Shaping Safer Futures in Children’s Residential Care

Our Story

With backgrounds directly working across the care sector spanning Ofsted, CQC and NHS regulated environments, we’ve supported setting up homes, stabilise services and adhere to frameworks that ensure safety and quality. That experience shaped our vision for Award Employment: a recruitment partner that combines deep sector knowledge with a commitment to safer recruitment and long term solutions.

We are proud to support national and established providers through to new providers opening their 1st home across England.

Who We Are

Why Choose Us?

We’re specialists

Children’s residential recruitment is all we do, so we know the sector inside out.

We come from care

Our team has hands-on experience in care, so we truly understand both clients’ and candidates’ needs.

We understand people

We connect the right candidates with the right roles because we understand the challenges, skills, and culture that matter.

We deliver results

Our extensive network and expertise mean we consistently match the right people with the right opportunities.

Our Mission & Values

We speak with Makoto

Truth and sincerity guide every word.

We act with Giri

Our duty to doing what’s right, children, candidates, and providers always come first.

We grow with Kaizen

Learning and improving every day.

We thrive with Ikigai

Finding purpose in creating value, knowing that success is the natural result of doing good work.

Why We’re Different

We’re not outsiders to the care sector we’ve lived it. Our consultants know how a strong team can transform a residential setting, because we’ve built them ourselves.

This unique perspective means we can:

At Award Employment, we’re committed to raising standards in children’s residential care recruitment. Whether you’re looking for the right staff or the right opportunity, we’re here to help.