A specialist partner for supported housing recruitment and training.
Founded on over 20 years of sector experience, YLG exists to connect the right people to the right roles — and to build the skills that make supported housing safer and more effective.
Focused on people, compliance, and community support.
Yvonne Lewis Group was founded after years of watching supported housing providers struggle to find staff who truly understood the sector — and watching capable support workers get placed into roles that didn't suit them because a recruiter didn't know the difference between a mental health hostel and a floating support caseload.
We built YLG to fix that. To be the recruiter that knows supported housing from the inside — that understands what makes a great support worker, what a registered manager needs from a new placement, and why the right training is as important as the right CV.
Today, YLG works with housing associations, charities, local authority providers, and private operators across England and Wales — placing frontline workers, building training programmes, and supporting candidates at every stage of their supported housing career.
What shapes every decision we make.
Quality
We would rather take longer to fill a role than place someone who isn't right. Staffing decisions in supported housing affect vulnerable people — they deserve to be made carefully.
Compliance
DBS checks, right-to-work, references, training verification — compliance is never an afterthought at YLG. It's the first thing we build into every placement process.
Respect
Every candidate is treated as a professional. Every client enquiry is handled with care. And the residents at the centre of supported housing are never forgotten in a transaction.
Reliability
We respond quickly, follow through on commitments, and stay in contact throughout every placement. Providers and candidates should never feel left in the dark.
YLG in 2026.
The people behind YLG.
Irene
CEO
20+ years in supported housing recruitment and workforce development. Passionate about improving the quality and compliance of frontline support teams across the UK.
Chantelle
Head of Recruitment
Former housing support manager with 8 years' experience placing candidates in mental health, learning disability, and recovery services across the Midlands and North.
Caleb
Training Lead
Qualified trainer and former team leader in floating support. Designs and delivers all YLG CPD courses, with particular expertise in safeguarding and professional boundaries.
Built over time. Rooted in the sector.
YLG has grown steadily — always staying focused on quality over volume, and on the people at the centre of supported housing.
Founded in Manchester
Yvonne Lewis starts YLG with a focus on mental health and homelessness placements in the North West.
Training launched
YLG introduces CPD training alongside recruitment — Safeguarding Adults and Professional Boundaries are the first two courses.
National reach
Placements expand beyond the North West to Birmingham, Leeds, Bristol, and London as reputation grows through referrals.
Digital transformation
YLG launches its first online candidate portal, making registration and job matching available 24/7.
AI job matching
YLG introduces AI-powered CV parsing and job matching — reducing time-to-placement and improving candidate-role fit across all sectors.
Organisations YLG works with.
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