
Recruitment and deployment of care workers into regulated settings, with transparent rates and full compliance. The operational core, grounded in delivery.
Retention
Keep care teams together.
Compliance monitoring, training and recognition that keep carers in post, so providers hold their staffing, quality and ratings.
Pathways
Routes into care.
Routes that bring new people into paid care work, particularly young people and adults outside employment. Aligned to back-to-work objectives.
Care settings we serve
Government, integrated care systems and sector partners.
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Let's talk.
Tell us about the workforce challenge at system level. We'll listen first, then walk through how we can help.