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Iris Resourcing

Iris Resourcing is a UK based specialist recruitment consultancy focused exclusively on childrens social work, fostering, and adoption. With over eighteen years of experience, the firm partners with Independent Fostering Agencies and not for profit fostering organisations to appoint qualified social workers and leaders who safeguard and grow high quality fostering services. Operating UK wide, Iris Resourcing combines deep sector knowledge with a personal, open approach to match skills, values, and aspirations, with a clear focus on permanent recruitment while also handling fixed term engagements when needed. Typical mandates span Supervising Social Worker, Senior Practitioner, Team Manager, Registered Manager, Regional Manager, Deputy Manager (adoption), and senior leadership appointments up to Director level, reflecting its ability to deliver both practitioner and management hires. Clients value the agencys responsive and bespoke service, underpinned by thorough market mapping, careful shortlisting, and consistent communication; candidates appreciate candid guidance on career development, interview preparation, and navigating national IFA opportunities, including home based and hybrid roles across the South West, South Coast, West Midlands, North West, and beyond. Because fostering is a regulated environment, Iris Resourcing embeds safeguarding, compliance, and reference diligence throughout the process, aligning with organizational policies and Ofsted expectations while prioritizing cultural fit, caseload realities, and sustainable retention. The consultancy maintains long term relationships across the sector and acts as a steady partner during periods of change, whether opening new regions, strengthening teams, or hiring the first registered manager for a new service. By uniting mission driven social care professionals with organizations that share their commitment to looked after children, Iris Resourcing helps IFAs and charities build resilient services that improve outcomes, strengthen carer support, and deliver consistent, high quality social care.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingFundraisingSocial ServicesEnvironmental ConservationMedical DevicesHealthcare AdministrationMental Health Care

HQCullompton, United Kingdom

Maternally Yours

Maternally Yours is a specialist brand within Imperial Household Staff Ltd, the UKs largest domestic recruitment agency supplying staff for all domestic situations throughout the UK and abroad. Closely aligned with sister brands Imperial Nannies and Staff of Distinction, Maternally Yours focuses on connecting families with trusted maternity and childcare professionals and providing a discreet, personal service that reflects the unique rhythms and requirements of life at home. Drawing on the broader groups reach and know how, the team supports clients in the UK and internationally, offering a consultative approach that listens carefully to family priorities, clarifies schedules and responsibilities, and presents carefully matched short term, long term, and flexible placement options. Whether a family is looking for supportive care around birth and the postnatal period, additional help to ease transitions, or continuity of care as routines evolve, Maternally Yours acts as a single point of contact to coordinate an efficient, well informed hiring process. Candidates benefit from a team that understands the sensitivities of domestic work, respects confidentiality, and takes pride in presenting opportunities that fit both professional capabilities and personal values. Clients value clear communication, responsive coordination, and a focus on quality that comes from years of experience across domestic recruitment. Backed by the scale and reliability of Imperial Household Staff Ltd and its established presence across related household staffing disciplines, Maternally Yours brings families a dependable way to secure experienced, caring professionals and to build confidence in their home support network. The result is a smooth, practical service that helps clients make timely, well matched hires while ensuring candidates are set up to thrive in roles that make a meaningful difference for parents and children alike.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsHotel ManagementCulinary ArtsTravel & Tourism Operations

HQBath, United Kingdom

Lunaria Recruitment

Lunaria Recruitment is an independent UK recruitment agency dedicated to connecting exceptional talent with employers across optical, hearcare, and luxury retail. Serving London and the wider UK, the team blends highly developed marketing techniques with deep industry knowledge to deliver a truly bespoke service for both candidates and clients. Consultants take the time to understand what matters most, including salary expectations, preferred locations, working hours, store size, and opportunities for career progression. Whether supporting a recent graduate at the start of their journey or guiding an experienced professional through a smooth transition to a new store or brand, Lunaria focuses on clear communication, thorough vetting, and confidentiality at every stage. Their specialist remit spans a wide range of roles, from admin, optical assistants, lab techs, trainee dispensing opticians, clinic coordinators, in store trainers, qualified dispensing opticians, supervisors, assistant managers, practice managers, pre reg optometrists, and optometrists, to hearcare roles including admin, hearcare assistants, audiologists, and hearing aid dispensers. In luxury retail, they recruit retail assistants, luxury client advisors, personal shopping assistants, stylists, shop floor supervisors, assistant and store managers, brand specialists, department and senior retail managers, retail operations managers, and business managers. Founded and led by experienced recruiters who believe in responsiveness and service excellence, Lunaria is known for being available around the clock so clients and candidates can reach a consultant when it suits them, not just during office hours. This flexible, people first mindset, combined with an extensive network of contacts across independent practices, national chains, and premium retail brands, enables the firm to present well matched shortlists quickly while maintaining a strong emphasis on cultural fit and long term career development. As a result, Lunaria has earned a reputation for reliable delivery, friendly support, and outcomes that benefit everyone involved.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsFashion & ApparelFood & BeverageConsumer Electronics

