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Big Healthcare recruits qualified talent for Nursing, Health Care, and Social Care opportunities across the UK. The agency hires on a temporary basis and covers various divisions. These include Child and Adult Mental Health Services, Domiciliary Care, Learning Disabilities, Residential & Nursing Homes, and Supported Living. Big Healthcare is rated as a good company by the Care Quality Commission.
4 Bagnall Street, Stoke-on-trent, Staffordshire, ST1 3AD
Safer Hands Solutions specialises in various recruitment areas including Care, Commercial, Accounts, and Finance. Their Care division recruits Nurses of all levels of experience, Care Assistants, Senior Carers, Mental Health Nurses, School Nurses, and more. Their Commercial division supports temporary, contract, and permanent staffing needs. They are a Staffordshire-based agency that is also a member of the REC.
Water Street, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 1HN
Work Lyf Group is a multi-sector recruitment agency with more than 10 years of experience. From their office in Stoke on Trent, they support employers and job seekers in fields including Warehousing, Engineering, Commercial, IT, Health Care, and Catering. They source staff for permanent and temporary jobs.
Suite 3A Cauldon Locks, Shelton New Road, Stoke-on-trent, Staffordshire, ST4 7AB
Servoca Nursing & Care supplies Healthcare workers for clients from the public and private sectors across the UK. They mainly provide Nurses, Support Workers and Healthcare Assistants for residential care, supported living environments and nursing homes.
Genesis Centre, Innovation Way, Stoke-on-trent, Staffordshire, ST6 4BF
+ 17 other offices
Pertemps is a recruitment consultancy that supplies permanent, contract and temporary staffing solutions to a wide variety of sectors. The firm is a part of the Pertemps Network Group, which has over 250 branches and offices serving the whole of the UK. The agency has an e-service called PAWS that allows clients to order staff using an electronic catalogue. Pertemps offers a 24/7 service.
Quantum House, 290 Leek Road, Stoke-on-trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2BX
+ 61 other offices
Absolute for Staff is based in Staffordshire and was founded in 2011. They offer both permanent and temporary recruitment solutions for various organisations in the following sectors: Accounting & Finance, Administration, Driving, Engineering, Industrial, Logistics, Social Care, and so on.
1 Market Place, Burslem, Stoke-on-trent, Staffordshire, ST6 3AA
is an important part of the UK labour market and employs over two million professionals nationwide. The sector covers a range of areas including child care, disabilities, nursing homes and supported housing and is a valuable service to both the economy and the UK population. Social care in
has been under the spotlight in recent years and finding personnel who can work in this challenging environment can prove difficult for employers. Specialist Staffordshire social care recruitment agencies play a key role in supplying local social care staff for permanent, temporary or contract jobs.
Job cuts and comparatively low salaries, coupled with long days and often difficult working conditions, have made the Staffordshire social care industry a tough field to enter. The average salary for workers tends to be £25K per annum, although nearly a third of staff will only earn between £15K-£21K. A registered nurse, outreach worker and residential support worker will typically earn the latter. Senior management roles can earn in excess of £40K, but only around 10%-20% of the industry will reach this figure.
, Newcastle-under-Lyme and
offer the best locations for job opportunities in the county, whereas those willing to commute will find the wider
area to be an excellent way of entering the industry.
While the social care industry doesn't require any specific qualifications to enter, relevant training and NVQs will need to be undertaken whilst on the job. When assessing candidates, recruiters will generally look at those who have work or life experience, as well as interpersonal soft skills. Desired attributes include an empathetic nature, good communication and a passion and enthusiasm for the job. A Staffordshire social or health care recruitment agency will understand what is required of industry candidates before offering local staffing solutions to their clients.