Care staff for services in Sheffield

Who regulates care in Sheffield

Sheffield care services are registered with the Care Quality Commission, and children’s homes with Ofsted. Every worker we put forward in Sheffield has had identity and right to work checked, an enhanced DBS check with the barred list the role needs, and references from recent care work.

For nursing homes, we check each nurse’s NMC registration, the date revalidation is due and any conditions.

Care regulator

Care Quality Commission (CQC) for adult social care. Ofsted registers and inspects children’s homes.

Criminal record checks

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Care roles are usually checked at enhanced level, with the adults’ or children’s barred list where the work is regulated activity.

Workforce register

No national register for care workers. Nurses are on the NMC register, and social workers must be registered with Social Work England.

Council

• Sheffield City Council

NHS integrated care board

• NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Care services in Sheffield

Sheffield City Council and NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board work together at a Sheffield place level, using joint funding agreements such as the Better Care Fund, according to the CQC’s assessment of the council published in January 2026.

The same assessment described place-based home care contracts that reduced travel time for staff, and a Care Sector Workforce Strategy for 2023 to 2026. It recorded 7 embargoes in the 12 months to March 2025, all relating to nursing home provision, and a vacancy rate for adult social care jobs of 5.57 per cent, better than the England average of 8.06 per cent.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals runs five hospitals and employs 18,500 people. Supertram, which is publicly owned and publicly operated, serves 51 stops across Sheffield and Rotherham.

Between June and August 2025, people in Sheffield waited a median of 3 days from referral to the start of home care, 1 day for residential care, 6 days for nursing care and 34 days for supported living, according to figures the council gave the CQC. Its new care and wellbeing homecare model drew interest from both existing and new providers.

Partners told the CQC how much they valued regular provider meetings and the council’s training Care Academy for recruitment and retention, and students on speech and language therapy, paramedic and nursing courses take placements in care homes and home care.

Settings and roles we staff in Sheffield

We recruit for every setting and role below across Sheffield.

Areas near Sheffield

• Leeds
• Nottingham
• Manchester
• All areas we cover