HQLaunceston, United Kingdom

Maddison Consultants

Maddison Consultants, trading as Maddison Limited, is a UK based product design and development consultancy with more than 40 years of experience creating market winning solutions for medical, scientific, industrial, and consumer applications. Blending industrial design with invention and engineering, human factors, GUI/UX, microfluidics, diagnostics, design for manufacture, and regulatory know how, the firm helps corporates, SMEs, startups, and universities turn early stage ideas and intellectual property into successful, manufacturable products. Maddison operates a lean, phase gated development process centered on iterative prototyping, from cost effective proof of concept builds through looks like and works like rigs to pre production prototypes, systematically de risking technology, usability, and manufacturing to protect client budgets and timelines. Deep sector expertise in medtech and life sciences spans medical devices and instruments, point of care and disposable diagnostics, laboratory equipment, wearables, medical packaging, instructions for use, and compilation of technical files to support regulatory approval; the team also designs iconic consumer and industrial products, including long lived designs such as the Parker Reflex. Certified to ISO 13485 for medical device quality management, Maddison couples in house designers and engineers with a trusted partner network in software and electronics to deliver turnkey programs at competitive cost without compromising rigor or creativity. The consultancy regularly collaborates with universities, tech transfer offices, and public or charitable bodies, supports grant applications and funding milestones, and aligns programs to the realities of startup financing. Client testimonials highlight the companys ability to quickly grasp complex clinical and technical challenges and to deliver products that are both highly usable and commercially compelling. Headquartered in Waterlooville, Hampshire, Maddison brings a practical, form follows function philosophy to every engagement, focusing on financial feasibility, technical viability, and desirability so that clients achieve durable competitive advantage and enduring product success.

SOW/ProjectsMSPTotal Talent MgmtHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsChemical ManufacturingElectrical EngineeringIndustrial Automation

HQWaterlooville, United Kingdom

Next Generation Staffing Group - The Care Staff Specialists

Next Generation Staffing Group, known as The Care Staff Specialists, is a recruitment partner focused exclusively on the healthcare sector, connecting care providers with reliable, compassionate professionals who deliver safe, person centered support. The firm aligns its services to the everyday resourcing challenges faced by hospitals, residential and nursing homes, supported living providers, clinics, and community health organizations, offering flexible temporary cover, project based contract assignments, and permanent hires to stabilize teams and reduce turnover. Its consultants combine market knowledge with a structured, compliance led process that prioritizes patient safety and continuity of care: each candidate is screened for qualifications and right to work, references and background checks are completed, and role specific competencies are assessed to ensure fit for purpose across diverse clinical and care settings. With a talent network that spans registered nurses, healthcare assistants, support workers, senior carers, coordinators, and care managers, Next Generation Staffing Group tailors shortlists to client requirements, from rapid shift fill and short notice sickness cover to planned workforce expansions and new service mobilizations. The company emphasizes clear communication and accountability throughout the hiring lifecycle, from detailed job scoping and market insight to interview coordination, offer management, and onboarding support that helps new hires integrate quickly and perform to standard. By investing time in understanding care pathways, regulatory expectations, and the working realities of frontline teams, it delivers staffing solutions that balance quality, speed, and value, helping providers maintain safe staffing levels and positive outcomes for the people they support. Candidates benefit from attentive career guidance, transparent pay and scheduling information, and access to a variety of assignments and permanent opportunities aligned to their skills and preferences, creating a constructive, long term partnership that advances both service quality and individual careers.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingHospital & Health Care (Nursing)Healthcare AdministrationMental Health CareHealthcare & Life SciencesGeneralist - white collar professionalsGeneralist - blue collar professionals

