Connect with a leading social care recruitment agency trusted by care homes, supported living services and community providers across the UK. Charles Hunter Associates sources skilled professionals with an average 95% placement success rate and a 90-day retention guarantee, ensuring quality care and lasting impact.
Charles Hunter Associates delivers trusted social care recruitment solutions for care providers across the UK. From residential homes to supported living, we place qualified, compassionate professionals in roles that matter.
Our service is fast, fully compliant, and grounded in genuine sector expertise.
Fast, fully compliant recruitment solutions for residential homes, supported living, and outreach services across the UK.
Access to a pre-vetted talent pool of care assistants, support workers, team leaders, and registered managers.
All candidates hold enhanced DBS checks, safeguarding training, and valid first-aid certification, with renewals managed for you.
Flexible staffing for permanent, temporary, emergency, and night cover tailored to children’s and adult services.
Ongoing workforce planning support and CPD training ensure compliance, retention, and high-quality care delivery.
At Charles Hunter Associates, we support care providers across the UK with tailored social care recruitment solutions. As a trusted social care recruitment agency, we specialise in connecting compassionate, qualified professionals with meaningful roles in both children’s and adults' services.
Whether you need help filling permanent roles, finding reliable temporary social workers, or sourcing experienced staff for children’s or adults' services, we’re here to help. We take time to understand your service and what matters most. 
From first contact through to placement, we keep things clear, personal, and professional, always focused on the right fit. Every role we fill is approached with care, quality, and a genuine understanding of the sector’s challenges.
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Our tailored social care staffing solutions go beyond filling roles. We provide continuous support to both providers and workers, ensuring your team is stable, skilled, and compliant.
Yes. All candidates undergo full reference checks, hold enhanced DBS certificates, and have completed relevant training.
We work across residential care homes, supported living, outreach, and more. Our candidates are experienced in both adult and children's services.
If you're not actively hiring now, but would like to discuss how we can help with hiring challenges you may be facing, you can speak to us here.
Agencies place support workers, residential care staff, team leaders, learning support assistants, and registered managers.
Residential homes, supported living services, outreach programs, children’s residential care, and adult complex care environments.
By ensuring enhanced DBS checks, safeguarding and first-aid training, reference verification, and managing ongoing renewals.
Yes. Agencies offer temporary cover, temp-to-perm options, and permanent placements depending on provider needs.
Yes. Many agencies provide flexible staffing for nights, weekends, and emergency cover to maintain safe staffing levels.