Compliant, sector-trained staff for supported housing and social care services.
YLG works with housing associations, local authorities, contact centres, charities, residential homes, and private sector organisations — placing temporary, permanent, contract, ad hoc, and emergency cover staff across the full social care and supported housing workforce.
Reduce staffing gaps without lowering your standards.
Supported housing and social care recruitment is not the same as general care recruitment. Your staff need to understand professional boundaries, safeguarding, lone working, tenancy sustainment, and the realities of community-based support. YLG works across supported housing, children's residential, family contact services, outreach, and wider social care.
- Enhanced DBS status and right-to-work checks as standard.
- Temporary, permanent, contract, ad hoc, and emergency cover available.
- Reference and experience review for all roles.
- Training verification or pathway where required.
- Sector-specific matching across supported housing, children's services, outreach, and contact work.
Staffing across supported housing, social care, and children's services.
Salary: £26,500 to £65,000 per annum, depending on the role and experience. We place candidates at every level — from ad hoc support through to registered management.
Supported Housing — progression order
Ad Hoc Support Worker
Bank and casual cover for supported housing services at short notice.
Support Worker
Day-to-day support for residents building independence in residential or community settings.
Senior Support Worker
Lead on complex cases, mentor junior staff, and hold responsibility for risk management.
Team Leader
Supervision, quality assurance, and service coordination for support teams.
Deputy Manager
Second-in-command for a supported housing service, supporting the service manager on operations and compliance.
Service Manager
Operational leadership for a supported housing service — staff, quality, contracts, and stakeholder relations.
Children's Services & Social Care
Children's Residential Worker
Direct care and support for children in Ofsted-regulated residential homes.
Senior Residential Worker
Lead practitioner in a children's home, mentoring staff and managing complex needs.
Registered Manager
CQC or Ofsted-registered leadership for supported living and children's residential services.
Contact Supervisor
Supervised, community, or handover contact sessions between children and family members.
Family Support Worker
Practical and emotional support to families in need, including welfare checks and report writing.
Outreach Worker
Community-based assertive engagement for hard-to-reach individuals across social care settings.
Clients across housing, social care, and the public sector.
Every staffing arrangement covered.
From enquiry to placement — clearly.
Tell us what you need
Share role type, location, shift patterns, compliance requirements, urgency, and contract preference. The more context you give us, the faster we can act.
YLG matches and vets
We review our candidate pool for sector suitability, DBS status, right-to-work, references, and experience. No shortlists of unsuitable CVs.
Placement begins
You receive clear candidate information, compliance documentation, and onboarding support. We stay available for the duration of the placement.
We know your environment — not just your job title.
YLG works exclusively in supported housing and social care. That means we understand the difference between these environments and can match candidates accordingly — not just by job title, but by setting.
Mental health support
Staffing for 24-bed schemes, crisis houses, and community mental health floating support.
Homelessness services
Rapid placement for hostels, move-on accommodation, and rough sleeper outreach services.
Young people leaving care
Safeguarding-aware workers for YMCA-type settings, 16–25 services, and pathway planning.
Learning disabilities
Person-centred, community-based workers for independent living and supported living schemes.
Addiction recovery
Motivational, boundaries-aware workers for residential recovery and resettlement services.
Floating support
Experienced, mobile workers for tenancy sustainment and community navigation caseloads.
Refugee & asylum seeker services
Culturally aware workers for asylum accommodation, resettlement, and community integration services.
Children's residential homes
Experienced residential workers and registered managers for Ofsted-regulated children's homes.
Children's & family contact services
Contact supervisors and family support workers for supervised contact, handover, welfare checks, and report writing.
Outreach services
Outreach workers for assertive engagement and remote support with hard-to-reach individuals.
Women's refuge & DV survivors
Specialist workers for women's safe houses and support services for survivors of domestic abuse.
Ex-offenders & resettlement
Support workers for community resettlement, offender rehabilitation, and reintegration programmes.
Trusted by providers across the UK.
"YLG filled three of our most difficult vacancies within two weeks. The candidates understood the environment and were compliant from day one."
"We've tried several agencies. YLG is the only one that actually understands supported housing. They don't send us people who've only ever worked in care homes."
"The compliance process was thorough and reassuring. Every candidate came with their DBS, right-to-work, and references already verified."
YLG specialises in supported housing and social care. We recruit for supported housing services, children's residential homes, children's and family contact services, outreach services, refugee and asylum seeker services, women's refuge, addiction recovery, homelessness services, and wider social care. We do not place into nursing homes or domiciliary care — our focus is the supported housing and social care workforce.
Yes. Submit your enquiry and mark it as urgent. We'll prioritise your role and aim to have candidate information to you within 24–72 hours depending on location and specialisms required.
DBS status is verified for every candidate. Where an Enhanced DBS is required and a candidate's certificate is recent, we'll confirm this upfront. For new DBS applications, we can advise on the process and timeline.
Yes. YLG supports temporary placements, fixed-term contracts, and permanent recruitment. Let us know your preference when you submit your enquiry and we'll tailor the approach accordingly.
Yes. If a candidate has most of what you need but requires specific training — safeguarding, risk assessment, lone working — we can arrange that before or during the placement. See our training page for details.
Tell YLG what you need.
The more detail you give us, the faster we can match and vet. All enquiries are treated confidentially.
We respond to all enquiries within one business day.
Your requirements are never shared without permission.
Prefer to talk it through first?
Book a free 30-minute staffing consultation and tell YLG exactly what you need.