HQPlymouth, United Kingdom

PHCRS

PHCRS, also known as Protocol Healthcare Services, is a UK based healthcare staffing partner that connects qualified clinicians and support professionals with care settings nationwide. From its offices in London and Bournemouth, the agency supplies temporary, contract, and permanent staff to nursing homes, residential and supported living services, mental health providers, learning disability services, and community health teams. The firm places NMC registered nurses and midwives alongside experienced support workers, healthcare assistants, and specialist mental health practitioners, ensuring safe, person centered care wherever it is needed. Clients, including NHS trusts, private hospitals, and charitable care organizations, rely on PHCRS for rapid, reliable cover, 24/7 on call support, and thorough compliance. Every candidate is vetted through rigorous background checks, reference verification, and right to work screening, then supported with comprehensive induction, ongoing training, and continuous professional development so that quality standards are maintained across every shift and every placement. The companys approach emphasizes careful role matching, transparent communication, and consistent service delivery, helping managers stabilize rotas while controlling costs and improving continuity of care. With about a decade of experience and affiliations with recognized UK industry bodies, PHCRS has built a reputation for responsiveness, integrity, and compassion, reflected in long standing client relationships and strong word of mouth referrals. Whether mobilizing live in care assignments, arranging short notice cover, or running targeted permanent recruitment campaigns for hard to fill posts, the team combines sector knowledge with diligent candidate support to produce dependable outcomes. For healthcare professionals, PHCRS offers a supportive pathway to rewarding work, clear progression routes, and flexible shifts across a variety of settings; for providers, it delivers a single trusted point of contact that can scale from ad hoc bookings to ongoing staffing programs without compromising on safeguarding, clinical governance, or patient experience.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsMental Health CareVeterinaryHealthcare & Life Sciences

HQEdgware, United Kingdom

Prior HR Health Recruitment

Prior HR Health Recruitment is a specialized talent partner focused on the healthcare and life sciences sector, helping care providers and health focused organizations secure qualified professionals across clinical and non clinical disciplines. The firm supports demand for permanent hires, short term surge coverage, and project based contract needs, aligning each search to patient safety, regulatory requirements, and organizational culture. Its consultants understand the realities of hospital wards, clinics, community health, diagnostics, and corporate health functions, and translate workforce plans into targeted talent strategies. Typical assignments span nursing and midwifery, physicians and medical officers, allied health such as pharmacy, physiotherapy, radiography, laboratory science and therapy services, as well as non clinical roles covering practice administration, scheduling, revenue cycle, quality and risk, compliance, health IT coordination, and operations management. Prior HR Health Recruitment applies structured intake, market mapping, and competency based screening to ensure candidates are credentialed, licensed where required, and ready to add value quickly. The team manages end to end processes including advertising, talent pooling, interviews, reference and background checks, offer management, and onboarding coordination, while maintaining transparent communication with both clients and candidates. For interim and contract assignments it enables fast mobilization, timesheet and engagement support, and continuity planning to protect service delivery. For permanent recruitment it focuses on retention by prioritizing fit, career pathway, and manager alignment. Clients benefit from current salary and availability insights, clear service level agreements, and measurable outcomes such as reduced time to fill and improved acceptance rates. Candidates gain practical guidance on resumes, interview preparation, credentialing steps, and start readiness. By combining sector knowledge with a disciplined recruitment process, Prior HR Health Recruitment delivers reliable staffing solutions that help healthcare organizations maintain capacity and quality of care.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsHealthcare AdministrationMental Health CareVeterinary

HQBath, United Kingdom

Resolve Recruitment Services

Resolve Recruitment Services is a UK recruitment agency connecting employers and candidates across temporary, temp to perm, and permanent roles from its Bristol head office and Wigan North office. Backed by more than 50 years of combined industry experience, the team delivers 24/7 coverage and fast turnaround while maintaining rigorous compliance and candidate care. Five dedicated divisions focus on Driving and Logistics, Industrial and Warehouse, Healthcare and Social Care, Hospitality and Catering, and Professional and Office roles, enabling sector specialists to understand site operations, shift patterns, compliance standards, and the soft skills that matter. Core services include same day temporary cover for peaks, sickness, holidays, and night shifts; structured temp to perm models that reduce hiring risk and assess cultural fit; and full permanent recruitment from job profiling and advertising through screening, interviews, offer management, and a rebate-backed guarantee. For volume operations, Resolve provides on-site managed services with embedded account managers who oversee workforce planning, rota and shift scheduling, KPIs, inductions, and day to day management. A 169,000 plus candidate database, combined with proactive sourcing and market insight, speeds time to hire for roles such as Class 1 and 2 HGV, van and ADR drivers; FLT counterbalance and reach, pickers, packers, production and machine operators; care assistants, support workers, and RGN or RMN nurses; chefs and front of house teams; and administrators, customer service, call center, accounts support, and office management. Every placement is underpinned by thorough vetting, including right to work checks, DBS where required, references, license validation, and GDPR compliant data handling. Resolve also offers accredited training and e learning, including Driver CPC, forklift, health and safety, food hygiene, and manual handling, helping clients upskill teams and candidates progress. With UK wide reach, fully vetted staff, and responsive service, Resolve acts as a long term partner for reliable staffing and sustainable workforce growth.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingMSPSupply Chain ManagementFreight ForwardingAirlines & AviationChemical ManufacturingElectrical EngineeringIndustrial Automation

