Care and support roles we recruit for
Every role on this list comes with its own checks, qualifications and shift pattern, and the rules change a little between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each page sets out what the job involves, what we check, the shifts it usually covers and how pay is set.
If you are looking for work, pick the role closest to your experience. If you are a manager, the same pages show what we confirm before a worker reaches your door.
Care and support roles
The people who give most of the day-to-day care, in residential services, in people’s own homes and in supported living.
- Care assistant Personal care and everyday support in care homes, nursing homes and respite services.
- Senior care assistant Leads the care team on shift, gives medicines and keeps care plans up to date.
- Home care worker Works on runs of home visits, helping people keep living in their own homes.
- Support worker Helps people live independently in supported living, and learning disability and mental health services.
- Senior support worker Leads a support team on shift, guides colleagues and keeps support plans current.
- Residential childcare worker Cares for children and young people living in children’s homes.
- Housing support worker Helps people keep their tenancy and manage day to day, in supported housing or at home.
Nursing roles
Registered nurses for nursing homes and specialist services. Every nurse we put forward has their NMC registration checked before the first shift.
- Registered nurse (RGN) Registered general nurses for nursing homes and care homes with nursing.
- Mental health nurse (RMN) Registered mental health nurses for nursing homes and specialist mental health services.
Management and social work
The people who lead a service and answer to the regulator for it, and the social workers who assess, plan and review care.
- Registered manager Runs a care service and is registered with the regulator as the manager responsible for it.
- Deputy manager Second in charge of a care service, leading the team when the manager is not there.
- Social worker Registered social workers for assessment, care planning and review in social care services.
Kitchen and domestic roles
Cooks, kitchen assistants, housekeepers and laundry staff. They work in the same buildings as the people you support, so they go through the same checks as care staff.
- Kitchen and domestic staff Cooks, kitchen assistants, housekeepers and laundry staff for care homes.
Shifts across the roles
Care and nursing roles cover the whole day and night. Management, social work and most kitchen roles keep to daytime hours, with some weekend work. Each role page shows the patterns that role usually covers.
- Early to or
- Late to
- Long day to
- Waking night or to or
- Sleep-in to A worker sleeps at the service and gets up if someone needs help. The service sets the hours and says what happens if the night is disturbed.
- Day to
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Tell us the roles you can do and the hours you can work. We never charge you a fee for finding you work.