HQBristol, United Kingdom

Staff 2000

Staff 2000 Recruitment is a UK healthcare staffing specialist established in 1998, dedicated to supplying high quality professionals across the health and social care sector. From its head office and practical training center in Bournemouth, the in house team coordinates bookings, conducts face to face interviews, delivers training, and manages payroll solutions, while a network of remote consultants supports mobile recruitment days and business development across the South Coast, including hubs that serve Bournemouth, Southampton and Portsmouth. The agency partners primarily with nursing and residential homes and works nationwide on permanent mandates, placing nurses, doctors, care and support workers, and management roles such as residential and nursing home managers. For temporary needs, Staff 2000 covers ad hoc and peak period shifts within the private sector, maintaining watertight compliance so that every worker allocated is fully vetted and background checked for safe, seamless integration. Permanent recruitment is delivered through a rigorous, values led matching process that aligns clinical skills, cultural fit and long term service goals to help providers build stable, high performing care teams. A distinctive capability is the companys national healthcare training offer, with practical, scenario based courses delivered by practicing healthcare professionals who understand the realities of frontline care, enabling clients to close skills gaps and meet regulatory requirements. The live jobs portfolio spans care at home staff, registered nurses, agency healthcare assistants, care home leadership, and non clinical support such as agency chefs, reflecting coverage of both frontline and management needs. Clients highlight the agencys polite and helpful service, swift response and reliability in covering critical night and day shifts, while candidates value approachable consultants and clear pathways into work. With more than 25 years of sector focus, Staff 2000 blends local presence with national reach to deliver dependable temporary staffing, permanent recruitment and compliant payrolling that keep care services running.

Temporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentPayrolling/EORHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsMental Health CareVeterinaryHealthcare & Life Sciences

HQBournemouth, United Kingdom

Sensus Associates

Sensus Associates is an independent boutique recruitment consultancy focused on four complementary sectors within health and clinical services across the UK: Social Care, Occupational Health, Healthcare Management, and Allied Health Professionals. With more than 30 years of combined experience, the firm partners with both public sector bodies and private healthcare providers to deliver informed, effective, and timely hiring solutions. Its specialist consultants combine market insight with a personable approach, building long term relationships with clients and candidates and tailoring every search to organizational goals and individual career aspirations. Within Social Care, Sensus supports local authorities and independent providers with interim and permanent appointments across Children and Adult Services, including Approved Mental Health Practitioners, Independent Reviewing Officers, Assessors, Social Workers, Supervising Social Workers, Assistant Team Managers, Team Managers, Service Managers, and Heads of Service. In Healthcare Management, the team runs focused campaigns for leadership and service delivery roles, from Directors and Regional Managers to Home, Residential, Nursing, and Registered Managers, providing interim cover for transitional periods as well as permanent placements. In Occupational Health, Sensus works nationally with large corporations and specialist OH providers, sourcing professionals at all levels for both permanent and contract engagements, from Vaccination Nurses, OH Technicians and Advisors through to OH Nurses, Physicians, Managers, and Directors. The firm also supports broader Allied Health appointments, drawing on deep sector knowledge and an extensive, engaged network. Clients value Sensus Associates for its responsive service, transparent communication, and commitment to quality, while candidates benefit from confidential guidance, role matching, and access to opportunities across the UK. Whether the requirement is an urgent interim solution, a critical permanent hire, or a flexible contract resource, Sensus applies insight and pragmatism to deliver results that reduce pressure on workloads and deadlines and strengthen care outcomes. The company invites employers and professionals to register or get in touch to discuss how its specialist team can help.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsGovernment AdministrationLaw EnforcementMilitary & Defense

HQBristol, United Kingdom

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